Netflix docu-series explores the story of Afrobeats

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Afrobeats: The Backstory​

2021 | TV-MA | 1 Season | Hip-Hop
Music pioneers Kenny Ogungbe, Dayo "D1" Adeneye, Paul "Play" Dairo and others dive into the rise of Afrobeats, the Nigerian global music phenomenon.

Watch all you want.

Episodes​

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1. OG before IG & The 3 Boy Bands​

44m

2. 1999 & the 5 Beat Pattern​

43m

3. The UK Scene & D'banj and Don Jazzy​

46m

4. Music Videos & Music Stations​

40m

5. American Dream & Local Rappers​

44m

6. Record Labels & the Queens​

41m

7. DJs, Producers & Dancehall Music​

42m

8. The New New Sound & the Fusion of African Music​

37m

9. Wizkid & Davido and Yoruba Language in Afrobeats​

37m

10. The Big Concerts​

41m

11. Afrobeat & Afrobeats, History & Present​

40m

12. Afrobeats to the World​

 

[OfTheCross]

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[mykey]

With all this exposure, very soon White people will steal Afrobeats, gentrify it and call it it "Tropical EDM" or something to that effect.

Afrobeats will then be "mainstreamed" and win lots of Grammy Awards and generate a lot of wealth.


{{insert Black music genre here}} Rinse + Repeat.