Afrobeats Hits Born in Nigeria and Ghana, Afrobeats has become one of the most eclectic and exportable sounds in contemporary music, mixing with everything from rap and dancehall to R&B and house. Slippery as it is to pin down, here's a snapshot of Afrobeats' biggest and best tunes right now. The infectious but indefinable sound of 21st-century Africa. We regularly refresh this playlist with new music. If you like a track, add it to your library.