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The new wave way: How SA’s now generation moves different

Friday Sabelo Mkhabela - 8 Oct 2020

South Africa’s newest stars have turned to the internet and cultivated cult followings to launch themselves onto the global music scene

Black romance, no blackness

Article Refiloe Seiboko - 12 Mar 2020

From the music to the plot, ‘The Photograph’ is a refreshing take on two people falling in love

#MeToo-era Pulitzers give Trump one on the nose

Article Sarah Smit - 20 Apr 2018

This year's Pulitzer juries awarded prizes to works that highlight the notable pitfalls of Donald Trump's presidency

Kendrick Lamar, the first rapper to win a Pulitzer

Article Sarah Smit - 17 Apr 2018

Kendrick Lamar has become the first non-classical, non-jazz artist to win the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for the music category

A soundtrack with its eye on the score

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 16 Feb 2018

"Soundtracks are not scores. At best, they are marketing gimmicks with a pretence at a soul".

Kendrick Lamar’s “All the Stars” video in appropriation scandal

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 12 Feb 2018

A near-exact facsimile of Viktor’s work from her Constellations series appears in the Kendrick Lamar and Sza collaboration.

Into the heart of white suburbia and the fear of the black body

Article Mvelase Peppetta - 20 Dec 2017

Maybe it’s being raised in racist enclaves. Whatever it is, white people still believe they are the rightful owners of South Africa

Poets reclaim Cape Town’s historical narrative

Article Faye Kabali-Kagwa - 29 Sep 2017

A jamboree of poets traverses the city, feels it’s pain and emerges to restore what was taken

On the lists week: DAMN, Falling Upwards and the Black Christ of the Andes

Article Arts Desk - 21 Apr 2017

The Lists are compiled by Friday editor Milisuthando Bongela and arts writer Kwanele Sosibo

The weekly pop sack: Walking into the obscure like

Article Kuntha Ndimande - 7 Apr 2017

We, the people, do not run the world, nor do we run this country.

Lamar shut out as Swift, Sheeran, Mars win top Grammy awards

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Feb 2016

Pop artist Taylor Swift edged out rapper Kendrick Lamar to win the album of the year award for '1989' - and make history.

Grammy awards 2016: Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and the Weeknd lead nominations

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Dec 2015

This year's shortlist has been announced, with seven nominations for the pop, rap and R&B stars.

Entertainment round-up: Kendrick Lamar is engaged, SA’s rich kids get reality show

Article Arts Desk - 7 Apr 2015

From the engagements of musicians FKA Twigs and Kendrick Lamar to BB King getting hospitalised, we round up this weekend's entertainment news.

Kendrick Lamar stirs up the rap on race

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Apr 2015

The hip-hopper attacks racism but is mauled in turn for saying black people don’t respect themselves.

Jo’burg crowd goes mad for Kendrick Lamar

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Feb 2014

The self-proclaimed King of New York, Kendrick Lamar, performed at Johannesburg Stadium on Saturday evening.

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Latest articles on Kendrick Lamar

The new wave way: How SA’s now generation moves different

Black romance, no blackness

#MeToo-era Pulitzers give Trump one on the nose

Kendrick Lamar, the first rapper to win a Pulitzer

A soundtrack with its eye on the score

Kendrick Lamar’s “All the Stars” video in appropriation scandal

Into the heart of white suburbia and the fear of the black body

Poets reclaim Cape Town’s historical narrative

On the lists week: DAMN, Falling Upwards and the Black Christ of the Andes

The weekly pop sack: Walking into the obscure like

Lamar shut out as Swift, Sheeran, Mars win top Grammy awards

Grammy awards 2016: Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and the Weeknd lead nominations

Entertainment round-up: Kendrick Lamar is engaged, SA’s rich kids get reality show

Kendrick Lamar stirs up the rap on race

Jo’burg crowd goes mad for Kendrick Lamar

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