 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, you know, in the early years, you know, way, way, way ahead of my time, pushing the genre with drums and live band and all kinds of, you know, percussion is different instruments, you know. 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.