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 ...