text:  Afrobeats originated from the western part of Africa. It started in Nigeria by Fela Kuti. Fela Kuti was known to be the king of Afrobeats in the early years, way, way, way ahead of my time, pushing the genre with drums and live band and all kinds of percussionist, different instruments. A song could not be played on radio because a song was like nine minutes long. It was all about the beats and the drums of the African continent.