Afrobeat Singer

September 04, (THEWILL) - The 16th edition of Headies, an award ceremony that celebrates Afrobeats and African culture, took place on Sunday, at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta. Artistes across Africa gathered in Atlanta to celebrate the...

August 01 (THEWILL) - Nigerian superstar, Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, is the latest global artist to receive an award celebrating over one billion streams in the United Kingdom. On Monday, the BRIT Billion Award organisers, in an Instagram post, announced...

July 03, (THEWILL) - Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun of the Yaba Magistrates’s court's absence on Monday, has further stalled the trial of singer Seun Kuti. The registrar, Mr Babalola, in the absence of Chief Magistrate Olatunbosun, adjourned the case till...

June 23, (THEWILL) - Nigerian Afrobeat artiste, Ayodeji Balogun, also known as Wizkid has revealed plans to float his jewellery line. The singer made this known during Afrobeats audio visual podcast episode hosted by Shopsydoo Adesope. The singer who was wearing...

June 19, (THEWILL) - Hours after coming under fire for cancelling his show in the Netherlands, afrobeat star, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, has rescheduled the event. The show was earlier scheduled to be held at the GelreDome stadium...

May 31, (THEWILL) - Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti, has narrated some of the things he passed through while in police detention. The singer had turned himself in after the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, ordered...

May 28, (THEWILL) - Yeni, daughter of afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has said that she gave up her dancing career to take care of her daughter after her mother, Remilekun Taylor, died. The dancer revealed that her late mother took...

May 20, (THEWILL) - Iconic afrobeat singer, Femi Kuti, has opened up about his younger brother, Seun's detention. While attending a concert in France, on Friday night, he stated that the family is solidly behind Seun and that the best...

May 16, (THEWILL) - The Yaba Magistrates Court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, at the State Criminal Investigation department (SCID), Panti, Lagos, pending the conclusion of investigation. THEWILL had reported that Seun, on Monday, surrendered...

May 13, (THEWILL) - The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the arrest of Seun Kuti, son of late Afrobeat maestro, Fela Kuti, for assaulting a police officer in uniform. The incidence captured on video shows...