Category: Botswana
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Sampa the Great: “Time’s Up” – challenging industry norms and racism through self empowerment
Sampa The Great serves as a prominent example of a female African hip hop artist that gained traction and success as a member of the African diaspora, while maintaining her roots and using her art as a vehicle for social and political commentary. Born in Zambia and raised between there and Botswana, the majority of
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Ozi F Teddy and American culture
The Botswanan rap music I chose for this blog posting is a song called Murda Summer by Ozi F Teddy and Murda. This is one of the recently famous hip hop duos in Botswana, and their songs generally leaned toward braggadocio. Being honest, this type of song is not my favorite, and as I have
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Sampa The Great and her Motherland
Sampa The Great is probably one of the most internationally well-known African artists in the world. She is an artist from Zambia but based in Australia. Her distinct color of music and her rap style gain worldwide attention that even I also knew about her before taking this class. She can be considered as a
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Sasa Klaas: Motswana Nicki?
Sasa Klaas is regarded as the most recognizable female rapper in Botswana. Not only her music albums are popular in Botswana, but her presence in television, social media, and on the dancing scene makes her a prominent female emcee in the country. She was born in 1993, which makes her age only 27, but her
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Zeus Deuce
Game Goabaone Bantsi better known by his stage name Zeus was born on 22nd July 1986 and is a Motswana hip-hop artist, MC and businessman. Zeus released his debut album Freshly Baked in 2008 which included the hits “Back in the days” and “Gijima”. The album was generally well received and garnered him a Channel O Music Video award nomination
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Houston We Have a Problem! Add Thato Jessica to Your Playlist ASAP
Listening to Thato Jessica has been a fresh breath of air. Her sounds give me Lauryn Hill, Drake, and Summer Walker vibes. Problem is a song that you will want to add to your playlist ASAP. The song smooth, catchy beat, something easy to sing along and dance to. Thato Jessica is an R&B/Hip Hop
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Zeus: “Die and be a hero. Or live long enough to see yourself become a villain”
When people are first encountered with the name “Zeus,” people usually first think of the Greek god, but according to the one of the webpage, “young Africans will imagine the African rapper Game Goabaone Bantsi who is commonly known as Zeus.” Zeus is one of the most significant Botswanan rapper, who was born and raised
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Mostswana Bostswana: A.T.I
A.T.I is currently Botswana’s most celebrated Hip Hop artist today. Born with the name Atlasaone Molemogi, the 28-year-old has been celebrated and highly appreciated as one of the few Mostwana Hip-hop artists. He was the main attraction at the 2017 Botswana Music Awards, where he swept the board with six of his gongs.He did not
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Ozi F Teddy, the Controversial Contributor
“Beef is part of hip hop but local controversial rapper, Ozi F Teddy has taken it to another level.” This is a quote from the mmegi community webpage in Botswana, and this sentence was a good introduction to me in understanding this Botswanan rapper Ozi F Teddy. He gave me an impression that Ozi F