Tag: braggadocio
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K.Keed Challenges the Competition Through Trap Music
By Shanell Holback As one of South Africa’s most promising young talents, K.Keed has been impressing fans and critics alike with her attention-captivating freestyle skills. In the visual for “P-ta,” Keed showcases her skill as a freestyle artist while hanging out in different chill locations. The visual imagery complements the song’s moody, and braggadocious vibe,Read…
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Yazzavelli
Yazzavelli’s EP is similar to what is discussed in the current readings of my class. When we look at “lyricism of female emcees in Africa, we must translate the meanings of the words, the purpose of the text. This goes beyond language translation and is an analysis of the subtext understood through the artist’s useRead…
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Jamz with Joc Women’s Impact in African Hip Hop
This podcast covers topics of women in Hip Hop in both the African and American industries. This podcast highlights topics of female empowerment, how African hip hop artists culturally impact their listeners, and methods of relating genuine topics to platforms and fan bases. The purpose of this podcast was to introduce new African female artistsRead…
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What Happened to Nigerian Female EMCEEs?
Nigeria, popularly known for its catchy Afrobeats by the likes of Wizkid, Davido, and Burna Boy was once booming with female EMCEEs. What happened? It is not to say that there aren’t any women in the industry now, but the scene has changed drastically since the early 2000s. Take Sasha P, for instance. She wasRead…
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Sasa Klaas- The Queen of Rap
For this assignment, I looked into the work of Botswana artist Saroni Motlhagoni, professionally known as Sasa Klaas. She was born in 1993 to a single mother who was a political figure. Sasa Klaas dabbled in multiple parts of the music industry holding the titles of singer, songwriter and finally hip hop rapper. She debutedRead…
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Ubepelefye by Mampi ft Bobby East
Mirriam Mukape , also known as Mampi to the world, is a Zambian pop and R&B singer, actress Mirriam Mukape , also known as Mampi to the world, is a Zambian pop and R&B singer, actress and songwriter. She was born in Lusaka, Zambia on August 4, 1986 and soon to be one of theRead…
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Fena Gitu – Power (P. Power) ft. Maandy & Vallerie Muthoni
Braggadocio is a huge part of hip hop. Credibility, authenticity, and respect, are factors crucial for you to be taken seriously as a rapper and sustain a long-term career. Due to hip hop being male-dominated, credibility is an especially important factor for women rappers. One good way of both proving that women belong in hipRead…
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Tashamiswa: An Epitome of Braggadocio on the Zimbabwean Hip Hop Scene
Tashamiswa is a female rapper born and raised in Zimbabwe. She is known for her honest and egotistical lyrics. Tashamiswa is known as a breath of fresh air on the Zimbabwean hip hop scene being that she is a female rapper who doesn’t necessarily use her body as empowerment, but her lyrics. The music videoRead…
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Bomb$hell Grenade
The Zambian artist I will be discussing in today’s entry is Bomb$hell Grenade. Her real name is Bwalya Sophie Chibesakunda and she was born on December 31, 1987. She is from Lusaka, Zambia. She also goes by just BombShell and is a rapper, singer, entrepreneur, and actress. Her uncles can be credited for introducing herRead…
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They don’t mean to brag…Actually they do
For my mixtape, the theme was South African braggadocio rap. The reason for this is because I felt like it would be a good closer to all of my previous blog posts. For most of my post, I’ve written about South African female rappers and how their rap styles represented this new wave of rap.Read…