#SAHipHop2014: Looking Back At The Year That Was
In 2014, South African Hip Hop was allowed longer strides on the mainstream’s catwalk. The line between artist
South African Hip Hop Series
#SAHipHop2014: When South African Hip Hop Met The Internet
It’s all my father’s fault! Sometime towards the end of the nineties, I remember him bringing
Cape Town, Segregation and Hip Hop
It’s very difficult for Spaza (hip hop done mostly in Xhosa) and Afrikaans hip hop to organically co-exist.
#SAHipHop2014: @Okmalumkoolkat has a new album
In 2010, I acquired an illegal copy of The Clonious’ Between the dots LP after hearing
South African Hip Hop Series: Producer Brian Soko
Brian Soko is not a happy man! Not only is he having to deal with the
South African Hip Hop Series: Video Profile On Rapper Sam Turpin
“The thing about Joburg,” observes rapper and producer Sam Turpin “it’s kind of on the scale
South African Hip Hop Series: Thoughts On The Late Rapper Mizchif
I was home alone one Friday night around 2001 watching, as was tradition, one of the
#SAHipHop2014: Rapper Flex Boogie Live At Fingo Festival
As member of the hip-hop quartet Ba4za, Hakeem Lesolang presided over one of the most fertile
Jitsvinger: Practicing, Not Preaching
“The metaphysical properties of hip-hop, the metaphors, helped me imagine a better world."
Hip Hop And Religion
Off the whim, I asked Kwanele Sosibo if he’d be interested in contributing to the series. He
Rap Songs About Weed
We went on a hunt for some South African rap songs about marijuana and emerged with a list ranging from Youngsta, Mothipa's Mpharanyana and Hymphatic Thabs.
South African Hip Hop Series: Interview With Khuli Chana
On the morning of 28th October 2013 – a Monday – South Africa woke up to
South African Hip Hop Series: Ill Skillz In Five Videos
Cape Town’s self-proclaimed two dope boyz Uno and Jimmy Flexx are Ill Skillz. At the end
Pretoria’s Forgotten Hip-Hop Scene
In 2010, documentary filmmaker Sara Chitambo packed up five years’ worth of life in Cape Town
This Studio Of A Life–Portraits Of Rappers And Producers
I can’t recall when I first fell in love with hip-hop, but I do know that
The problem with mainstream hip hop
What does AKA adds to the conversation about rap music in South Africa?
#Belated: Tumi And The Volume
Their stage act resembles an inside joke; they play tricks on the audience with a wry
Elegy for Robo The Technician
Lesego Rampolokeng's tribute to an old school pioneer and one of the key builders of the South African hip hop scene.
Discovering Prophets Of Da City
An interview with hip hop scholar, Adam Haupt, about hip hop pioneers P.O.C., the viral rappers Die Antwoord and the state of contemporary South African hip-hop.
The Rules of South African Hip Hop in 2014
South African hip-hop has become too safe. Cutting edge rappers are being sidelined in favour of tried-and-tested