Yes they were but it wasn't the dominant sound. Just like y'all have a street sound here there is a similar vibe on the continent and that wave has mostly been Jamaican for the better part of modern times... I grew up a hip hop fan in Africa and I was an outcast breh most people were only doing reggae and dancehall and even today most of what you would consider the street sound is dancehall, R&B was bigger than hip hop and of course pop acts like Michael Jackson. hip hop is considered higher class... so you find the more well to do folks are rap heads but the average brehs are more in tune with Jamaican culture down to emulating slang
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Primary influence on culture up until the 2000's was Jamaica and that's a fact you hear it in the slang and you saw it in the music. The transition happened when rap became more accessible that's why I say the influence switch over is relative recent. brehs in canada never used to say nikka like the kids do now.
it deadass sounds like dancehall/bashment mixed with 2step that's slowed down, they both start at 90 bpm. can't say it's afrobeat because afrobeat starts at 120 bpm.
