Author: Ofentse Phukubye

Priddy Ugly’s 2024 had a great start to it as the now retired rapper, released his last album “DUST” which was an immense success as it featured on various playlists across various platforms with the most notable being his “Rap Life” cover on Apple Music. The project features his high performing single “Ntja’ka” with Maglera Doe Boy as well as “Mosha” with Blxckie and K.Keed which have since been accompanied with visuals. Priddy Ugly has since announced his first ever ‘Live Show’ for the 17th of May. Fans can expect an exclusive performance of their favourite tracks from Priddy Ugly’s…

Escopia, today announces a partnership with Vevo, the world’s leading music video network. Over the last year, Escopia has been focused on finding key partners that can assist with increasing market value and integrating systems that bring growth potential to their artists. Through a blend of editorial support, programming assistance and more, Escopia artists have the ability to reach wider audiences in various territories around the globe. Over the past few years, Escopia has seen a rise of independent artists across the South African market. With music videos on YouTube being a large source of discovery and significant tool for…

DJ Menace has been active in the industry in over two decades with his first gig being a choreographer for the legendary Brenda Fassie. He has since utilised that knowledge and experience to further his presence in the music space through creating his own music within the House space. After a long break from music with his last release being “Mo Money Mo Problems”, he now returns with a dance infused project titled “Back To The Mainstream”. The project showcases a flavourful list of 7 tracks with “Coffee” being the bonus single for his fans to indulge in. “Back to…

Amapiano has different levels to it based on my perspective as a consumer from the soulful type to the groovy type and at times spiritual type, music speaks to the soul, mind and body in different volumes and I can truly attest that we have a variety of great producers in the game that have mastered the language of music with one of them being multi-platinum selling record producer, Soa Mattrix as he leads us into his forthcoming album “Akani”. The album was first announced on the 1st of March with “Phumelela” being the lead single featuring ‘Soa Family’ signees,…

Picture a day where the youth is care free and all about expressing themselves through great fashion taste accompanied by music taste, that’s what this year’s first CottonFest like. When we first arrived, we were welcomed by a beautiful basketball court view set up by the NBA Africa team alongside Jäegermeister with the bar and stage for entertainment. As you further explore the grounds of the festival you would then discover many more fun places such as the Klipdrift Klubhouse in collaboration with local clothing brand, Broke where you would be able to make purchases on the Klipdrift drinks as…

Cyfred has had a great run and start into the year as his single “Umsebenzi” continues to buzz across socials through the subtle dance move on the dance floors and heavy bass drop. He now compliments the hit single with visuals which feature Sayfar, Tman Xpress and Optimist Music ZA in a world of possibilities, faith and peace. The visuals depict a setting of prayer and change which is in contrast with the warm and cool colours. You are first welcomed with the setting of prayer as Sayfar’s subtle opening line guides us into that world with candles and individuals…

Following the release of his 4th studio album “I Love It Here” is multi-award winning rapper, songwriter and producer, Nasty C as he returns with two brand new singles “coMPRess” and “See Me Now (Remix)” that fall under the “Ivyson Pack” which is a first of it’s kind for his “Ivysons” community. This is Nasty C’s first release of the year and it is quite off to a great start. He first teased the single ‘CoMPRess” over promo assets that he was rolling out for his “Ivyson Gaming” E-Tournaments with the first one being for ‘Call Of Duty: Mobile’. The…

It has been over 2 weeks since the announcement of Mereba as the Co-Headlining act for this year’s “In the City”. The Steyn Entertainment family have since fulfilled their promise of having two international headlining acts this year, with the 2nd act being ‘Ravyn Lenae’. Ravyn upholds a stellar repetoire within the music space having have worked with the likes of Outkast, Reynaldo Hahn, India Arie and many more. The RnB singer and songwriter will be gracing the South African shores alongside Mereba for a two day premium experience across two cities namely “Cape Town” and “Johannesburg”. The international acts…

The growth in platforms locally has been mind blowing as various creatives venture into their own lane of content creation with the backing of their own platforms with one of them being Marang Phooko. Marang is a multi-talented creative and entrepreneur with passions in multiple fields including journalism. Having have done work with the likes of Award winning music producer and DJ, Soa Mattrix, Marang made it a mandatory approach of growth to expand her portfolio with her newly birthed Podcast, “Sample O’Clock” which taps into a variety of hit singles which she sits down and deciphers as to where…

Mikhalé Jones is back with her 2nd single of the year titled “24/7” featuring Hersh which is a follow up to her first single release “Be Like Me”. Mikhalé’s year started out on quite a good note as she moved from being solely independent to winning a competition namely known as the “MTN Pulse Virals” where she received a distribution deal with ‘SOLDistro’. This opportunity granted her an extension to her pre-existing independent structure in which she received more support with her releases including her first music video of the year which was for “Be Like Me”. “Be Like Me”…