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Strong bru: Black Coffee will headline Africa Is Not a Jungle in Durban on Saturday 8 November. Photo: Supplied
ACCES MUSIC CONFERENCE

Diary: Africa Is Not a Jungle, ACCES Music Conference and Red Bull Flugtag

Your essential dose of art and culture

  • Kibo Ngowi
  • Busi Lethole
2 min read
One of the youngest artists on Coke Studio this year is MajorSteez, an up-and-coming hip-hop and R&B duo. Pihoto: Supplied
AMAROTO

International award-winner Focalistc and young R&B duo MajorSteez to collaborate on Coke Studio

Coca-Cola announces the return of Coke Studio Africa, which will be teaming up with some of the best local talent

  • Sonri Naidoo
3 min read
In his element: Amapiano producer Mthuthuzeli Gift Khoza, better known as De Mthuda, in his natural habitat – manning the decks at Universal Music’s headquarters in Rosebank. (Photo: Sabelo Mkhabela)
ACE OF SPADES

Meet De Mthuda, the landlord of amapiano

Amapiano super producer De Mthuda is shaping the soundtrack of summer, but prefers to speak through his music, not to journalists, except in this case …

  • Sabelo Mkhabela
10 min read
Jabba performing at Back To The City festival in 2016. (Photo: Tseliso Monaheng)
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

Jabba: In pursuit of hip-hop greatness

Jabba was an an innovator who paved a lane and nurtured a genre, but he only ever wanted to be a Maftown hero

  • Tseliso Monaheng
7 min read
Sbudaroc and Moozlie on the AKA TV programme The Braai Show, which also aired on SABC 1. (Image courtesy of @AKAApp)
AKA

Colouring outside the box: How local hip-hop artists are disrupting media

Artist-run platforms are overtaking traditional media, but what does this mean for a critical approach?

  • Sabelo Mkhabela
11 min read