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Rick Ross in Nigeria, Solange in South Africa – whose story do they tell?
Rick Ross is not the first American hip hop artist to enjoy touring the African continent; ever since the late eighties when LL Cool J performed in Abidjan there’s been the occasional motherland trip...
View ArticleNew Video from Outspoken (Zimbabwe)
Zimbabwe emcee Outspoken just dropped a new music video for his group ‘Outspoken & The Essence.’ This track is an introduction to Outspoken & The Essence and the group’s own interpretation of...
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HOME (the Mixtape), released August 15
“Home is that peace of mind, the rays of sunshine / will go to war with any anybody trying to take mine.” –StaHHr Ever-pushing boundaries within the hip hop mixtape tradition, Nomadic Wax has partnered...
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Alec Lomami – CLV video featuring Sammus & Badi Banx
A new video by Alec Lomami for his track ‘CLV’, directed by Tlhonepho Thobejane and shot to the always picturesque (pardon my French) backdrop of Cape Town. Including some amazing custom video game...
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Boom Africa! African Hip Hop Radio December 2013
It’s the last African Hip Hop Radio show of the year already, and indeed 2013 went by without us paying attention to the fact that the show has been in existence for 15 years already (see here for a...
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If Die Antwoord were real, this is what their video would look like
The music video for ‘Oemtjokitie’ by Doodvenootskap was shot in the South African city that tops all the world travel recommendation charts – Telegraph Travel Awards, NY Times’ 52 Places to go in 2014,...
View ArticleRabbit joins HHP and Wangechi in Tulia Tu, Wangechi joins VEVO
Some of our favorite emcees together come on one track in the brand new video ‘Tulia Tu’; not only Rabbit aka Kaka Sungura (Kenya) but also HHP (South Africa) kicking the vernacular verses and...
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Morumokwano and linguistic turf wars in South African hip hop
When the now famous Motswako sub-genre started in the late 90’s by acts such as Baphixile, it included a mixture of languages, namely Setswana, Sepedi and English and to some extent isiZulu. But...
View ArticleJagermeisters Back the Artist Music Initiative
Jägermeister’s ‘Back the Artist’ Music Initiative Creating Tomorrows Legends – Tonight Jägermeister is once again giving South African musicians the chance to showcase their talent. Officially...
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Alpha Royce drops new release Without You
Alpha Royce, previously known as ‘Beey Royce,’ is a 21 year old artist from Soweto. The name change marks a significant change in the artist’s life as she is in her final year of a BA degree in Media...
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