Rap

Two of Afrobeats’ most popular exports are featured on what is perhaps hip-hop’s most highly anticipated album of the year

Milk + Cookies Music Week returns to South Africa, thus cementing its status as more than a festival through its commitment to local talent and economic support.

Veteran rappers are thriving, releasing acclaimed albums and winning Grammys, showing hip-hop grows with its artists and fans alike

For years, Lupe Fiasco’s music lived softly in my mind – a hum of resistance, a reminder of truth. Then, under Joburg’s stormy sky, I finally stood before the man who wields…

When Rapsody finally came to South Africa to record her latest album, something deeply meaningful and long-awaited took shape.

Kendrick Lamar’s win over Drake shows the resurgence of an illiberal racial mood in America

Halled over the coals: Rapper Macklemore’s track Hind’s Hall, which criticises Israel’s war, has gone viral.

Hip-hop turns 50 this year and to celebrate this milestone we look at women pioneers in this male-dominated musical subculture

The only rapper to give a masterclass in hip-hop storytelling, Nasir Jones is one of the best rappers of all time

Gun violence claims the life of yet another of hip-hop’s ascendant stars

Standing on the shoulders of hip-hop giants like HHP, Pro and Skwatta, the new generation of Mzansi rappers is changing the genre’s lexicon

DBN Gogo, Blxckie and ByLwansta are headliners at the return of this iconic event

Jabba’s Back To The City performance in 2016 was a late-career triumph for the visionary MC, but its promise would prove elusive

For a man to whom music was a mission, the local industry ultimately proved too narrow

Monster hits and expressive deep cuts from HHP’s extensive catalog, ranked from best to very good by Sabeo Mkhabela