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... and archives the arts of the African diaspora ... black minstrelsy; New Orleans jazz; Egyptian royalty; Rick Rubin's New York hip-hop; The Wiz; Caribbean dancehall, the Civil Rights movement; West African dance traditions; Atlanta trap/Dirty South; Motown; gospel; and funk....

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Putting Out the Fyre: 10 Caribbean Music Fests That Get It Right

Billboard 11 Apr 2019

... lineup includes superstars within Dominica's indigenous cadence-lypso and propulsive bouyon music, zouk artists from neighboring Guadeloupe and Martinique and Haitian kompa acts, alongside African soukous, New Orleans' zydeco as well as marquee dancehall, reggae and soca artists....

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Afro Nation Festival set to bring first ever African edition to Ghana

Joy Online 29 Mar 2019

The biggest urban music beach festival in Europe aimed at celebrating all things afrobeat, hip-hop, UK rap, reggae and dancehall, is set to make its way to Ghana for the first ever African edition ... Afro Nation will deliver live performances from some of the most exciting artistes in Afrobeats, Hip Hop, Rap, Dancehall and Reggae....

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Stonebwoy Wins 'Favorite African Star' Award

Modern Ghana 26 Mar 2019

The artiste was not present to receive the award but the organisers played a video on which he was seen expressing his joy at winning the award. Stonebwoy has become the first African Dancehall Artist to win both a BET and Nickelodeon award ... ....

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Stonebwoy takes 'Favorite African Star' award at 2019 Nickelodeon Kids Choice

Joy Online 25 Mar 2019

Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy has added another international award to his award collection at the just ended Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards ... Stonebwoy has become the first African Dancehall Artist to win both a BET and Nickelodeon award....

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Stonebwoy Wins Favourite African Star Award!

Modern Ghana 24 Mar 2019

Livingstone Etse Satekla known in showbiz as Stonebwoy has grabbed this year rsquo;s African Favorite Star award in the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards. The dancehall artiste was nominated for Favourite African Star at the KCA alongside Adesua Etomi- ... ....

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New book depicts Brooklyn’s underground counterculture in late 1800s

Washington Blade 17 Mar 2019

There, male and female impersonators found work at live entertainment venues, where race mattered little and sexes and social classes mixed freely at saloons, concert halls, dancehalls and theaters. For African-American actors, that relative permissiveness led to more acceptance and sometimes, fame....

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How Celebrities Partied Hard at MTV Base’s 14th Anniversary

This Day 15 Mar 2019

Launched on February 22, 2005, MTV base combines African and international music genres relevant to young African viewers including R’n’B, dancehall, hip-hop, kwaito, hip life, reggae, zouk, m’balax and Afrobeat, celebrating the cultural vibrancy and creativity of African music and artists....

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Meet Afro B, The UK Artist Whose Hit Song "Joanna" Put Him Atop The Afrobeats Wave

Vibe Magazine 22 Feb 2019

The international artist explains why a hit song should have room to breathe, Afrobeats’ global takeover, and why all African descendants need to realize they are one people ... African music has always been in the blood ... You could hear a track and hear like a dancehall melody in there with a hip-hop hook or the straight-authentic African....

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Private equity investors are making a bet on Afrobeats’ rapid rise up the global charts

Quartz 31 Jan 2019

... Afrobeats wave to pan-African dominance ... The Afrobeats sound, a blend of American hip hop, Jamaican dancehall and African pop beats, has blown up in over the last 18 months to become one of the fastest-rising pop genres globally led by stars including Wizkid, Davido and Mr Eazi....

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VIDEO: Trigmatic Honor J.A Adofo, Hugh Masakela Others

Peace FM Online 30 Jan 2019

Musician Trigmatic has honoured some veteran Musicians to mark 10 years of doing music. Dubbed 'My Life Concert,' it was held at Alliance Francaise on January 26, 2019 with a beautiful mix of highlife, reggae, dancehall and afrobeats in grand style. The show paid tributes to South African artiste Hugh Masekela , highlife giant J.A ... J.A ... ....

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Kelman Duran Puts a Ghostly Spin on Reggaeton

Rollingstone 24 Jan 2019

It should have been a celebratory homecoming for Kelman Duran ... “I could hear people in the audience asking ... On it, Duran pushes festive, raucous sounds from the African and Afro-Caribbean diasporas — reggaeton, dancehall, gqom, kuduro, and hip-hop — into a more fraught and phantasmal space ... “Back then, 163rd and St ... .......

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Brookx release song to praise Shatta Wale

Modern Ghana 30 Dec 2018

Fast-rising Ghanaian musician Brookx has shower praises on the self-acclaimed African Dancehall king Shatta Wale in a new song. The song acknowledged the My Level hitmaker and encourages him to do more to the Ghanaian music scene. The s ... ....