It has hundreds of millions of streams, and Rihanna is big fan - but what is amapiano music, and how did it get so big?
"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, ...
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I think my team and I have been grateful for the opportunity to travel and see the world," she says. "Whenever we do have the opportunity we take time in different countries to immerse ourselves in the dance culture there. Amapiano has done so much in giving us and many others the cha...