Words by Mercia Tucker Just as soon as I’d entered the Universal Music boardroom, I was engulfed in a bear hug by Bas. He’d performed
Words by Mercia Tucker I lost my aunt in 2018. It wasn’t the open-heart surgery that killed her, but the complications of being cut open
Words by Mercia Tucker If your interest in urban youth culture started to take shape between 1996 and 2009, chances are you were touched by
Words by Mercia Tucker Austin Malema has grown to become one of the most revered photographers in SA. Coined by Khutso Theledi late last year,
Words by Mercia Tucker DJ PH has had a stellar year. Never one to settle into complacency, his thinking is “How do you better yesterday?
More than Kwesta, the musician endears himself to you as Senzo Vilakazi, the man. Never one to enforce the stereotype of ‘celebrity’, it’s his boy
As a coming of age, Bonginkosi ‘Kid X’ Mahlangu’s debut album couldn’t be a more fitting tribute to his journey as an artist. Running the
Words by Mercia Tucker In early April 2018, a prominent Sunday newspaper ran a story with the headline “Gospel shocker: How black musicians got screwed”.
The love story isn’t a novel idea in the hip hop storytelling pantheon. Project Pat’s “Choose U” was one such tale of ‘hood love’; a
Words by Mercia Tucker To refer to Sliqe solely as a DJ would be a disservice to the musician that he has worked to become.
In 1994, at the height of his legal troubles, Tupac Shakur sat down with BET’s Ed Gordon for an interview on the plight of black
Words by Mercia Tucker Bryan Stevenson is a civil rights attorney, the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative and the best-selling author of Just