Kendrick Lamar’s win over Drake shows the resurgence of an illiberal racial mood in America
‘Isibuko’ holds a mirror to the musician’s life
Enhance the festive feeling by choosing from this carefully curated vinyl collection, courtesy of Tseliso Monaheng
Kendrick Lamar’s latest album drops down the charts and moves up our reviewers’ legendary list
The Pulitzer Prize awards grants another controversial award to a book that mixes both fiction and non-fiction
Silk Sonic’s adventurous nostalgia is not a testimony to older music being better but rather the artists offer a listening experience that is refreshing because it is so different to what popular ears have become accustomed to
South Africa’s newest stars have turned to the internet and cultivated cult followings to launch themselves onto the global music scene
From the music to the plot, ‘The Photograph’ is a refreshing take on two people falling in love
This year’s Pulitzer juries awarded prizes to works that highlight the notable pitfalls of Donald Trump’s presidency
Kendrick Lamar has become the first non-classical, non-jazz artist to win the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for the music category
"Soundtracks are not scores. At best, they are marketing gimmicks with a pretence at a soul".
A near-exact facsimile of Viktor’s work from her Constellations series appears in the Kendrick Lamar and Sza collaboration.
Maybe it’s being raised in racist enclaves. Whatever it is, white people still believe they are the rightful owners of South Africa
A jamboree of poets traverses the city, feels it’s pain and emerges to restore what was taken
The Lists are compiled by Friday editor Milisuthando Bongela and arts writer Kwanele Sosibo
We, the people, do not run the world, nor do we run this country.
Pop artist Taylor Swift edged out rapper Kendrick Lamar to win the album of the year award for ‘1989’ – and make history.
This year’s shortlist has been announced, with seven nominations for the pop, rap and R&B stars.
From the engagements of musicians FKA Twigs and Kendrick Lamar to BB King getting hospitalised, we round up this weekend’s entertainment news.
The hip-hopper attacks racism but is mauled in turn for saying black people don’t respect themselves.
The self-proclaimed King of New York, Kendrick Lamar, performed at Johannesburg Stadium on Saturday evening.
It was the year not just of great music, but also of
hip-hop shaping the debates around popular culture.
Next year will kick-off on a high note for hip-hop music in SA with Big Sean and Kendrick Lamar announcing upcoming tour dates to the country.
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.