Priddy Ugly has been named the country's most successful hip hop artist of 2025. AI chatbot, Grok, noted the rapper's achievements among his peers.

South Africa is home to a wealth of musical talent that has captured local and international audiences across genres ranging ...

Friday marks the release of the Kendrick Lamar-curated 'Black Panther The Album' release (Feb. 9). K. Dot enlisted a plethora of South African artists on the 14-track project. Here is some ...

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 ...

In South Africa, where it has taken decades for Hip Hop artists to grow their following, streaming is now providing an opportunity for artists to speak to millions of people around the world.

15 Hip-Hop, African & R&B Artists to Watch in 2025 Story by Carl Lamarre, Heran Mamo, Michael Saponara, Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Angel Diaz, Kyle Denis and Damien Scott • 1mo ...

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 ...

Hip-hop, which is now 50 years old, has moved far from the Bronx to become a cultural force around the world and particularly in the youthful, fast-growing cities of Africa.

artists from Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, the U.S., Bangladesh and Cameroon. “This is an exciting moment in the South African music industry – indeed in the hip-hop industry worldwide ...

Renowned South African hip-hop artist, Nasty C has argued that Afrobeats and Amapiano are better genres of music than Hip-hop. He said Afrobeats and Amapiano are more “original” in terms of ...