Category: South Sudan
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Bas
Legendary artist Bas is the product of Sudanese immigrant parents making the rapper Sudanese American. He is most well-known for his affiliation with the Dreamville record label, and his popular tracks such as “Night Job” and “The Jackie”. Bas has served as an excellent example of African rappers that are not based within their country
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Gigi Lamayne: Education Warrior
Best known for her lyricism, philanthropy and love for the business world, Gigi Lamayne is an award winning female Hip Hop artist and musician from Johannesburg, South Africa. No stranger to calling out corruption and wrongs within her music, Gigi has discussed themes such as sexism, patriarchy, domestic violence, post-apartheid politics and economic inequalities throughout
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SOUL Before Soul
I chose the song ShabZi Madallion – Soul Before SOUL for the extra credit blog because , I have never heard of this artist and thought about how I like to hear different sounds of new artists. ShabZi Madallion is from Johannesburg, South Africa. This artist can be categorized a conscious voice, as he writes about real life experiences.
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Emmanuel Jal
Every time it comes down to completing this assignment, where I have to find an African hip hop artist that speaks English, I have an extremely difficult time. Today, while I was searching for artists, I came across a web page titled “The Top 15 African Hip-Hop Tracks.” One of the tracks, listed as number