by moochie07 | Sep 1, 2016 | AFRICAN NEWS
You’ve probably never heard of rapper AWA. She’s touring the UK for the first time and says she wants her music to help people in her home country, Zimbabwe. “There is no-one in the hip-hop industry who’s going to tell these stories like me....
by moochie07 | Aug 31, 2016 | AFRICAN NEWS
Jamaican dancehall artist Sir Ford and rapper Kapital K are in Harare, Zimbabwe to shoot videos with the country’s hip-hop artist Stunner. Both Sir Ford and Kapital K, who is Zimbabwean but based in South Africa, made an appearance at Stunner’s If I Die Tonight album...
by moochie07 | Jul 6, 2016 | AFRICAN NEWS
He was also criticised‚ including by musician Ntsiki Mazwai‚ for gushing over the American culture and saying he wanted to be an American. Ntsiki said that his comments left her ashamed to be called South African. Despite the social media storm his comments created‚...
by moochie07 | Jul 5, 2016 | AFRICAN NEWS
Hip hop, which started as a music and a culture in New York in the 1970s was a product of inner city life and has historically been the voice of the Black inner city youth. But it has deep Jamaican and African roots, which can be seen in the rawness of its beats and...