The rapper speaks about police killing black people in South Africa and the United States, Lauryn Hill’s essence and working with local artists.
American singer Aloe Blacc talks about his transformation in the music industry, his experience at Oppikoppi and his views on the state of hip-hop.
New York-based MC Pharoahe Monch performed a single underground set in Cape Town, showing off the lyrical dexterity that has won him cult status.
Hip-hop artist AKA has tweeted he will not be opening for international acts again because of poor treatment and minimal exposure.
It was the year not just of great music, but also of
hip-hop shaping the debates around popular culture.
Maftown Heights has returned to Newtown, Johannesburg, and will be featuring some of the hottest SA hip-hop acts around.
As news of Khuli Chana being shot at by police trends on social media, Twitter is not short of jokes. Let’s take a look at some of the reactions.
After two black Barneys shoppers were accused of credit card fraud, the rapper’s fans are petitioning for him to cut ties with the New York store.
Lebogang Naves, popularly known as DJ Naves, is one of South Africa’s most talented and popular hip-hop DJs.
Kendrick Lamar has called himself Rap King in Big Sean’s "Control", and because it’s the digital age, instead of gang signs, Twitter’s throwing memes.
The much anticipated video of AKA’s latest single ‘Kontrol’ debuted on MTV Base Africa this past weekend.
A song about racial perception has drawn the ire of both the country and urban music worlds after its wide release.
He is the former pimp married to his childhood sweetheart; the shrewd businessman who smokes 30 joints a day.
Sama nominee Sizwe ‘Reason’ Moeketsi’s star is on the rise. We speak to him to find out why.
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.
The inaugural Hansa Festival of Legends featured the usual highs, lows, hits and misses – but everyone was there to see Brenda Fassie’s hologram.
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.
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.
African hip-hop rappers seem to be the setting standard of how the music should be made internationally.
Hip-hop crew Death Grips has caused a stir by leaking its own album after a dispute with its record label over the release date. Warning: Nudity.
One of the best lyricists to come out of the movement, culture and industry known as Hip Hop, Talib Kweli is in the country.
Tladi has worked on his dancing career since he was 14 years old. Now he’s been chosen by top dancers/choreographers in the world to train and audition in LA.
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.
El-P has moved towards the mainstream, or at least a wider audience. Thankfully, he has pulled it off without sacrificing urgency and proficiency.
Lloyd Gedye discovers three new hip-hop albums that have more to talk about than guns, money,
bitches and bling.
Dubbed this year’s Die Antwoord, Spoek Mathambo’s sound is uncategorically South African.
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.
Theophilus London has risen to fame on a combination of masterful branding and effortless musical reach, writes <b>Kwanele Sosibo</b>.
Hip-hop artist Pebbles explores new sonic territory with her new album.
Gil Scott-Heron was a poet, jazz musician and rap pioneer who used mordant lyrics to express his views on politics and culture.
There seems to have been something that has always stopped the Beastie Boys from operating on the timescale to which most bands stick.
It’s hip hop night in Khartoum and the crowd is ready to boogie as the DJ spins his turntable and the rapper from the Darfur belts out lyrics.