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Castle Lite Unlocks SA Hip Hop Artists

Castle Lite Unlocked an Extra Cold local line-up that will take centre stage on the 15th and 16th of June 2017. Get ready for an Extra Cold Music Experience, featuring the very best of our local artists; Riky Rick, Cassper Nyovest, DJ Speedsta and DJ Vigilante.  As if that was the end of it, Castle […]

Africa’s Influence on International Hip Hop

Words by Mercia Tucker  Drake’s More Life was released on the 18th March and with it the revelation that South African producer and DJ extraordinaire, Black Coffee, was featured on one of his tracks, Get It Together. Black Coffee, if you’ve taken residence under a rock for the past decade or so, is one of […]

Cassper Drops Thuto

Cassper Nyovest has officially dropped his 3rd studio album titled Thuto, which is available for purchase on iTunes. Listen to a few tracks from the album below.

AKA and Anatii Drop Don’t Forget To Pray

The Supa Mega, AKA & the Electronic Bushman, ANATII have brought their super music creation powers together to continue the saga once again. In an unprecedented move for a South African artist, the single Don’t Forget To Pray premiered in the United States of America on Apple Music’s Beats 1 Radio at 00H30 AM (CAT) / 18H30 PM (EST) hosted by Ebro “Old Man Ebro” Darden. If […]

Event Review: Back to the City

 After a number of years of attending festivals you begin to wonder if the festival still has the same appeal or if you’ve fallen into the ho-hum of habitual patronage. Every year, however, I walk out of Back to the City gates at the end of the night begrudgingly, with a sense of wonderment at […]

10 Most Influential Powerbrokers in SA Hip Hop

Words by Mercia Tucker and N.D. Forster In the Roc-A-Fella legacy, Kareem “Biggs” Burke was one third of the trio of founders who was always present but not always in the spotlight. The man behind the line “Biggs did it first, Jay put it in a verse” was the silent partner in the label, working […]

Gemini Major Drops Bando

Listen to Gemini Major’s brand new single called Bando featuring Emtee and Frank Casino. Check out our full interview with Gemini here, where he discusses his career, forthcoming album, reasons for leaving Family Tree and his partnership with Da L.E.S.

[VIDEO] SZA Drops ‘Love Galore’

Whilst we eagerly await SZA’s forthcoming album, the Top Dawg Entertainment signee has dropped a brand love featuring  Travis Scott, called Love Galore.