rap music

Multimedia | 2019-10-01 12:08:00

Rapper Emtee paid the Mail & Guardian a visit to speak about his musical journey, what's shaped his musical style and how he found his flow.

Finding Your Niche: Rouge

Arts and CultureMalcolm Sekgothe | 2019-08-09 00:00:00

“I don’t only have South African stories to tell,” says hip-hop artist Rouge, who was born and raised in Pretoria by Congolese parents. “I...

Rāms’s feet touch the ground and sky

Arts and CultureKwanele Sosibo | 2019-06-07 00:00:00

A significant portion of the upward trajectory of Rāms’s career has to do with his intuition. The Johannesburg-based rapper has a sixth sense...

Rap rebel without a pause

Arts and CultureGopolang Botlhokwane | 2019-05-31 00:00:00

For much of his career, motswako rapper Mo’Molemi has attempted to capture and make sense of the precarious position young black people...

Slice of life: ‘Most lovely night of my life’

NationalSarah Smit | 2019-03-08 00:00:00

I got booked for this show at a club in town. That was my first big performance. You know how it usually is: they book, like, different artists and...

The sky’s the limit for ‘DIY’ Eagle

Arts and CultureSabelo Mkhabela | 2018-06-22 00:00:00

Shane Eagle is the latest rapper to receive the coveted best hip-hop album trophy at the South African Music Awards (Samas). “It was about...

Kwesta’s snapshot of home

Arts and CultureFezokuhle Mthonti | 2018-01-26 00:00:00

My parents etched out a comfortable existence for our family in the imprecise terrain that often forms in the fissures between working and middle...

Mr Tap's vision to inspire others

Arts and CultureTiffany S Thomas | 2017-08-18 00:00:00

As the sound of music bleeds through the walls of Bomba Records, a music studio in Braamfischerville, Soweto, Tebogo Aubrey Poopedi bounces his...

For better or worse, SA rap has become all about the money

FridaySabelo Mkhabela | 2017-02-24 00:00:00

On his 2012 hit song I Want It All, AKA raps: “I be running in the streets like a fly Hector Pieterson/ With my Adidas on/ They say the...

Rapper Dope Saint Jude has found her cause — it's reimagined and redefined

MusicSarah Koopman | 2016-08-01 00:00:00

As you listen to the opening tracks on Dope Saint Jude’s debut EP, Reimagine, there’s no doubt the Cape Town rapper is doing things on...

Big Sean: Coming to SA a dream come true

MusicRhodé Marshall | 2014-02-03 14:39:00

Rapper Sean Michael Anderson, known as Big Sean, performed at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Johannesburg for a one-night only performance on Saturday...

Ice Prince seeks a new honour

MusicRhodé Marshall | 2013-11-19 13:21:00

Local fans of Nigerian rap artist Ice Prince (born Panshak Zamani) will see him joining the likes of JR, Morafe, Reason, AKA, Khuli Chana and...

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