While he has played at the UK's biggest festival before, this is his first time on the famous main stage, which has been Glastonbury's focal point for decades.
But Afrobeats, with an "s", is a completely different sound. It is generally seen as a fusion of traditional West African musical styles with Western pop, rap and dancehall."Afrobeats has been driven a lot by social media," he said, adding that young people, travelling to different parts of the world, also helped spread the sound.There were challenges, of course. DJ Edu said that a lot of people who started out making Afrobeats were not clued up about the music industry.
Songs from the genre regularly started crossing into the mainstream, with its first big global success being the release of Oliver Twist by the artist D'banj in 2012.Rise in popularity TikTok and YouTube - where many people discover new music - have played a big part in taking Afrobeats to new audiences in the UK, the US and beyond.
"Afrobeats has ignited a global revolution, and it's captivating trajectory shows no sign of slowing.""We are seeing the likes of Wizkid, Libianca and Burna Boy all having global success, which shows that their audience is everywhere." The track, which featured Selena Gomez, became the first African artist-led track to hit a billion streams on Spotify.