South African Hip Hop Series: Producer Brian Soko
Brian Soko is not a happy man! Not only is he having to deal with the
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Ts'eliso Monaheng
Ts'eliso Monaheng is a writer and photographer based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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
The Fingo Festival Revolution in South Africa’s Eastern Cape
"You've got a car? It's less than two hours from here" says a Rasta woman I've known
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
This Studio Of A Life
The life and times of the great South African hip hop producer, Nyambz,
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
A Few Thoughts About The Rapper AKA
Hip hop heads wonder whether there is there anything of artistic value that he adds to the conversation on rap music in South Africa?
Africa is a Country Video–The Editor of New Book on Brenda Fassie on ‘Letting It Bleed’
Often the biographical genre puts the burden of accountability on the subject written about than it
#Belated: Tumi And The Volume
Their stage act resembles an inside joke; they play tricks on the audience with a wry
Lesego Rampolokeng’s Elegy To Robo The Technician
"Raise your hand up if you're a hip-hop head" said Lesego Rampolokeng, rallying a house full of
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.