Though it can be said that Afrobeat never died, in recent years its seen levels of exposure that would’ve seemed unheard of when the genre was first created in the 1960s.
One of the hottest tickets on Broadway is the musical "Fela!" which details the life of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the father of Afro-beat music. The play, which was produced by Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Jay-Z, was nominated for eleven Tony Awards today.
