Tag: corona
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ATI Stands With The Entertainment Industry
In the country of Botswana, much political corruption can occur. ATI, a prominent hip hop artist in Botswana, published a song in the summer of 2020, addressing the political corruption occurring in his country. The song, titled “Stimamolelo,” was directed at Tumiso Rakgare, who was the Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development. Due
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Vector “No Worries” ft. DJ Magnum
A Song for All Nations! Olanrewaju Ogunmefun David’s (aka “Vector”) 2020 hit single “No Worries” featuring DJ Magnum,” explains the frustrations, difficult times, and bad things that happened, especially at night, in Akure, Nigeria. In the rap, Vector is asking God, “Are you there? Can you help? Are you hearing our cry?” Vector is one of many
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Negro Bey’s “Pandemia”: A Moving Tribute to Africa’s Covid-19 Victims
By: Diego Austin Negro Bey’s song “Pandemia” tackles the effects of Covid-19 in Equatorial Guinea, and Africa in general, as cases were rising in May of 2020. Negro Bey is a rapper from Equatorial Guinea who primarily raps in Spanish. He has been known to voice his opposition to the country’s authoritarian government which has
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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. This
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The Accountability Lab’s Voice2Rep: Creating Opportunity for Liberian Artists
Since 2015, The Accountability Lab has created Voice2Rep, or Voice to Represent (and formally Rap2Rep) to bring together the Liberian musical community for good. It started as a small group focused on empowering Liberian young people through a popular genre called Hip-co. Hip-co is an expressly political genre, which grew from the impoverished communities of
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Scientific- “2020 Touch Down”
Samuel Sonnyboy Tubman, better known as his stage name Scientific, is a Ghanaian based, Liberian rapper and songwriter. Scientific was born in Bong County, Liberia but grew up in a refugee camp in Ghana due to the first and second civil wars in his home country. The rapper started his career in 2005 and has