Belonging: A Hip Hop Hue – An Op-Ed by Mercia Tucker
I grew up in Wentworth. A community in the South Durban basin, it’s one of the bigger areas that were allocated to coloured inhabitants in the city during Apartheid’s spatial demarcation but at just 2.5% of the eThekwini Municipality’s population, it’s dwarfed by the size of other demographics. It’s also in stark contrast to the […]
[VIDEO] OKMALUMKOOLKAT Drops A Short Film for Amalobolo
The International Pantsula Okmalumkoolkat has dropped visuals for one of the stand-out tracks from his epic debut album. “Amolobolo (slow jame sa se kasi)” is, as Nolifa Majozi describes it “a poetic short film about a forbidden love between two young lovers who come from worlds apart. Against the struggles of class, the two begin […]
[VIDEO] PUMA Runs the Streets with Nasty C
A few weeks ago Puma dropped a #RuntheStreets episode with producer/singer Anatii. For the second video in the local leg of the PUMA Run The Streets campaign, legendary rapper, engineer and producer Nasty C shares his story of “hustle” and how he has got to where he is today. “I started making music when I was […]