06 May 2013 14:49 - Staff Reporter The much anticipated video of AKA's latest single 'Kontrol' debuted on MTV Base Africa this past weekend.
10 Apr 2013 10:59 - Sapa-AP A song about racial perception has drawn the ire of both the country and urban music worlds after its wide release.
09 Apr 2013 11:02 - Simon Hattenstone He is the former pimp married to his childhood sweetheart; the shrewd businessman who smokes 30 joints a day.
08 Apr 2013 12:39 - Rhodé Marshall Many are not convinced by the boom in SA hip-hop, saying it's become too commercial. But SA rapper Reason explains it's a just reflection of society.
25 Mar 2013 18:03 SA's hip-hop and kwaito stars, including a hologram of the late Brenda Fassie, celebrated the country's musical history at the Hansa Festival of Legends.
25 Mar 2013 13:40 - Rhodé Marshall The inaugural Hansa Festival of Legends featured the usual highs, lows, hits and misses - but everyone was there to see Brenda Fassie's hologram.
19 Oct 2012 00:00 - Bongani Madondo The rapper behind 'Blackz Are Fools' won't apologise for the title, throws around Malema metaphors and says Indians and Jews will rip outsiders off.
17 Oct 2012 16:40 - Lloyd Gedye Death Grips' new album grabbed the attention of columns and headlines when it chose to leak it to their fans after a dispute with their record label.
12 Oct 2012 13:29 - Afua Hirsch African hip-hop rappers seem to be the setting standard of how the music should be made internationally.
01 Aug 2012 17:40 Underground hip-hop artist Ben Sharpa, BlackNoise legend Emile, and ProVerb ask whether hip-hop is still relevant and whether it still talks to social issues.
20 Jul 2012 00:12 - Kwanele Sosibo El-P has moved towards the mainstream, or at least a wider audience. Thankfully, he has pulled it off without sacrificing urgency and proficiency.
24 Feb 2012 00:00 - Lloyd Gedye Lloyd Gedye discovers three new hip-hop albums that have more to talk about than guns, money,
bitches and bling.
04 Nov 2011 00:00 - Percy Zvomuya Dubbed this year's Die Antwoord, Spoek Mathambo's sound is uncategorically South African.
21 Oct 2011 17:09 - Chude Jideonwo In Nigeria, every other youngster wants to be a rap or hip-hop star. And for those who make it these days the rewards can be greater than ever.
30 May 2011 16:45 - Staff Reporter Gil Scott-Heron was a poet, jazz musician and rap pioneer who used mordant lyrics to express his views on politics and culture.
01 Mar 2009 06:00 - Niren Tolsi A refreshing change from many recording artists who figure fame places them not merely in another world, but in another time zone too.
01 Aug 2008 15:27 - Errin Haines Ludacris's new song, Politics as Usual, may have cost him one of his biggest fans, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
08 Feb 2008 18:27 - Julie Bindel A new film pushes stars to justify the genre's violence and misogyny.
