Although many understand hip-hop as simply a music genre consisting of rap and electronic beats, in actuality, hip-hop is an urban art form that depicts
Category: Botswana
Apollo Diablo’s ‘Rep Ur Hood,’: Representing Botswana and Hip-Hop Culture
In the 1970s, Bronx, New York, a city heavily saturated with people of color birthed a vibrant and meaningful underground movement of conscious rap, now known
To be the MC that’d walk 1000km…
To rap in one language is impressive, two rap in two is incredible—but to rap in two languages at the same time in the same
Botswana’s Dramaboi & His Artful Command of Language
Within the heart of African Hip-Hop lies a blend of cultures and traditions reflected through artful use of smooth mixtures of languages, both native and
F E M A L E
How does an Under Armour commercial display the full potentiality of feminine athleticism and power? They could set the whole video to a Sampa the
Gendered Representations of Enigma’s “Hard on Flow”
Botswana artist, Enigma Tsiako, is a woman MC that has risen to the forefront of hip-hop in the past decade. Much like the method by
