Worth Checking Out: “The Review” with Misa Narrates
The South African YouTube space is often reduced to being a space of monolithic digital personalities and creators. YouTubers have learned not to argue against naysayers, and instead focus on their communities. Misa Narrates has done the same with the production and success of The Review. In the years that she has written for urban culture […]
‘THIS IS OFF THE WALL’ Celebrates Hip Hop Artists J.I.D and Bohan Phoenix through digital storytelling
Vans reveals the final instalment of the ‘THIS IS OFF THE WALL’ brand campaign, following the journey of two artists: Atlanta-based rapper, J.I.D and Chinese-born and American-raised artist, Bohan Phoenix who express their personal identities through music. The episodic campaign captures their stories of overcoming challenges and finding their inspiration and drive to make it big. […]
DJ Sliqe named Head of Hip Hop/RnB at Sony Music Entertainment South Africa
Sony Music Entertainment Africa announces the key appointment of Lutendo Kungoane, famously known as DJ Sliqe, as the Head of Hip Hop/R&B at Sony Music Entertainment South Africa. About the appointment, Managing Director of Sony Music Entertainment Africa, Sean Watson, commented: “There’s an amazing quality about a creative like Sliqe’s choice to join us. It’s about his […]
Reebok collaborates with Girls Skate South Africa to get more girls on board
Reebok has partner with community organisation Girls Skate South Africa to spread the love of skating and get more girls on board. Pushing back on the traditional narrative of it being a male-led space, girls’ skate organisations like Girls Skate South Africa and riders like Thato Moet, Siya Bulela and Angie Schultz have made it clear that it’s a girls sport […]
Apple Music Announces Apple Music Radio
Apple today announced two new live global radio offerings on Apple Music, now available to music fans in 165 countries. Beginning today, Beats 1, the flagship global radio station, will be renamed Apple Music 1, and two additional radio stations will launch: Apple Music Hits, celebrating everyone’s favorite songs from the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s, and Apple Music Country, spotlighting country music. Since Apple […]
Beyoncé songwriter, Vincent Berry II, heads to SA for songwriting masterclass
Multi-Grammy Award-nominated composer and producer Vincent Le Carl Berry II is heading to Southern Africa for the second edition of #TheCookoutAfrica Songwriting series. The second edition which will hold on Thursday, August 27th2020 at 18:00 CAT , will be an interactive Songwriting Masterclass specially designed for the music industry of Southern Africa* and all professional […]
The SA chapter of Women In Music is set to launch this month
This August will see the launch of the South African chapter of Women in Music (WIM), the world’s leading non-profit working to educate, empower and advance women in the music industry. It will be followed by a series of online panel discussions where women in the South African music industry can discover more about WIM membership and connect to the already growing community. […]
ByLwansta presents Cover Art and Branding in Music workshop at Pop-Kultur Festival, Berlin
South African musician, art director, and multimedia designer, ByLwansta, born Lwandile Nkanyuza in Kokstad, Kwa-Zulu Natal, will be presenting a design workshop on Cover Art and Branding in Music at this year’s Pop-Kultur Festival in Berlin, Germany. The international festival has gone digital to accommodate this year’s activities, from live performances, commissioned works, and workshops. […]
Multichoice Partners with the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation and POWA for Women’s Month
August is the month in which South Africa commemorates women in tribute to the over 20,000 women who marched to the Union Buildings to protest pass laws. August is also the month in which 19-year-old university student, Uyinene Mrwetyana, was murdered. Her murder triggered mass protests around the country and also sparked the rise of […]
For the 2020 SA Music Awards, the winners are…
The five day virtual ceremony is done and all the winners of this year’s SA Music Awards have been announced. Split into different groups awarded each night, check out all the winners below. #ForThaRoots Best Maskandi Album: Bawucisha ngo Paraffin by Abafana baka Mgqumeni Hlanga Lomhlabathi by Izingane Zoma Inhloko Nes’Xhanti by Khuzani Inyoka Yodumo […]
Beyoncé’s “Black is King” is here
Black Is King is a 2020 musical film and visual album, directed, written and executive produced by Beyoncé. The film serves as a visual companion to the 2019 album The Lion King: The Gift, a tie-in album curated by Beyoncé for the 2019 remake of The Lion King. The film has been released via Disney+ […]
SASFED & Netflix Collaborate On a COVID-19 Film and TV Relief Fund To Help South African Creative Community
Tshikululu Social Investments to administer the R8 million Netflix donation to help support the hardest hit below-the-line workers whose productions were suspended due to the pandemic Today, the South African Screen Federation (SASFED), supported by the Independent Producers Organisation (IPO), announced the establishment of a COVID-19 Film and Television Relief Fund in collaboration with Netflix to provide emergency relief to the […]