Inside Hip-Hop’s Evergreen Tension with the American Flag. Billboard spoke with esteemed cultural critics to break down the complex dynamic between Black hip-hop (and hip-hop-adjacent) artists ...

Now artists such as Cassper Nyovest fly the flag for this distinct sub-genre. South African Hip Hop Awards . 2012 saw hip hop enter a new phase with the launch of the South African Hip Hop Awards.

Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many, at ...

DJ Naves has been rockin’ the South African airwaves with his Hip-Hop show since 2005. His show is the biggest of it’s kind in the country and some argue that it’s the biggest Hip-Hop show ...

What makes South African hip hop particularly exciting is its authenticity. These artists draw deeply from their lived realities, candidly addressing themes such as poverty, love and inequality.

As hip-hop enters its second half-century and continues to exist amid late-stage pop capitalism, artists continue to wade into murky waters with their flag use, yet they do so in provocative ways ...

10 landmarks in South African hip hop. SA hip hop has grown from genre on the sidelines into the mainstream. Written by Themba Kriger. 3 min read Published on 17.01.2017 · 21:08 UTC. Save.

From DJ Kool Herc and The Last Poets to Prophets of Da City and Mode 9, here’s how African history has influenced hip-hop – and vice-versa – 50 years after the genre was born.