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Visionary Women Are Celebrated This Month With Apple Music

It’s Women’s Month and Apple Music is celebrating visionary women with playlists from the country’s leading female artists, influencers and personalities. The 15 phenomenal Mzansi women are Elaine, Nadia Nakai, Boity, Sha Sha, Nandi Madida, Loot Love, Holly Rey, Sarah…

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AKA’s “Energy” uses the “Summer Daze” sample to deliver a message

An element of hip hop production that goes back as far as the growth of the genre itself, sampling is fundamental to hip hop. In April last year, AKA filmed his episode of MTV Base’s Yo! MTV Raps where he…

[VIDEO] 2LeeStark drops “Ban Ban” Video feat. Draper

Back in March he freestyled the verse that he laid on “Ban Ban” and today he drops the video. After a two-year musical hiatus, Stark has been delivering hit after hit in 2020 in a full-on creative assault. Check out…

[VIDEO] YoungstaCPT drops “La Familie” Video

Describing it as his most personal piece of visual art to date, YoungstaCPT dropped the video for “La Familie” and has featured his family on it. From his uncle, who he says “taught me how to tie my shoelaces &…

[VIDEO] Khuli Chana drops “Havenots” Video feat. Maglera Doe Boy

The video for the song that inspired the title of Khuli Chana’s latest album has dropped. Featuring Maglera Doe Boy – or MDB – it’s a cinematic stunner. In our cover interview with him, he said of the song and…

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The SAMAs are here again and the nominations are interesting

The SAMAs are here again and the full list of nominees has been released. The Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA) announced on the 6th July that the awards show will now be a virtual experience because of lockdown regulations…

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Take a journey with Stephen of Kent as he launches Fight Club Fridays with “Luz Kontrol”

“It was on a car ride home on a brisk North-side Johannesburg summer afternoon where I asked my friend what the likelihood of there being a Brad Pitt movie quote or character arch for whatever one can go through in…

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Stogie T enlists Benny the Butcher and Nasty C for his double single release today

Stogie T hit us with a double single release today. He features Griselda Records’ Benny the Butcher on “Animals” and Nasty C on “Dunno”. The singles are from his forthcoming album “Dux Africanus” that we’ll be getting in the fourth…

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Pop Smoke’s posthumous album “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon” is released

Shot and killed in February at just 20 years old, Pop Smoke’s death shook up the music industry. An incredibly talented artist on the cusp of breaking through worldwide, he was seen as one of the leaders of a subgenre…

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Sho Madjozi has signed to Epic Records

Sho Madjozi has officially signed to Epic Records. The label announced that she joins the roster as it’s only South African act in North America. Chairman and C.E.O. of Epic Records, Sylvia Rhone, said of the signing, “African artists are enjoying an unprecedented…

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Sony Music launches a unique Artist Portal

Sony Music Entertainment Africa has just announced two state-of-the-art new features – Real Time Earnings and Cash Out – that allow their artists to view and withdraw earnings faster than ever before through the Sony Music Artist Portal. In these…

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Stogie T puts the Freestyle Friday series to rest

It’s been an incredible few months of lockdown with not only new music to look forward to on Fridays but new freestyles as well. Stogie T has decided that today will be the final episode of Freestyle Friday. Keeping rappers…

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