Ch’cco and Pabi Cooper take to NYC billboards with Spotify x FC Barcelona collaboration
Music and football work symbiotically in the Spotify partnership with FC Barcelona. The global streaming service is the football club’s main sponsor, and has come up with unique and interesting ways to profile the best of both brands and tap into the club’s global fanbase. In October last year they began the limited edition football […]
Apple Music Radio shows are now included in Apple podcasts
Apple is bringing the music to podcasts as subscribers now have the option to listen to their favourite Apple Music Radio shows on the podcast app. That includes Africa Now with Nandi Madida, The Zane Lowe Show, and Rap Life Radio. Apple Music produces an array of award-winning programming spanning genres and formats, including anchor […]
The UJ Art Gallery and the MTN SA Foundation come together for re/connect/ing art exhibition
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) Art Gallery and the MTN SA Foundation have announced their latest collaboration, the re/connect/ing exhibition. The fourth instalment of its kind between the two entities, the partnership aims to explore significant themes derived from South Africa’s contemporary social landscape. In 2017 the first collaborated exhibition titled Shifting Conversations, addressed the […]
Basketball Without Borders celebrate 20 years in Africa with stars Bam Adebayo, Darius Garland , Jalen Suggs and Jonathan Kuminga
NBA and FIBA have returned to South Africa for the 20th anniversary of Basketball Without Borders and have brought quite a number of basketball heavyweights along to the development camp. BWB is an ongoing initiative that brings together high-school prospects from 25 African countries to learn directly from current and former NBA, WNBA and FIBA […]
Burna Boy tour comes to South Africa in September
Burna Boy has been on a whirlwind worldwide stadium tour over the past few months. The Nigerian hitmaker has now included South Africa as one of the stops on the tour calendar. The singer/songwriter headlined the DStv Delicious festival last year, to a packed Kyalami audience. The crowd, longing for a show from the artist […]
Drake goes on tour for the first time since 2018 and Kabza de Small is co-producing the show
Drake took to the stage for the first show in his new “It’s All A Blur” tour with 21 Savage last night. The Chicago show marked the first time Drake’s been on the road since 2018. He took to his Instagram stories to announce that the show is produced by long-time collaborators Noah “40” Shebib […]
African Ginger breathes new life into inner city basketball court
African Ginger has collaborated with Hennessy to breathe new life into the Ernest Oppenheimer Park basketball court in Joburg’s inner city. The court was refurbished and Pimentel painted a signature piece onto the surface of it, bringing his unique design style to a sporting and cultural hub in central Joburg. The initiative marks the latest […]
Khuli Chana and Lamiez Holworthy launch app showing a look into the lives of the couple
Music power couple Khuli Chana and Lamiez Holworthy have launched an experiential app that offers an exclusive look into their daily lives. The celebrity app experience in South Africa has been done by the likes of Bonang Matheba and AKA but the Khuli and Lamiez Experience promises that users can get to follow their journey […]
And the Oscar Award goes to…
The Oscars took place last night (this morning in South Africa) with ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ doing a major sweep of the award show winning seven times. Michelle Yeoh made history as the first Asian woman to win an Oscar and Ruth E Carter’s win for Best Costume Design on ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ […]
Entries open for the SA Music Awards 2023
The Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA) invites musicians to submit their entries for the 29th instalment of the SA Music Awards (SAMAs) for 2023. Entries open from Monday, 6 March 2023. Eligibility for a SAMA consideration in over 30 genre categories is for releases between 1 February 2022 and 14 April 2023. Submissions can be […]
Trinidad James is headed to SA for the launch of Sneaker District
Trinidad James, host of Complex’s Full Sized Run, is headed to SA for the launch of premium apparel and sneaker store, Sneaker District. Founded in Abu Dhabi, the retail store announced in November that they would be expanding to South African shores. The launch of the store is now set to take place in early […]
Masonwabe Ntloko to debut new exhibition this February
Visual artist and illustrator Masonwabe Ntloko will be exhibiting a new collection of work this February. Titled “Iliso Lo Moya” his solo exhibition will be held at the Katmo Gallery on 41 6th Street in Parhurst. An alumnus of the Nelson Mandela University, Ntloko had the opportunity to intern under fellow Eastern Cape born artist […]