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  "id": 15387719,
  "title": "Hilarious quips and ‘100,000-volt’ energy: the hypemen (and women) redefining Afrobeats music",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/hilarious-quips-and-100-000-volt-energy-the-hypemen-and-women",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T09:00:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/lagos-hypemen-redefining-afrobeats-music-afrohype"
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  "summary": "Style of emceeing based on high-octane, ad-libbed vocals has flourished thanks to its unique way of captivating crowds For the 2015 freshmen cohort of the history degree programme at the University of Lagos, their classmate’s first-semester presentation was so captivating that they began calling him Toby Shang, after the 16th-century Chinese dynasty he had focused on. His crowd engagement that…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}