Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I kept taking voice lessons, and one of my voice teachers suggested I consider opera. It was completely foreign to me, and I was ...

Babatunde Akinboboye (AKA ‘the hip-hopera guy’), has done a modern musical dive into Mozart’s ‘Così fan tutte’, and it’s more perfect than you could possibly imagine. And now, Babatunde is expanding ...

He says his love of hip-hop came first. Born in America but raised in Nigeria, Babatunde Akinboboye says that while others in his Nigerian community were fascinated with R&B, the only music he loved ...

In the ever-evolving world of Afrobeats, Adelowotan Babatunde, better known in the industry as Opera is one name that is steadily rising as a force behind the scenes. As the mastermind behind Opera ...

This week, Babatunde Akinboboye brings hip-hopera to Filoli, pedal steel master DaShawn Hickman performs in Palo Alto and old-school funk and jazz with The Headhunters at The Guild. Nigerian-American ...

Nigerian-American baritone Babatunde Akinboboye sings ‘March of the Toreadors’ from Bizet’s opera, ‘Carmen’, at the SXSW festival in Austin, blending rap and classical music in his signature ‘Hip ...

The Emmy for Guest Performer went to Obba Babatundé (Julius, B&B) at the Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony at the Westin Bonaventure hotel in Los Angeles. During his acceptance speech he said, "I stand ...

Babatunde Akinboboye, 38, became an opera singer by mistake. His only exposure to classical music was through popular culture, like Looney Tunes and Mrs. Doubtfire. But Akinboboye found himself in the ...

"Being an opera singer, people like to learn what my life is like and they enjoy seeing how it is like theirs." By Tanisha Thomas Contributing Writer Babatunde Akinboboye, 38, became an opera singer ...