African music is dominating the global soundscape, with Afrobeats and other genres reshaping mainstream music worldwide. But Rick Ross says this moment was inevitable — and believes Africa’s global ...

Abstract: Beat tracking from music signals has significant importance in multimedia information retrieval systems, especially in cover song detection. A predictive real-time beat tracking system can ...

Artists from Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa have been paired with AI engineers to advance music innovation.

Roye Okupe is planning to blend Afrobeats with African storytelling for his upcoming project Malika: Warrior Queen. Read more ...

Rick Ross takes CNN’s Lamide Akintobi for a drive through Miami, reflecting on his rise in hip-hop, collaborating with African artists and why the global rise of Afrobeats is “only the beginning.” ...