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Inside Afrobeats' Global Takeover: A Lagos Story

ABy Amara Eze ยท June 27, 2026

How one city became the epicentre of the world's fastest-growing music movement.

Afrobeats didn't just happen โ€” it was cultivated across the clubs, studios, and streets of Lagos over decades. Today the genre is charting in over 40 countries, and every major label has a Lagos outpost.

We trace the roots and the route that brought Nigerian sound to the world stage.

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