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5 hot African artists to look forward to at SXSW in Texas this year
Fresh from his first performance on South African soil, Petite Noir, is about to take his noirwave to the other side of the world, to Beyonce’s hometown, Texas. Here, he will perform at one of the...
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Shekhinah feels no pressure from the success of “Back to the Beach”
A Google search for Shekhinah Donnell and “Back to the Beach” brings up no less than 1 410 000 search results. Not bad for someone who auditioned, not once, but twice for Idols South Africa, but never...
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“I have served my time in jail…”– Okmalumkoolkat
Popular alternative musician, Okmalumkoolkat has broken his silence after serving a jail term for indecent assault. Okmalumkoolkat, whose real name is Smiso Zwane, is reported to have walked into a...
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7 of Cape Town rapper Youngsta’s best guest verses
Cape Town rapper Youngsta claims to have “put the Cape up when they made the Cape flat”. He once released 24 mixtapes in less than two years. In 2015 he released 20 videos as part of his #VisualVrydag...
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Rebel songstress Elo on music, fashion and being compared to Nicki Minaj
Watching her provocative video for her latest single “Be it” didn’t prepare me for meeting the petite songstress, Elo. The pink-afroed artist from Tshepang Ramoba’s (of Blk Jks fame) Post Post Music...
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AKA goes pop on his new single “One Time”
AKA is not one to get comfortable with what works. He’s forever challenging himself. The rapper’s latest single “One Time”, which he performed on SABC 1’s music show LiveAmp last week Friday, is proof...
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Cape Town rapper Kanyi shares new experimental single and her views on the...
Kanyi’s phone keeps ringing. Just as she settles down in her producer’s bedroom studio in Gugulethu, where she’s working on her new EP, her phone goes off. “Ndisenza le-interview, still here in Gugs,”...
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Zoë Modiga, the Cape Town-based jazz artist you have to see perform
She took us to church – at The Nest, the newly opened venue for all things art, in the Cape Town CBD. This was Zoë Modiga, the new jazz priestess. The Cape Town-based singer’s multidimensional voice...
View ArticleHow rhyming helps me get over the pain of losing my father to the struggle
As a child, Lwazi Ngqingo,who raps under the name Java, lost his dad to the struggle, for apartheid. His music is a therapeutic outlet for him to deal with not having a father figure in his life. Watch...
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6 artists who blew us away at the 2016 Cape Town International Jazz Festival
You don’t know what you missed out on. That’s the only way to describe this year’s Cape Town International Jazz Festival to anyone who wasn’t there. Now in it’s 17th year, the festival still brings...
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Behind the beat: Tweezy on producing some of AKA’s biggest hits
Tweezy takes a moment to chill during AKA’s “All Eyes on Me” video shoot. Photo: Tseliso Monaheng “I was kind of expecting it,” says Soweto-based producer Tweezy. It’s a wintry Wednesday afternoon and...
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6 coloured musicians you need to stop sleeping on
Besides Jimmy Nevis, Isaac Mutant (Dookoom), HemelBessem, Youngsta, Patty Monroe, and a few others, not many coloured artists are known nationally. But this doesn’t mean there aren’t any great...
View ArticleMgarimbe and other one-hit wonders from the last 10 years
In case you didn’t realise, Mgarimbe’s massive street hit “Sista Bethina” was released 10 years ago. And Mgarimbe hasn’t released any other hit since then. He’s not the only South African artist who...
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5 possible reasons why AKA has stayed on top of the game since 2011
AKA’s Levels album just went platinum. The rapper has been the head honcho of South African rap since 2011 when his single “Victory Lap” became a permanent fixture on national radio. Most hip-hop...
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9 South African mixtapes and EPs that could have won SAMAs
The Grammys, just like the South African Music Awards (SAMAs), do not allow albums that have not been released commercially (like free mixtapes and EPs) to be nominated. But a petition, which was...
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Common & Latifah support HIV/AIDS concert in SA
Twitter was in a state of rapture when the news broke that Queen Latifah and Common were gracing our shores in July this year. The pair, who were a trending topic yesterday afternoon will be...
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10 local songs we would like to hear on the radio
It’s been almost a week since the SABC announced that 90% of the playlist must be local. But all we’ve been hearing are old hits. Here are 10 songs made in this era that we would like to hear on the...
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7 reasons you should put some respek on HHP’s name
Jabba performs at this year’s Back To The City. (Image: Sabelo Mkhabela) Last week a video of Jabba saying he was going to “moer” rappers who mention his name and disrespect him, surfaced on the...
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A space for queer people to party, talk and hangout without discrimination
“Art’s always been about personal expression for me,” says Obie Mavuso. “I just want to make a positive change through my art and shift people’s mindsets.” If you’re familiar with Cape Town’s indie...
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This woman is engineering your favourite rappers’ songs
The hook to Kwesta and AKA’s latest single, “Day Ones”, was recorded by a 23-year-old woman called Kay Faith, at Cape Audio College in Cape Town. At the time, it was still the Angolan rapper, E-Jay,...
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