In honor of African-American Music Month, one writer examines how Atlanta beats are influencing future Motherland sounds. It’s Saturday night in the Alexandra township of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Afro-Trap, the diasporic genre nobody really has a proper name for (some call it Afro Bashment), is the dominant sound of young London right now. Its refreshing mix of dancehall, rap, grime, and ...

In recent years, Afrobeats has gotten unprecedented attention. This has made the genre a highly coveted one as international acts are now interested in sampling the sound. Even more interesting is the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. MHD is one of the biggest names in French rap. The Parisian, real name Mohamed Sylla, is celebrated for ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. MHD's video for his global hit, "Afro Trap Pt. 9 (Faut les wet)," premieres today ...

Musicians treasure creative freedom, and in interviews, it’s not uncommon for them to voice a warning: “Don’t put my art in a box.” But MHD, the platinum-selling French rapper of Senegalese and ...

French rapper MHD was sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of a 2018 gang-related murder. The “afro trap” rapper born Mohamed Sylla was one of nine men charged in the killing of 23 ...

Three years ago, French rapper MHD was working as a pizza delivery boy in Paris. He now boasts over one million Instagram followers and has even performed at Coachella Music Festival. He spoke to BBC ...