Hip Hop

The Portfolio: ByLwansta

Article ByLwantsa - 6 Mar 2020

Hip-hop artist ByLwansta adopts a multidisciplinary approach to story-telling by making use of visual cues to reinforce the ideas that he puts forward sonically

Finding Your Niche with K.O

Multimedia Malcolm Sekgothe - 7 Nov 2019

Rapper K.O speaks about his creative process, his intentions with Skhanda and South African hip hop losing its identity.

Rams’s feet touch the ground and sky

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 7 Jun 2019

The Johannesburg rapper, known to switch flows in a minute, has his eyes set on international swag

HHP – the motswako legend who was one of a kind

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 26 Oct 2018

Jabba drew inspiration from everything. His approach was collective and prolific.

Don’t it always seem to go

Article bogdan TagDiv - 22 Sep 2017

The music video for Janet Jackson’s Got ‘Til It’s Gone is as politically relevant today as it was back in the Nineties

The church of iNice Time and blessings

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Aug 2017

On their album AKA and Anatii keep the tradition of hip-hop spirituality and prosperity

Literary bent to hip-hop’s Democracy & Delusion

Article Govan Whittles - 18 Aug 2017

Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh’s dual release of a politically charged record and book was influenced by his father.

Mr Tap’s vision to inspire others

Article bogdan TagDiv - 18 Aug 2017

Aubrey Poopedi defies the odds of blindness, and reaches the firmament of greatness as a rapper

A fresh brew of old numbers

Article bogdan TagDiv - 16 Aug 2017

Hugh Masekela and Riky Rick work on their chemistry to produce who knows what

Be Careful What You Wish For: AKA & Anatii

Videos Malcolm Sekgothe - 31 Jul 2017

South African rappers AKA and Anatii speak to the M&G about their new collaborative album 'Be Careful What You Wish For'.

Rise of the young king

Videos Staff Reporter - 23 Jun 2017

Rapper A-Reece chats to the M&G about his next album, the state of SA hip hop and the future of trap music and the importance beef.

What Phife taught me

Article Luke Feltham & Ofentse Mboweni - 30 Mar 2017

Tribe fans Ofentse Mboweni and Luke Feltham revisited some of their favourite lines to reflect what these mean to them.

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