Amapiano is still dominant, but this time around, South Africa’s local rap acts put up a good fight and there were a number of records that made a mark on the charts and in the hearts of music fans ...

South African Hip Hop stars, Chad Da Don, Emtee, and Case-Klowzed convey as a threesome on this new depression named Today.

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.

Hip-hop culture is unique in South Africa, there is a localized aesthetic.” The filmmaker began writing “Apetown” back in 2012 and the timing was finally right this year to bring the project ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

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.

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 ...

A war cry performance done by schoolboys in a TikTok video gave South Africans chills. The footage went viral online, sparking admiration and reactions.

He failed his exams and dropped out of school at the age of 16 to chase his dream. Now, Refiloe Maele Phoolo aka Cassper Nyovest, the biggest hip-hop artiste in South Africa lives large and has no ...

In a now-deleted Twitter (X) post, theogworldwide asked X's trusted artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Grok, who the most successful hip hop artist in South Africa is, and the bot named Priddy: ...

Love & Hip Hop: Lineage to Legacy, hosted by MTV News Correspondent Dometi Pongo, will star Remy Ma, Papoose, Yandy Smith-Harris, Rich Dollaz, Tokyo Vanity, Paris Phillips, Karlie Redd, and Momma ...

Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop Culture,' this weekend's South Florida Book Festival brought together authors, dancers and DJs at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, to ...