Category: South Africa
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Cleo Ice Queen – the ‘sensation’-al Challenge to Gender Stereotypes
Cleo Ice Queen is a hip-hop artist, radio and television personality born in Zambia in 1989. With an impressive career in all three spaces, she is well known as a reality TV star due to her appearance on ‘Big Brother Africa’, and in 2015 won the AFRIMMA Award for ‘Best Female in Southern Africa’. FollowingRead…
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a hit for the summer
As the weather gets hotter and summer time approaches the music that artists put out begin to emulates the coming season. It talks about fun in the sun, hanging out with friends, going to parties, and just generally living life. Summer songs tend to have an up-beat tempo, catchy lyrics and very bright visuals. AnRead…
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Boity – “Own Your Throne”
Follow on Instagram/Twitter: @boity Boity Thulo is a 30-year-old rapper, actress, and television personality. She was born in Potchefstroom, South Africa, and is greatly known for her work in the television and music industry. Boity had the opportunity to go to college and attended Monash University. After her school years, she pursued a career inRead…
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Moozlie: The Young Queen
Moozlie (Nomuzi Mabena) is a 28-year-old rapper and television presenter born in Gauteng, South Africa. As a young woman, Moozlie modeled for many impressive fashion lines and participated in pageants. While striving for a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Sciences at the Varsity College in Sandton, she won the 2012 MTV Base VJ Search. ThisRead…
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HHAP EP. 63: Gigi Lamayne on Representation & Dismantling Respectability Politics
This is the first in a special series of episodes being recorded lives with African Studies students at Howard University and George Washington University. The series is co-hosted with Words Beas & Life, who is also live-streaming the episodes on their Facebook page (facebok.com/wordsbeatslife) on Wednesday nights at 5pm EST. The schedule is on our…
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“Bakae” Boity’s next big hit
South Africa’s Boity Thulo’s Bakae from her EP “4436” is the song that many can get behind due to its familiar nature. Boity’s Bakae is a feel good song as far as current rap goes. It emulates to type the songs that are heard in the states but with a twist. In Bakae Boity talks about how herRead…
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Brand New Day – Emtee
IG/Twitter: @emteerecords Emtee, a hip hop artist in South Africa, recently came out with a song titled “Brand New Day.” Ever since a very young age, he had a passion for music. He is best known for his single “Roll Up.” This past year, he created his record label by the name of Emtee Records.Read…
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shane eagle: an artist of promise
Shane Eagle, a 24-year-old South African rapper, has only been in the rap game for 6 years, but in those 6 years, he has shown true promise. The son of a Coloured mother and an Irish father, Eagle started rapping in High School. After Eagle’s first single in 2015, titled “Way Up,” his popularity andRead…
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Nyota Parker: Redefining “Up and Coming”
Nyota Parker is a 20-year-old hip hop rapper, singer, composer and artist transcend-ing the South African hip hop scene. Parker’s upbringing in Dublin and Capetown and unique Colognese and Irish heritage is evident in her incorporation of jazz, trap, and soul influences into her individualized hip hop style. Parker frequently references her blend of jazzRead…