Rehoboth — Regal Bearing beat Hip Hop Queen in the annual Tobie van Wyk Handicap that took place at the Rehoboth Turf club recently. The winner jumped to the front 200 meters from home and stayed on ...

The long-awaited Afrikaans Hip Hop Rap Battle makes a comeback to Rehoboth next month, promising a night of rhythm, rhyme, and raw creativity. Slated for 5 December, the second edition of the event ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

Hip-hop is having a party. For the uninitiated, 2023 marks a year-long 50th birthday celebration for the genre. Celebrations and commemorations abound just about everywhere—even at unlikely places, ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia -- In this sparsely populated southern African country, which has only about 100 Jews, the locals in the capital city are still talking about The Bar Mitzvah. Some 200 guests were ...

The phenomenon has threaded through society since it was born in the Bronx in 1973. Hip-hop is on radio, television, fashion and sports arenas. This year the movement is celebrating a special birthday ...

Hip-hop was born in the break — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. At the hands of the DJs, that break moment became more: a composition in ...