"the viral nature of digital platforms is also amplifying once-niche, hyper-local sounds," such as sierreño, banda and corridos from Northern Mexico, and amapiano, kwaito and gqom from South Africa.
“Peace Be Unto You (PBUY)”is a stirring, minor-key Afrobeats anthem that, like many of Asake’s songs, folds the busy rhythms of Yoruba Fújì music and the uplifting keyboards of South Africa’s kwaito-derived amapiano into his street-pop recipe. The lyrics, which are in English, ...
Kabza De Small began his career in 2009 and broke through on the continent with his 2016 albumAvenue Sounds. Today, he's hailed as the "King of Amapiano" bymedia, fans and industry peers. "Amapiano is considered a raw, rough sound. To see people globally dancing and participating in T...
such as Afrobeats and Amapiano, which is a music subgenre that originated in South Africa. It inspired the “water dance challenge”created by choreographer Litchiand is even used in videos