Author: madberg3
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Famous
Karim Kharbouch was born and raised in Morocco and then immigrated to the United States when he was 13. He chose the stage name French Montana to combine the history of his Moroccan home and his love for the character Tony Montana from the classic American film Scarface. This marriage between Moroccan and American culture
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Moonlight
Hip hop has provided a unique and powerful platform for the representation of the plurality of female identity, allowing female emcees to break stereotypes of the African women an explore gender and sexuality in unique, provoking ways. In Botswana, the artist Enigma is one of these powerful female emcees. In her song Moonlight, Enigma alludes
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Coming together to build a better future
In this video several prominent Botswanian artists come together to promote following your dreams. The song is titled “Get Up and Go Go” and the lyrics definitely live up to the title. Such lyrics include: “I hit the ground running” “Even the worst hurricane can’t drown this fire” “Put your mind and spirit in and
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Touch the Sky like Zeus
One of the biggest names of the hip hop scene in Botswana is Zeus. His debut album released in 2008 and was largely a success, with his music video for the song “Gijima” winning Channel O’s Best Hip Hop video award. Since then he has released several other popular albums but his most recent work
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The Queen Takes Her Throne
Sasa Klaas released her first official single in the winter of 2013 and quickly gained in popularity both in Botswana and internationally. Now she sit’s high and mighty as the most prominent female member of the hip hop scene in Botswana, and easily beats out many of the men as well. Her first song, H.A.D.S.A.N