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Akon, a famous American singer, has hailed Wizkid, Davido, and Burna Boy for introducing Afrobeats to the world. The three giants are transforming Nigerian music, according to Akon in an interview ...

Veteran Nigerian music producer and executive, ID Cabasa, has dismissed claims by Senegalese-American singer Akon that he played a key role in the birth of the Afrobeats genre. Akon had recently ...

In the 2000s, Akon was a superstar in Nigeria, with his music one of the primary Western content interacted with by Nigerian listeners, many of whom still greatly favoured foreign content. With his ...

Akon argued that his contribution was key to the rise of Afrobeats to the globally accepted music genre that it is today. Going down memory lane, Akon said his collaborations with Nigerian artistes in ...

With his roots in Africa, this ATL transplant from the Motherland has managed to land a record deal with Konvict Muzik CEO Akon and participate in an international tour in Africa and Canada. 2C is ...

Senegalese-American singer and producer Akon has credited his early collaborations with Nigerian artists as instrumental to the emergence of Afrobeats as a global music genre. In a recent interview on ...

Veteran record producer ID Cabasa has disputed Senegalese-American music executive Akon’s claim that he played a key role in creating the Afrobeats genre. Cabasa, in an interview with Wazobia FM, ...