Author: Ofentse Phukubye

2023 has constantly proven to have been a highly progressive year for Hip-Hop as many artists within the genre have continued to set the bar for the next generation of artists through content creation and one of those individuals is A-Reece. He has understood that aside creating art for his fans and core Hip-Hop lovers, visuals always push the content further and amplifies the experience for all listeners and he has done it again with visuals for ‘BAD GUY’. In the music video we explore two scenes where A-Reece is showcasing the reaction from his fans at a gig to…

The JazziQ and Friends podcast is officially back as they premiered their first episode from Season 2 with DBN Gogo and we were mind blown by the conversation as they spoke about her label ‘Zikode records’, the Amapiano culture and her travelling across the globe. They further spoke on the gatekeeping of the Amapiano sound as a lot of up and coming artists in the music industry suffer a lot with opportunities. They also speak on her various talents including singing in French. We obviously do not want to spoil the episode for you so you can watch it below…

It was only on the 1st of April when I found out about the forthcoming release of Bugzito’s debut album ‘Dilo Thlakana’ which was set to drop on the 28th of April. Time then passed by which lead to the release of visuals for the lead single ‘Kao Chaela’ featuring Chad Da Don and Lolli Native. The song boldly set the tone to what you could expect to hear from the project from a storytelling element and sound element. I only got the opportunity to listen to the project fully a couple of days back as I wanted to understand…

Mr JazziQ is a jack of many trades as many may know him for his hit singles namely, ‘Woza’ with Boohle, ‘Hade’ with Dinky Kunene, ‘Le Tin’ with Kabza De Small and Zuma and many more. He has since went the extra mile to showcase his hidden talents such as presenting as he collaborated with Spitz to host a first of its kind, Amapiano podcast where he hosts conversations with your favourite acts within the specified genre at their flagship store in Sandton City. Season 1 did amazingly well as they featured the likes of Njelic, Kamo Mphela, Young Stunna,…

Up and Coming singer and songwriter, Mia is back with her 2nd single offering titled ‘Closer’ which she collaborates with award winning producer, Here Cut The Lights. Closer serves as the lead single to her debut EP ‘The Other Side’ which is set to drop on the 16th of June (based on Apple Music, might change depending varying circumstances or reasons). ‘Closer’ is an infusion of two sounds which is Afro-Beats and Trap-Soul as it touches on a particular lover which she is willing to go the extra mile for as she wants to get to know the individual further…

It has been two years since Blxckie released his debut album ‘B4NOW’ which went on to charting across all streaming platforms and reaching Gold status. The album was nominated for several awards and was celebrated with a 10 date tour across the country and outside. The 12 Track album features hit singles such as the new birthday anthem, ‘Sika’, ‘Ye x4 with Nasty C’, ‘Big Time Shlappa with LucasRaps’, ‘Hold’, ‘Uppity’, ‘David’, ‘Stripes with Flvme’ and many more. This album has since opened up humongous doors for Blxckie as he collaborated with Sportscene for his own Redbat range of clothes…

It was only on the 1st of May when newly formed eventing property namely known as ‘Hey Neighbour’ was introduced to the fellow citizens of South Africa as the maestros of events gather together with founding company, ‘Glen 21 Entertainment’ to bring us a full 3 day experience in the heart of Pretoria at the ‘Legends Adventure Farm’. Many wondered what this event was all about as each announcement poster was just random fun gifs leading to this magnificent announcement. Glen 21 Entertainment took to their social media profiles to not only launch the sale of their phase 1 tickets…

Hailing from a small town in Newcastle, KZN is an up and coming Amapiano music producer by the name of Flowzbevtz and recently released a single titled, ‘Ngeke’ which blew our minds away as we could not help but to keep it on repeat. This then lead to us being curious enough to wanting to do an interview with the fellow producer as he gets to breakdown the song as well as who he is. Below is the QnA we did with him, we hope it details enough information for you to go check out the song if you haven’t.…

Tyla’s brand has been growing immensely as she recently joined Chris Brown on his European leg tour and she without a doubt blew the crowd away with her high energy live performances and her dance moves. During the course of the year Tyla released her first single of the year titled, ‘Been Thinking’ which was accompanied by a steady eye catching lyric video and then an official music video which boasts of 1,5 Million views on YouTube. Just as we were still celebrating her milestones of 2023, she made an announcement last night on her socials about the release of…

VenusRaps gradually made her return on the 14th of April with her debut EP ‘Superstar’. The EP explores a variety of sounds within the South African culture such as the globally renowned sound, Kwaito which has birthed many legendary hits from the likes of Trompies, TkZee, Mandoza, Zola 7 and Brown Dash just to name a few. The EP is a 4 track project which will not only allow you to embark on a personal journey with VenusRaps as she sings and raps on her daily experiences which sees appearances from the likes of Buzzi Lee, AirDee, Phonikz, Mata and…