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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

Everything you need to know about the DStv Delicious festival this weekend

Festival season is back and DStv Delicious is taking place this weekend. Burna Boy makes a return to SA shores as the headliner for Saturday night and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds takes centre stage for Sunday night. Apart from the two…

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