Afroswing
Afroswing is a British style that blends Afrobeats and dancehall rhythms with UK rap, R&B melodies and sung-rapped vocals.
It came out of London in the mid-2010s, made largely by young artists of West African and Caribbean heritage. Beats are mid-tempo and bouncy, with warm chords and a mix of rapping and Auto-Tuned singing in London slang. It is lighter and more melodic than grime or UK drill, and more rap-based than Afrobeats made in Nigeria or Ghana.
Artists it is known for: J Hus, Kojo Funds, Not3s, Yxng Bane.
- Family
- African
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- London, mid-2010s
- Also called
- Afrobashment, Afro-bashment
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 3%
About 2,200 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have afroswing among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Afroswing artists
Burna Boy
Asake
Wizkid
Odeal
Davido
Fireboy DML
Blaqbonez
BNXN
J Hus
BlancoThe afroswing artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.