Beware of false prophets
Is the beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake really devoid of politics?
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Rapping Against Impunity
A campaign in Senegal wants to put public pressure on the government to follow-though on criminal investigations in order to get justice for victims of violence and torture.
When Rick Ross went to South Africa and Gabon
For some odd reason the latest issue of The New Yorker ran a profile of rapper
The Nordic Connection
Hip hop artists from Stockholm and Helsinki team up; also repping their ancestral lands of Congo and The Gambia.
Busted Rhymes
Gebaste Rhymes sent us a link to his single ‘Kaap issie Bom’ [translated: Cape is the
Contro'Versy
Tonight, the Afrikaaps crew, the South African musical about the history of the Afrikaans language, dedicated their
Hip Hop is a Database
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New Video Blog: 'What's Up Africa'
The first weekly episode (posted on Fridays) of ‘creative Africa video blog,’ WHAT’S UP AFRICA, was
Bangs: A Fine Mess
Bangs, the Australian rapper of Sudanese descent, who has made mediocrity into an art form, makes
The Narcicyst
[vodpod id=Video.3327165&w=450&h=370&fv=] Live performance in Rennes, France, by the Dubai-born, Iraqi-Canadian rap MC, who is now
Die Antwoord is Blackface
Die Antwoord is basically blackface. But blackface is also tricky, argues poet and writer Rustum Kozain.
Mos Def and the Battle of Algiers
What is that sample of Arabic during Slick Rick’s verse on Mos Def's "The Auditorium"?