AmaPiano meets Hip Hop: Kabza, Emtee and Young Stunna's game-changing track

South Africa's music scene is buzzing as AmaPiano king Kabza De Small teams up with hip-hop heavyweight Emtee and versatile ...
The Citizen

‘Bringing culture to the people’: Back To The City to be televised on SABC 1 this weekend

The 19th edition of the Back To The City festival will be broadcast in two parts on Friday and Saturday evening ...
NewsBytes

5 African musicians redefining global music

African artists are taking the global music scene by storm, thanks to their unique fusion of traditional sounds with ...
Yahoo

Hip-Hop 50 Years: How The Genre Impacted South Africa

It’s impossible to overlook hip-hop’s profound impact on the global music landscape as it celebrates its 50th year. Beyond its birthplace in the Bronx, New York, this genre has transcended borders, ...
Briefly

Kwesta and Yolanda Vilakazi: A Decade of Togetherness Sparks Conversations in South Africa

South African rapper Kwesta and wife Yolanda Vilakazi mark over a decade of love, sparking online debate about loyalty, fame, and modern celebrity marriages ...
TimesLIVE

WATCH | Hip-hop stars keep the genre alive in Pietermaritzburg

The star-studded lineup included DJ Speedsta, Shamiso, Kid X, Zingah, DreamTeam, Maggz and Ma-E, who all brought their A-game ...
insider.si.edu

Native tongues : an African hip-hop reader / edited by P. Khalil Saucier

Introduction / P. Khalil Saucier -- Part One: African noise : mapping African hip-hop from the East, West, and South: Rappin' Griots : producing the local in Senegalese hip-hop / Catherine Appert ; ...
The Cheat Sheet

‘Love & Hip Hop’: Creator Mona Scott-Young Hopes to Expand to This African Country

Could the Love & Hip Hop franchise be expanding to a new continent? While the jury may still be out on if that would ever or happen or not, one thing is for certain: it seems like the franchise’s ...
AOL

Digging up rap’s roots: How African rhythms birthed American hip-hop

Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many, at first, ...
AllHipHop

Chuck D Says “Africa Is The Future Of Hip-Hop”

Chuck D said for Hip-Hop to live on for another 50 years, “we got to recognize the world too,” and said the future lies in Africa. Chuck D is reflecting on the history of Hip-Hop and its worldwide ...
Okayplayer

South African Hip-Hop Artist MC ProKid Dies From Seizure at Age 37

Legendary South African hip-hop artist MC ProKid has died. Family members of the MC confirmed that the 37-year-old had died from a massive seizure on Thursday. From ‘Welcome To Derry’ to ‘The Smashing ...
WHYY

Philly hip-hop artist returns back to school to share the importance of African American studies

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Hip-hop music is celebrating 50 years, and since its inception the impact it’s had on ...