"Sometimes it’s better to not know each other as people first and just play," says Yannis Philippakis, one of the last musicians to get on the tools with the late Afrobeat pioneer, Tony Allen.

In a new development, it was stated that Wizzy becomes the first African artist to chart all the songs on his album on the US Afrobeat Billboard Top 20. This feat has excited Wizkid FC fans ...

Dave Sitek, who produced Foals’ 2008 debut album, Antidotes, mandated the group only listen to Afrobeat records leading up to the recording, Fela Kuti and Tony Allen specifically.