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Urban Africa\u00a0is a love letter to the bustling African metropolises south of the great desert\u2014Dakar, Kigali, Lagos, Addis Ababa, and Johannesburg, to name a few\u2014that are dynamic, diverse, and more traveler-ready than ever. Find more inspiration\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Afropop luminary Oluwatosin Ajibade, better known as\u00a0Mr Eazi,<\/a>\u00a0has brought the sounds of\u00a0Africa<\/a>\u00a0to the world. With more than 4 billion streams of his own hits and collaborations with superstars like\u00a0Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Bad Bunny<\/a>, the pioneer of\u00a0Banku music<\/a>\u2014an Afrobeats subgenre that mixes\u00a0Ghanaian<\/a>\u00a0highlife with Nigerian chord progressions\u2014is setting the stage for something even bigger. The time has come, he says, for African music, unadulterated and on its own terms.<\/p>\n The shift between artist and disruptor-entrepreneur has come naturally for\u00a0Mr Eazi<\/a>, who grew up in\u00a0Lagos<\/a>, Nigeria, and\u00a0Accra<\/a>, Ghana, twin poles of the Afrobeats landscape. Following his 2016 breakout success with singles \u201cSkin Tight\u201d and \u201cLeg Over,\u201d he founded EmPawa Africa, a talent incubator for bringing up artists from\u00a0across the continent<\/a>. Launching stars including Joeboy and Major League Djz, the company is now one of Africa\u2019s largest independent music labels. Mr Eazi\u2019s commitment to pan-Africanism is also echoed in his 2023 debut full-length album,\u00a0The Evil Genius<\/em>, which features guest appearances from\u00a0Benin<\/a>\u2019s Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo,\u00a0Ghana<\/a>\u2019s Efya, and South Africa\u2019s Soweto Gospel Choir.<\/p>\n We caught up with the Afrobeats pioneer as he was nailing down the details for this year\u2019s\u00a0Detty Rave<\/a>, his end-of-year festival in Accra, to hear his tips for \u201cgetting detty\u201d in Accra and Lagos; ask him why he thinks\u00a0Kampala<\/a>, Uganda, and\u00a0Cape Town<\/a>\u00a0are great music cities; and coax out a couple under-the-radar destinations that travelers should have on their list.<\/p>\n Source: CNTraveler<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n