Author: Ofentse Phukubye

It has been over a year since the award winning artist, Nomfundo Moh released her debut album titled, ‘Amagama’. The album consists of hit singles such as ‘Phakade lami’, ‘Soft life’, ‘Kuhle’ and many more. She has since been awarded for her artistic work as she received a total of 7 plaques last year from Universal for her singles, ‘Lilizela’, ‘Soft Life’, ‘Ngamkheta’ and ‘Phakade Lami’. This has lead to her rise in the industry as she further received her first ever award nominations. The SAMAs collaborated with TikTok to create award category for ‘Song of the year’ of which…

Sebokeng’s very own Espiquet is back with yet another heat packed freestyle titled ‘SKYF’. This freestyle follows the release of his EP titled, ‘Crazy How Time Flies’. In this freestyle, he taps into various elements of his life such as Respect, Loyalty, Honesty and Value. He further expands on the doubt he has to deal with from many people he trusts and has known for a very long time and yet he finds a way to keep it cool and be decent about it. Espiquet has spent quite some time off the grid as he was reevaluating his life and finding…

Cindii Masina is back with a brand new EP titled,’Bed Project: GarageBand Compilation’. This is her first release of the year as it follows her last single titled, ‘Lowkey (unmastered).  She first made her debut into the music scene last year with her first ever single pack titled, ‘Love Fictioned’. Cindii has since grown into the music space with singles with the likes of Yolophonik and Elizee. Cindii M has made her return this year with a symphonic EP consisting of music from her GarageBand archives. Each single tells it’s own story as she infuses the sounds of classical Rnb…

Gemma Fassie is a name to remember as she has been very much hard work since her debut into the RnB scene in 2020. She has worked with a variety of acts in course of the years from Champuru Makhenzo to Hersh and Nipho Mkhize. Last year was also a year where we saw her grow further as she not only released symphonic covers but also went on to trending on Twitter because of Bongani Fassie reposting her work on his page. She then went on to releasing her single titled, ‘No Drama’ of which is an infusion of 90s…

It was only last year March when we experienced the first ‘Cooper FC Shutdown’ event as Pabi Cooper celebrated not only the launch of her record label ‘Cooper Entertainment’ but also her birthday in style as she sold out the Zone 6 Venue in Soweto all by herself. She received support from major acts such as DBN Gogo, Kelvin Momo, Busta 929, Khanyisa, Slade, DJ Zinhle, Ch’cco and many more. This became one for the books as she made history that night with her highly energised performance in front of a sold out crowd of about 3000 people. Not many…

Following their Cape Town event is Cotton Fest as they mark this year’s event with a star studded line up of over 100 acts. This follows their establishment of various activations such as The UCF sports club as well as the Open Mic competition as well creative programme to help students with their tertiary fees. The festival has been pushing the culture since its initial launch in 2019 at the ‘Old Train Station’ in Newtown with the hottest acts at that time from the likes of The Big Hash, Nasty C, A-Reece, Anatii, Stogie T, Frank Casino, Emtee, Focalistic, AKA,…

Aspiring up-and-coming producer, Thuto Moloi, aka Thuto the Human, has won the opportunity of a lifetime after having been crowned the winner of Rémy Producers Season Two. The talented young beatmaker outperformed hundreds of other contenders to win the coveted prize – a chance to open for Major League DJz at a gig in Dubai this coming March. Rémy Producers Season Two saw the premium cognac brand, Rémy Martin, team up with Major League DJz, one of South Arica’s hottest music duos, in search of Mzansi’s next big producer. The music competition, which replicates the US series, pairs renowned producers with budding artists, giving them a foothold into…