Vans’ Loveletters to Skateboarding Series Dedicates 11th Season to Voices of the LGBTQ+ Skate Community
Vans’ long-running original content series, Loveletters to Skateboarding is about the love communities around the world have for skateboarding: a common bond shared regardless of race, religion, and sexual orientation. The 11th season of Lovelettersis a testament to this, premiering worldwide with a 6-part series dedicated to the voices of the LGBTQ+ skate community. Cher Strauberry and Jeff Grosso Exploring topics of […]
Multichoice Group Programme is Putting the Youth to Work
Youth Month is usually a time to reflect on the sacrifices of generations past to empower the youth of today. 44 years since the event that the national holiday commemorates, 2020 is a particularly challenging year for South African youth in the face of a pandemic that has placed a significant strain on our country’s […]
AKA goes public with the details of his Reebok deal
AKA took to his social media yesterday, speaking on his relationship with Reebok as it relates to his range of footwear, the SneAKA. The rapper signed a seven-figure deal in 2017 as the face of Reebok Classics Africa and later partnered with the brand for the manufacture of his custom-made SneAKA. Limited to only 600 […]
AKA TV has arrived
Taking to Instagram Live on Wednesday, AKA announced the details of his new channel, AKA TV. It’s available on app stores, and functions as one, but the muso was hesitant to describe it as an app, but rather as a channel. In so far as the content available on the app, he’s launched with exclusive […]
Maphorisa goes head to head with Tira this week with Castle Lite Unlocks In Bed With
This Wednesday, Castle Lite Unlocks takes it to the top as the weekly feature In Bed With features two of SA’s heaviest hitters in the battle of the beatmakers; DJ Maphorisa vs DJ Tira. It’ll be hosted by DJ Zinhle, and there’ll be a performance by Focalistic as well but it’ll be up to the […]
Young Money Radio coming to Apple Music
If your teenage years weren’t filled with the hype around Lil Wayne, your favourite artist has definitely drawn some influence from him. True to form, he’s back to his trendsetting ways as the first artist hosted show on Apple Music to broadcast live via video stream. Lil Wayne is now on Apple Music with Young Money Radio. Each episode will feature exclusive […]
In Bed With… Stogie T, Rouge, and Bas
The year was 2003 and “They say a thin-skinned drum makes the loudest beat” were the lyrics you first heard when you opened yourself up to the experience of Tumi and the Volume’s Live at the Baseline album. The artist had already made a name for himself with his solo exploits in the Joburg hip […]
Pop Bottles School of Events
The lockdown our country’s facing has hit many industries hard, but one of the hardest hit has been that of entertainment. With no public gatherings permitted, eventing has taken a particularly hard knock. Pop Bottles has put together a platform as an initiative to support the events industry during this time; Pop Bottles School of […]
Bring Back Sports!
Amidst South Africa’s 21-day lockdown, Bring Back Sports aims to entertain, while supporting those financially impacted by COVID-19. Rudy Gobert, a player for the NBA’s Utah Jazz, tested positive for COVID-19 and on March 11 one of the biggest sporting leagues in the world decided to suspend play indefinitely. The reality of the pandemic was […]
MUZI announces his nationwide tour, CHANNEL BLAK
Muzi released his third album, ZENO, late last year and has just made the announcement that he will be starting his own ‘live ting’ and going on a nationwide tour. The tour is set to rep the current wave of modern African music, and while it is headlined by Muzi himself, it also features Darkie […]
UMI Festival serves up its second instalment
Come Saturday the 29th of February, Johannesburg’s favourite monthly rooftop party for emerging DJs and live performances, Feel Good Series, presents UMI: Our Music Festival, the mother of all Feel Goods. UMI takes the ethos of the Feel Good Series events and ups the ante. The micro music and lifestyle festival will be hosted at […]
10 Years of Dope
DOPE Store recently celebrated 10 years in fashion. To commemorate this milestone, they’ve put together an art show at the Kalashnikov Gallery in Braamfontein running from the 27th February to the 4th of March. Andile “Scotch” Cele describes the event as “an art show looking back at Designer Original Products Enterprise aka DOPE Store; the […]