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GQOM

Dj Lag: Music was my ticket to the world
Friday
/ 15 July 2023

Dj Lag: Music was my ticket to the world

DJ Lag, also known as the King of Gqom, has grown from strength to strength in his career

By Lesego Chepape
The Portfolio: HHP’s silver lining at Back To The City
Friday
/ 29 October 2021

The Portfolio: HHP’s silver lining at Back To The City

Jabba’s Back To The City performance in 2016 was a late-career triumph for the visionary MC, but its promise would prove elusive

By Sabelo Mkhabela
How Busiswa’s conversational story “wrote itself”
Article
/ 3 December 2019

How Busiswa’s conversational story “wrote itself”

Busiswa: An Unbreakable Story unfolds like a conversation between Busiswa and the viewer.

By Zaza Hlalethwa
The soundtrack to Dezemba
Article
/ 14 December 2018

The soundtrack to Dezemba

Every year people talk about the ‘song of the summer’, but it is so much more than that

By Zaza Hlalethwa
DJ Lag: The gqom whisperer comes home
Article
/ 7 December 2018

DJ Lag: The gqom whisperer comes home

DJ Lag’s mission is still to explore the transmutability of gqom to other sounds around the world.

By Kwanele Sosibo
Queen of the beat just gets louder and louder
Article
/ 30 November 2018

Queen of the beat just gets louder and louder

Party-diva Busiswa is a powerful mix of poetry and music, but the club celebration touches on sensitive issues

By Kwanele Sosibo
The muted thump of Gqom Nation
Article
/ 20 July 2018

The muted thump of Gqom Nation

The genre is morphing from its roots in house into a mash-up, as artists try new ways to get released

By Kwanele Sosibo
Expanding gqom’s visual palette
Article
/ 29 June 2018

Expanding gqom’s visual palette

Dancer Artchild’s colourful presence in music videos is just the first step in her expanding career

By Kwanele Sosibo
Mx Blouse and the new-age genre-busters
Article
/ 18 May 2018

Mx Blouse and the new-age genre-busters

From the fringes, a different breed of musicians is disrupting established norms

By Zane Lelo Meslani
Surfing the Gqom Wave to oblivion
Article
/ 8 December 2017

Surfing the Gqom Wave to oblivion

Not just a genre, gqom is not being recognised in the industry as the cultural movement that it is

By Kwanele Sosibo
Welcome to the self-love club
Article
/ 31 October 2017

Welcome to the self-love club

FAKA is introducing gqom — most at home on Durban’s dance floors — to a new transgressive set

By Staff Reporter
​Babes Wodumo: The queen of gqom with dololo cares
Article
/ 26 September 2016

​Babes Wodumo: The queen of gqom with dololo cares

She has no concerns but – as the new ‘Mercedes’ single suggests – the celebrity trap awaits her.

By Kwanele Sosibo
Bhizer adds more ingredients to his gqom mix
Article
/ 1 April 2016

Bhizer adds more ingredients to his gqom mix

Will gqom’s precarious position in the kwaito food chain get the better of Bhizer?

By Kwanele Sosibo
Qoh and gqom: Music and ecstasy mix in Durban
Article
/ 3 July 2014

Qoh and gqom: Music and ecstasy mix in Durban

Inanda has evolved its own nihilistic ecstasy scene, complete with a loopy music genre.

By Kwanele Sosibo

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