Spotify and Cotton Fest celebrate SA Hip Hop with In Black & White: Wall of Legends
Cotton Fest took place earlier this month and Spotify partnered with the festival to honour SA Hip Hop history with a photographic installation tracking the history of the genre in South Africa. In Black & White: Wall of Legends celebrated South African Hip Hop’s key role players, and brought to life the story of SA […]
Zakes Bantwini, Wouter Kellerman & Nomcebo Zikode Win Grammy For Best Global Music Performance
South African singer, record producer and businessman Zakes Bantwini along with South African flautist, producer and composer Wouter Kellerman, and South African singer and songwriter Nomcebo Zikode made SA proud on Sunday, 5th February when their song “Bayethe” was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Global Music Performance. The collaboration resulted in the three artists […]
MTV Africa Brings The Love & Hip Hop Concept To South African Shores With Love & Hip Hop SA
The first quarter of the year in the reality TV space is getting off to a fine start. This follows the announcement that MTV Africa will be airing a version of the popular VH1 format global hit reality show Love & Hip Hop, setting it in South Africa. A first for Africa, the show will […]
Cotton Fest Returns With A Johannesburg Showcase That Will Feature Over 160 Local Acts
The much loved hybrid festival celebrating South African music, fashion and sport, Cotton Fest, has confirmed its line-up for the 2023 edition scheduled to be held in Johannesburg on 04 February. Founded by the late Riky Rick, Cotton Fest has quickly risen above the ranks as one of the most anticipated and attended arts and […]
A’Rise by Heineken Event Review
If you ask the organisers, they’ll tell you that A’Rise by Heineken creates shared experiences while highlighting individual scenes, and the bright minds and talents that power them. Testing that theory is a matter of attending the event and experiencing all that it has to offer. The experience did not disappoint. Highlighting individual scenes means […]
DJ Sumbody has passed away
Artist and musician DJ Sumbody has died. His management released a statement confirming his passing, saying that details of his death cannot be released but that he ran into an unfortunate incident in the early hours of Sunday morning, 20 November 2022, that led to his passing. Apart from his ventures as an artist, the […]
Arise by Heineken readies to launch with Tobe Nwigwe
A’Rise by Heineken is coming and they’re bringing Tobe Nwigwe with them. The new event property is a multi-layered platform that gives iconic tastemakers the opportunity to connect with rising local talent within music, fashion, and art across South Africa. The first event is taking place in Johannesburg on the 3rd of December and will […]
Nominees for the 11th Annual SA Hip Hop Awards Unveiled
On Friday, 11 November, rapper and event organiser Rashid Kay announced on Twitter that the nominees for the SA Hip Hop Music Awards 2022 would be announced on Monday, 14 November via livestream on the SA Hip Hop Awards website. True to their word, the nominees were duly announced on Monday, 14 November, to much […]
Amapiano enters the Marvel Cinematic Universe with DBN Gogo, Sino Msolo, Kamo Mphela, Young Stunna and Busiswa
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set to hit our screens next week and the soundtrack for the movie has dropped today. Some of SA’s favourite artists feature on it as amapiano has officially made it into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The first single released off the soundtrack marked Rihanna’s return to music after a six […]
Africa’s first Jordan collaboration comes to life with Shelflife
The Air Jordan 2 turns 35 years old this year and to mark the occasion they have a host of new drops and colourways coming. Part of the celebration includes partnering with three retailers to deliver collaborative lines with the stores that have helped grow the brand over the years. In a benchmark move, Nike […]
After 15 years Back to the City Festival is firmly rooted in SA’s hip hop heritage
On his aptly titled song “Nostalgia” off Marco Polo’s Port Authority album, legendary hip hop artist Masta Ace reminisces about the early days of hip hop, punctuating his second verse with the line “Hip hop used to be so thick in the air, when it was there, you ain’t even need a kick and snare…”. […]
Blood Psalms: A Multitude of African Mythologies That Make For An Epic Fantasy
Blood Psalms is here. Showmax’s epic fantasy, co-produced by French premium television channel CANAL+, launched on Wednesday the 28th September in a first for South African television. Set in ancient Africa 11 000 years ago, Blood Psalms chronicles the rise to power of a fierce teenage princess who battles a world-ending prophecy to navigate her people through ancient […]