Nigerian music producer and executive, Kehinde ‘Kenny’ Ogungbe, in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES at the Naija Star Search auditions on Friday in Lagos, traced the origin of the Afrobeats movement in Nigeria and how it became a global phenomenon. Afrobeats is a genre of music that originated in Nigeria and Ghana in the early 2000s. The genre is a fusion of pop, Hiplife, Reggae, Dance hall, Amapiano and other genres with beats produced from West Africa. Prominent Afrobeats artists include Wizkid, Burnaboy, Davido, Tems, Yemi Alade,…
How Afrobeats movement began in Nigeria – Kenny Ogungbe
