My Music Genre Research
AFROBEATS
- a music style that is a combination of traditional Nigerian and Ghanaian music along with high life, and American funk and jazz element to it.
My Magazine will be an urban afrobeat magazine, with African influence.
This is FUSE ODG, famous for many hit singles such as 'Antenna' and 'Million Pound Girl'. In this image, Fuse is wearing a hat that states 'TINA', this is the abbreviation 'This Is New Africa'... Fuse is very enthusiastic about elevating the profile of Africa and also Africans. TINA, is also a campaign he founded that he hopes Africans will rebuild communities and portray a positive image of the motherland to the rest of the world, as well as involving those who are not African also.
POPULAR AFROBEAT ARTISTS
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Mista Silva
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Burna Boy
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Fuse ODG
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WizKid
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Davido
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Lola Rae
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Femi Kuti & many more...
Many Afrobeat Music Videos are associated with vibrant colours from the background, which most African Flags represent.
Afrobeat artists as I mentioned earlier enjoy featuring vibrant colours in their music. They also like adding the idea of African print material into their videos, usually tailored into dresses, tops, etc. This emphasises the sense of community again, as this print has been influential and is shared all over the world and worn by many, including major celebrities such as Beyoncé.
This is an image of one of the any concerts WizKid has preformed at. This image denotes how not only influential but also engaging he is, through the propinquity of him and his fans. This also emphasises the sense of community withing the Afrobeat industry.