With $50 million to deploy and a first slate of projects set to be unveiled in March, Cook says the smart money should already be looking south.

New Orleans-born composer and trumpeter Terence Blanchard brings an adaptation of his opera "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" to the Civic Theatre in New Orleans on Feb. 22.

Detroit's first historian Jamon Jordan and pianist Alvin Waddles present a Black History Month lecture at the Wright Museum.

While the LA28 Olympics board gave the mogul its vote of confidence, some of his own agents are still advising artists to ...

President Trump has nominated Greenville attorney Sheria Clarke to be the next federal judge for South Carolina. She is African American.

Ebo Taylor has died at 90. He was a world-renowned musician and composer of African highlife music, but it took decades for him to come to the U.S.

Often boosted by social media, many of them got their start with independent labels or by uploading self-made songs to streaming platforms. Now, bigger labels and streaming services are catching on.

Ayra Starr to Shallipopi, we show the 2026 Grammy snubs in African music. Discover the 8 hits that defined the culture but missed out. The Grammys have come a long way with African music. The ...

A ranking of the top songs based on streaming and sales activity from within the country- as tracked by Luminate. The ranking is based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ciza always knew his time to rule would come. His father Thembinkosi “TK” Nciza co-founded TS Records in 2001 with Sbusiso Leope, ...

Long before the advent of streaming platforms and modern studio booths, African music resonated across the continent like a heartbeat. From palm-wine courts and beer parlours to bustling village ...