In honor of African-American Music Month, one writer examines how Atlanta beats are influencing future Motherland sounds. It’s Saturday night in the Alexandra township of Johannesburg, South Africa.

French rapper MHD was sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of a 2018 gang-related murder. The “afro trap” rapper born Mohamed Sylla was one of nine men charged in the killing of 23 ...

Musicians treasure creative freedom, and in interviews, it’s not uncommon for them to voice a warning: “Don’t put my art in a box.” But MHD, the platinum-selling French rapper of Senegalese and ...

MHD, a rapper from Paris, is pioneering a new genre of hip-hop, Afro Trap, blending trap music from the southern US with Afrobeat music, reflecting his Senegalese and Guinean heritage. MHD grew up in ...

French rapper MHD is making some of the most addictive and enjoyable music videos today. In his nine-part Afro Trap series, the 22-year-old Parisian integrates tightly-wound southern hip-hop with the ...

Young British-Nigerian rapper, Sammie Cash, is on a mission to introduce trap music, a subgenre of the American hip-hop music that gained prominence in the 2010s. He calls his own afro-trap, a blend ...