There’s a lot going on for music fans at SXSW 2012. Plenty of AIAC favorites will be there, and fans of UK Bass, Cumbia Rock, Panabaynian Dancehall, neo-Jazz&B-Hop, Dubstep, Moombahton, Dutch House/Bubbling, Southern Rap former jailbirds, Hyphy/Mobb Music, Norteño, Classic New York Rap, Baile Funk, #OWS Rockers/Beatmakers, Balkan Beat Boxers, Afro Colombian, 3Ball, Chicano Rock meets Staten Island Rap, New York Rockers, and/or Dancehall will not be disappointed. There’s a host of “African” artists as well.
The Africa is a Country guide to #SXSW
March 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Video: Wale’s “My Sweetie”
February 12, 2010 By 2 Comments
The music video for the Nigerian-American rapper’s remake of an old West African standard.
VIDEO EVIDENCE / SWAHILI HEARD ON BET TELEVISION
November 6, 2009 By 1 Comment
… And it was not on a program about wildlife.
BET, the American music and reality TV channel is not usually associated with cosmopolitanism, so when the Tanzanian rapper, Gsan (from the legendary crew, XPlastaz), turned up on the BET Hip Hop Awards broadcast rapping in Swahili, I was shocked. As part of the awards show the producers pre-recorded a series of cyphers. Like the one above with DJ Premier (remember him together with Guru?), KRS-One, Wale, Nipsey Hussle and, of course, Gsan.
There he is at 1:31 holding his own.
MUSIC BREAK: WALE
September 5, 2009 By 1 Comment
I have been meaning to post this tune for a while now: DC rapper, Wale (who never forgets to rep his Nigerian immigrant roots, like here and 2:30 into a video here) , remixes the West African classic ‘My Sweetie, My Sugar” by Bunny Mack.
