The star-studded lineup included DJ Speedsta, Shamiso, Kid X, Zingah, DreamTeam, Maggz and Ma-E, who all brought their A-game ...
It’s impossible to overlook hip-hop’s profound impact on the global music landscape as it celebrates its 50th year. Beyond its birthplace in the Bronx, New York, this genre has transcended borders, ...
Back to the City 2025 brought generations together, celebrating South African hip-hop culture and its evolving legacy.
(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 many, at ...
South African hip-hop artist Nicole LUV has been crowned the 2025 Creative Conqueror, walking away with R50 000 to fuel her ...
South African filmmaker Kurt Orderson’s “Apetown,” one of 20 projects selected for this year’s CineMart, the co-production market at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, describes it as a ...
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 live ...
Hip hop has come back in full force this year. In 2021, the genre huffed and puffed in its attempt to blow down the door that stood between it and mainstream relevance as amapinao once again ruled ...
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Hip-hop music is celebrating 50 years, and since its inception the impact it’s had on ...