The Chicago Defender speaks to DJ El about the Afrobeats artists performing at Afro Nation Detroit.
Afrobeats is defined as electronic and dance music elements set to African percussion, with hints of highlife, dancehall, hip-hop and R&B, says Rolling Stone. Its origins are traceable across the spectrum of Black expression, emerging out of West Africa. The tone of Afrobeats is often upbeat, digitally produced, and sung in English, West African and pidgin languages.
Now it’s a worldwide phenomenon.
Over the years, this musical genre…
