Author: Ofentse Phukubye

Award-winning rapper Blxckie is thrilled to announce his first ‘The SOMNYAMA Show’. Taking place on 23 June and consisting of a strictly Hip-hop line-up, ‘The SOMNYAMA Show’ will be headlined by SA rap royalty Blxckie and A-Reece. Blxckie, who holds an impressive array of accolades including a South African Music Award for Best Hip-Hop, a nomination at the Metro FM Music Awards, five nods at the South African Hip Hop Awards, and two All Africa Music Awards nominations, will host an explosive line up in celebration of youth month. ‘The SOMNYAMA Show’ will be the first of many curated events…

Following the release of his lead single ‘Where & Where’ with Maarly is Pretoria Rapper, Ivy Leeg. He now returns with his full length Mixtape titled, ‘IVY: The Mixtape’ which features the likes of August Child on ‘Fame’, Nino Fresko on ‘Tonic’ and Maarly on ‘Talk About’. The 10 track project is a rollercoaster of classic Hip-Hop sounds as Ivy Leeg showcases his ability to metaphorically play with words and address serious societal issues through his hardcore lyrics. My top favourite is ‘Talk About’ as it is all about love and a conversation between him and his ‘lover’. Maarly then…

It has been two years since lordkez released a fully body of work with her ‘midsummer’ EP being her last project offering. She has since grown her brand with her debut performance at Rocking The Daisies last year as well her ‘Listening Party’ feature by Feel Good Series in collaboration with TuneCore. The listening party introduced me to her sound for the very first time as I heard her music for the first time. We were joined in by Shekhinah and the Stay Low family in support of the event which was hosted by Mamakashaka agency founder and event pioneer,…

Tae Africa returns with a brand new single titled ‘iBang’ which features East London uprising rapper by the name of Benjii_SA. This serves as his first offering of the year since the release of his debut album ‘Facets’ in 2022. The project featured the likes of PdotO, DiBi and Hamo under a stellar instrumental production which was highly ear catching and many can expect a live rendition of the released album later in the year. ‘iBang’ is an infusion of the Xhosa culture and new age rap which sees the two collaborators from two different sides of the Eastern Cape…

It has been over 10 months since the initial release of Nasty C’s ‘Ivyson Army Mixtape’ which featured hit singles such as ‘Loco’ with Cassper Nyovest, ‘B@r’, ‘Stalling’, ‘Aye’ with Blxckie and Emtee, ‘Born To Win’ with Emtee and more. The project received a lot of love from fans as it was an appreciation gesture to the ‘Ivysons’ for all their immense support across the ‘Ivyson Army Tour’. He now returns with the official music video for ‘Born To Win’ with Emtee which were shot in a variety of locations including the USA. The visuals are texture rich and eye…

It isn’t everyday where we hear or see Hip-Hop acts unite or collaborate to bring an experience to life for their fans across the world but these two phenomenal rappers took time to plan and execute their first joint event. Nasty C and Cassper Nyovest announced their first African tour together titled ‘African Throne’. The tour is set to take place in places such as Namibia, Tanzania, Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, UAE, Swaziland, Ghana, South Africa, Mozambique and many more. The major experience is a first of its kind as fans across the continent get…

SBX recently released her first body of work for the year titled, ‘Now That It’s Over’ which features over 8 tracks with a debut appearance from French Fry. The project received an eye grabbing rollout as we we saw images with a certain aesthetic which one would emphasise that they expressed ‘heartbreak’ and a ‘new phase’ in her life. We just couldn’t help ourselves but to reach out for a brief interview just to get more depth around the project. Below is the interview we did with her over email this past week. How has the S B X brand…

We got to sit down with UK artist, Monique Lawz during her stay in South Africa and she had a lot to share in the short time we had with her. In this episode of Escopia Sessions, she speaks on her religious journey, business ventures, family values and much more. She also touches on the importance of collaboration as she worked with South African rapper, Kiddo CSA on two singles from his recent EP ‘Worldwide Eye’ mainly the project’s lead single titled ‘Window’. This interview is currently available for streaming on Spotify and Youtube. Watch our interview with Monique Lawz…

Following the successful release of music architects, Artwork Sound’s much-anticipated new album, The Gospel According to Artwork Sounds Chapter II, the pair has finally released the visuals to their single, Awesome God. Since the release of the second installment of their brand-new album, the duo has been on a national tour spreading the gospel. Their lead single, Awesome God recently struck gold, as it peaked at #24 on Radiomonitor this past week. The latter is a great achievement considering that Awesome God is a gospel single. The pair also released visuals to this amazing singalong. The Awesome God music video…

Following the success of his ‘Skhanda Republic 3’ album which saw him and his longtime producer of the ‘Skhanda Republic’ series Lunatik unite once again. The 14 track album featured hit singles such as ‘Fezeka’, ‘SETE’ with Young Stunna and Blxckie, ‘MOSHITO’ and many more, which had the fans wondering what track 9 sounded like as it was a locked song featuring Ruger due to a clearance issue which meant we only consumed 13 tracks as a whole. K.O now returns with a new single titled ‘Rockabye’ which replaced the initial track 9 on the album. The track ‘ROCKABYE’ features…