We finally get to hear the new single by Sabotage featuring PDotO titled Black Suits. Sabotage has been posting about the joint for a minute now and i...

We've been seeing Okmalumkoolkat rocking his branded long sleeve T-shirt for a while now and the fans have been asking him where they can get it. It s...

Shot at the imaginary "Dim Mak Manor" where Steve Aoki shot the videos for his Kolony album, we get the latest music video with Yellow Claw for a trac...

Soon after we got the trailer for Patty Monroe's Reminiscing music video, we get the final product. The visual is taken off her Malatjie album and it'...

Taken off her Heavn LP released mid last year, Jamila Woods gives us the visuals for her track with Chance The Rapper titled LSD. The video begins off...

Inspired by their home city's biggest kwaito influence, Big Nuz, Durban duo TruStoryTellaz render their own single titled Ubala Lolo. The fellas do re...

Inspired by their home city's biggest kwaito influence, Big Nuz, Durban duo TruStoryTellaz render their own single titled Ubala Lolo. The fellas do re...

I think it's safe to say that my generation is not put off by the age old traditions of our people, contrary to misconstrued belief. We see it in yet ...

We finally get the full version of a moving prayer Blayze teased us with when he dropped his Get The Bag music video just a few weeks back. The gospel...

Can I just point out that AKA and Anatii are trending for their joint album Be careful What You Wish For for the third time in a row on the Most Popul...

Aaah yes! The rap Steve Biko, Blaklez, has been dropping some rap videos on the social streets for us where he laces his lyrics over some classic beat...

Like doves in the wind ???????? pic.twitter.com/Iyq7lgMC7U— Shane Eagle (@Shane_Eagle) August 13, 2017 ???? #T...

Radio presenter, hip hop dj and rapper, Dj Zai Maya is taking us on the road with her in her new online show titled The Way Zai Slays. In the first in...

Oh yes! The coastal princess herself, Patty Monroe, has joined the artist merch roster with what seems like a range of long sleeve shirts/crewnecks an...

I think I've grown to be be a steady Audio Push fan from their recent drops starting last year going into the work they've put out this year. We get a...

We would like to start off by wishing the K1 GOAT a very happy birthday, many blessings and may his star continue to shine bright. Kwesta and Thabsie'...

TravIS BlakK (yes, the capital letters matter) is feeling vocal on TALK ABouT IT as he chooses to express himself even though some things are much har...

This is not even a prank, the Migos are coming down to South Africa in October! This is all thanks to Mabala Noise in partnership with MTV Base, Gagas...

We have a new burning story from last week and that's Ma-E's latest single Bumpa making some good waves right now. This is followed by Zoocci Coke Dop...

Opening with reading a scripture from 1st Corinthians 13 verse 4, ShabZi Madallion walks through his hood and places his bible in front of a cross bef...

Big Boi switches up on this joint, especially the chorus, and goes all Pop on us. I'm actually shook. The track's titled Chocolate, features Troze and...

Ty Dolla $ign links up with Lil Wayne and The Dream at a Hollywood mansion for their track titled Love U Better. It seems to be some high class party ...

This song makes my heart bleed as I just happened to be talking about this loss with my driver the other morning. How life has become so fickle and ho...

This song makes my heart bleed as I just happened to be talking about this loss with my driver the other morning. How life has become so fickle and ho...

It's women's month and so many organisations and brands are tailoring their content for the ladies. Gigi Lamayne has been doing some dope interviews o...

We got Maraza to come in and decode verse 2 of his latest single Black Skin which was inspired by his notorious racial experience at Pick n' Pay. He...

It's always a jolly good time when upcoming artists link up for a track. White River (Mpumalanga) duo First Class Audio team up with two of our previo...

Lobola hitmaker Gigi Lamayne is setting sail the ship for her debut album follow up, iGenesis Deluxe. When we spoke to her earlier this year she made ...

For the 31st offering of his Mean Mondays series and after dropping the visuals for Land Of The Free, R-Mean opens up about his past and some dark per...

Just a little over a month since he dropped his 10 Toes Down mixtape, Young Buck drops an apparent response titled Lawd How Mercy to a diss track made...

You know what makes me happy? The fact that it seems artists are indeed concerned about the future of their copyright ownership. This is evidenced in ...

First of all I would like to express how betrayed I feel, I am completely shooketh at the fact that one of my favourite young couples really didn't ge...

Kendrick Lamar just takes videos to another level. Even if he has booty in a video, it's all in the name of the concept. I sometimes want to read th...

July has been quite the eventful month. We certainly have more fire music dropped this month unlike in June, so I'm very optimistic about the Verse Of...

The church of JR's balcony has congregated yet again on this warm Friday afternoon and my soul has long left the surface of earth's gravity. I'm far b...

"Well it started out with a pipe dream". Malome Sjeje just dropped the news that he has officially signed a deal with worldwide agency Next Level Age...

In an uncanny collaboration, Macklemore and Lil Yachty link up for the cheery sounding Marmalade which will have you hypnotised by that skippy piano. ...

Apollo Brown and Planet Asia have teamed up for a joint project called Anchovies which is set to drop on the 25th of August. The duo have shared a tra...

Eureka! Okmalumkoolkat has decided to highlight a favourite off the Mlazi Milano album, Amalobolo (Slow Jam sase Mlazi), as a single. He debuted the s...

R-Mean has been giving us music every week of the year for #MeanMondays and we couldn't be happier. He now gives us the latest video for his political...

Fresh off the release of his fourth studio album Flower Boy, Tyler went on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to speak about the project and to also p...

I started my morning with this song and I think the ancestors opened the gates for my spirit to cruise through the day. You gotta respect Aewon Wolf's...

Volcanic Flame gives us a new single titled Bikinyana featuring Rashid Kay. First time hearing anything from Flame, Rashid on the other hand recently ...

The Vaal duo, BlaQ2sday, decided to share this love with us straight from the oven. It's a beautiful ode to a sweet love and you're a tough nut if you...

New kid on the come up, Thuts Rodney, brings you his banging track titled Vulani Iminyango featuring none other than the Main Ghanda Ghanda, Ma-E. I c...

Issa video. In fact, iss'two music videos. What a blessed Tuesday it is for us as Blyaze finally unveils the visuals for his latest single Get The Bag...

We're not too far away from the visual treatment of Da L.E.S' latest single, Popular Demand, as he's been teasing its looming arrival. I think from so...

Another one! Dj Khaled's Wild Thoughts is becoming a well remixed track right now, trailing along Playboi Carti's Magnolia, Kendrick Lamar's Feel as ...

I need you to pay deep attention to this here post, especially if you're an artist yourself or are managing any either through PR, publishing or any o...

Fresh off the release of his album, T Raww gives us the latest visuals for his track with Ty Dolla $ign titled Move To L.A. The video starts off with ...

Tony's been mute for a minute now kanti he's been hard at work. He recently established his own independent label called 487 RECORDS and he gave himse...

It's a brand new week of the freshest trending stories from last week and it seems The Wrecking Crew is relentless with the vibe. B3nchMarQ dropped a ...

Tyga teams up with Quavo on a new joint titled Bel Air off of the former's tape which has some impressive features from rappers like Kanye West and Pu...

Today is a special day for my fave, Tellaman. He drops a brand new single S.A.P after his infectious Lucid Dream masterpiece. He also happens to be fi...

You may, or may have not, seen the #GetTheBag hashtag trending last night on the socials, and also for a minute now. This is Blayze and AKA's latest c...

Lefika stand up! Ntjaa teng, Eze Lap comes at you with his latest single featuring the very talented Solid T titled Peke and they drop the freshest li...

Yesterday the world over celebrated International Mandela Day after Tata's birthday was not only turned into a celebrated holiday in South Africa but ...

Remember when Gigi Lamayne had the whole country in a knot over the fact that she was engaged. Unforgettable stunt that. It will go down in the books ...

Remember when Gigi Lamayne had the whole country in a knot over the fact that she was engaged. Unforgettable stunt that. It will go down in the books ...

A modern dedication to the great Nelson Mandela, Erick Rush gives us his take on what Tata means to him, featuring fellow rappers Purffy and King Griz...

This week we have a brand new scope of popular stories and A-Reece is counted yet again after appearing in last week's top 5. At this rate, the fellas...

Firstly, read carefully and slowly before you think Outkast has a new song out. This is the West Coast duo, King And Blast, and they're handing out fr...

In the words of the great Sean Carter, "This is high level not eye level..." After finally dropping his Can't Stop Won't Stop documentary, Diddy deci...

It's been a little over a month since the single dropped and it now looks like we'll be getting the visuals for the Major Lazer smash hit featuring so...

It's been a little over a month since the single dropped and it now looks like we'll be getting the visuals for the Major Lazer smash hit featuring so...

We got Lord Boogie in to come render fresh versions of his songs Gotta Get Up (which features Emtee) and Pula. Boy oh boy, after watching this you'll ...

Peeping the gram and the Twitter streets, it looks like Stogie T is about to bless us with some music. The new track is titled Honey & Pain and it fea...

Your favourite "old skool" sports label, Fila, is making a strong comeback with the street gear in case you haven't noticed. We've been seeing our fav...

As Lana Del Rey builds the anticipation for her forthcoming album titled Lust For Life that's set to drop on the 21st of July, she decided to give us ...

One of Motswako's finest rhyme slayers, Eze Lap, is currently signed under Fifi Cooper's MoCooper Records and is set to drop a new single titled Piki ...

I do quite gravitate towards Black Ace on this track. The added diary voice notes in between the track are so seamless and they kind of get you closer...

We went down to Swaziland this past weekend to check out the annual Hipnotik Festival in Zulwini. We caught the second night's action where the likes ...

The Traplord delivers some very crisp, very simple and effective visuals for his single titled Plain Jane. Shot by Kevin Jones, the video has Ferg bus...

Make way for this one my homie Michael M-I-C especially if you were not warned about him prior to encounter. Ishuuuu! Abak'tshelanga Ngami with J.S....

The Philip Andelman-directed video continually juxtaposes the main subject's actual life with his imaginary one but what doesn't change is the boy's l...

ShabZi comes at us with yet another new single following the drop of the Views music video. This track in particular is titled Enslaved God and it has...

While news of his, Gemini Major and Yanga's split erupted online this morning, Da L.E.S shares that he's got a new album on the way and it is mainly p...

After making the announcement just last week, Ty Dolla $ign drops the latest single for his sophemore album titled Beach House 3. The single is called...

Drinking and smoking in the woods, people live fearlessly yaz' guys. Ricco is currently on tour and decided to drop the visuals for his mixtape title ...

It's a new week and we got some brand new popular stories barring K2's new single Mabhebheza which is still trending this week. Either than that, new ...

We finally get the full track and it's a smash. After North god was kind enough to share a teaser for us, by Popular Demand the track is out and it's ...

DJ Kay Slay is gearing up for his Big Brother album, a project he feels the fans have been waiting for for years now. He drops a tease of the good vib...

Mr All White posted a teaser for an upcoming joint that dropped exclusively on Metro FM this morning at 06:20. The track's titled Popular Demand as is...

Imagine Solo on a track with Black Motion? Well, imagine it no more as it is about to happen. He just said so in this chat with him while at the Castl...

I am beside myself in laughter at Star Kruss' story of literally an underdog coming out victorious on pay-day! Yesssim! We can afford soap, the cotton...

Sangena zaseEastern Cape, ezibizwa Multimedia Makenik led by Azlan Makalima in this riot. The fellas join him on iMpuma Kapa, a fierce arrival anthem ...

The breadcrumbs are dropping in the bulk as we ready ourselves for the arrival of DJ Vigilante's Mary Jane music video. Before I came across some clip...

We all know now who the hardest working new kid is right? Well, the coolest kid in Africa recently bagged an interview on VladTV during his trip to th...

We're halfway through the year and 2017 has been quite the event. So much has happened in the world, outside of just the crazy motions in the music. J...

It's a brand new week in popular stories from last week and the list is fresh. Apart from Yanga's EP which still has a buzz two weeks after dropping '...

First of all, I would like to say that I had already caught the hint, thank you very much. After dropping numerous clues on social media, the rap Stev...

After winning the BET for Best Male Hip Hop Artist on Sunday June 25th, K.Dot comes at us with a new video off of his album DAMN. The single is titled...

It's a brand new week of your top 5 most popular stories from last week and Cassper Nyovest is the only man to make a come back on the chart, just wit...

It's almost as if HBO is crate digging with their soundtrack line up for their show *Sillicon Valley. I say this 'cause some of the artists on the ros...

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"... And why should beauty be in the eye of someone else either than the subject of beauty itself? A personal ...

The Wrecking Crew does it again, and quite frankly they ain't finna stop! This time it's Flame featuring The Boy Doing Things, A-Reece. As soon as Mon...

The first play of this song floated me to a sensual place. A menage trois of sort, sonically of course. I say this because the music is swelling with ...

Calm down. Breathe slowly. Then...read the whole story. The legendary Wu-Tang Clan's vintage clothing line is coming back to market under the creat...

An immaculate ode to celebrate King Kendrick's birthday (June 17th) by a creative collective called Combined Culture. They did an interpretation for h...

Our creative is way, way international baby! Khuli Chana is in Cannes (France) right now for the internationally esteemed creative festival that sees ...

It surely has been a long time coming. We get some new music from the OG himself, Zubz, and he collaborates with acclaimed producer and musician, Peac...

Driemanskap is bulldozing everything in sight and that's not a bluff, nor a threat. We have another edition of Driemanskap Music Wednesday and they dr...

We just saw that Nasty C and French Montana will be shooting the video for Allow in L.A and now you can look forward to seeing him headline Mabala Noi...

I wish we could all wake up in the morning and write tracks in expression of our good moods. We'll live vicariously through Flamez Get Em who'll lead ...

Gigi Lamayne caused a massive stir with her getting married stunt for the drop of her new single, Lobola featuring Maraza. The song is now available f...

Gigi Lamayne caused a massive stir with her getting married stunt for the drop of her new single, Lobola featuring Maraza. The song is now available f...

The new anthem has arrived and it's a word of resilience and courage from the New School Bully, Kid Tini. Bekezela sees Kid Tini slow it down with Lis...

New week, new... (I ran out of cliche sayings to finish my sentence). We get into the Most Popular Content from last week and it's a whole new slate w...

Inspired by living in black skin for the past 28 years, a seemingly heavy burden to bear, Maraza dropped Black Skin (Pick And Pay The Price) on Youth ...

On a whole Youth Day Cassper Nyovest dropped Superman featuring Tshepo Tshola. The video takes a simplistic green screen approach with some of his ind...

Put it all in the music where the the source of it all is. Nasty C just dropped the emotive motion picture for his song UOK dedicated to his late moth...

I'm totally feeling talents from Bloem, they have the coolest of demeanour and they are dripping with undeniable finesse. Exhibit A: BlaqZicco! What a...

My heart. Trapped. In this here abyss of familiarity, relation and enchantment. The legendary De La Soul evoke the deepest of emotions and many an inh...

Here's someone that my heart can draw closer to. His premise with music is that he needs to affect people positively based off the irresponsible role ...

You gon' feel the wrath of the New School Bully okay? Kid Tini's only just getting started. Over a year after creeping up on the industry with his f...

The duo PYA channels mam' Yvonne Chaka Chaka's iconic Umqombothi for their trap fused Madlamin. The fellas are in a party mood but you can tell from t...

T'do Minato is back! It's been quite the minute since we heard from T'do who used to be under the guidance of the OG's Slikour and Smega (Shugasmakx) ...

The world can never get enough of such heart tugging, compelling and very important messaging. Snoop Dogg's newest visual revisits Coolaid to give us ...

We got an all new list of popular stories from last week today and the biggest one was Maraza's racial encounter at Pick N Pay in Killarney to which t...

For the past 4 minutes of my life I have been consumed in the daze that is this video. Bone Thugz-N-Harmony (Kyazie Bone) as well as The Outlawz (Youn...

The way Gigi had us all good with her pending marriage, it's unbelievable the intensity of "planning" that was going into this wedding. How many of yo...

The way Gigi had us all good with her pending marriage, it's unbelievable the intensity of "planning" that was going into this wedding. How many of yo...

He had the whole office singing, "Dlala, dlala Rabanyan'a..." by the time he was done recording. Don't act like you won't be susceptible to that eithe...

A powerful notion and continuous dialogue is embodied in this here power anthem by Rashid. He calls on the Rap Steve Biko and Big Zulu to accompany hi...

In the beginning the track sounds like a church song but then the beat drops and Phila spills some bars on a sick beat produced by KenKen KillT It. Th...

Trust the OG's to take you back in time with that classic flavour in the music. Method Man takes you on a trip with Dave East, Joe Young, Max B and Ha...

Laylizzy follows up his last single Forever with Slay, an upbeat swag demonstration. In all honesty, Laylizzy has been leading the pack with the *Slay...

Laylizzy follows up his last single Forever with Slay, an upbeat swag demonstration. In all honesty, Laylizzy has been leading the pack with the *Slay...

It's finally out and it was well worth the wait, no lie. ScoobyNero huddles up with his fire squad MizDee, Maraza, AB Crazy and Gigi Lamayne for the d...

It's yet another week and the stories that caught most of your attention last week are quite uncanny. Boss Zonke's Scooby Snacks are still trending at...

What a raucous video! But I've also never seen such sophisticated chaos in my life either. ICU finally unleash the party that is Milano in pictorial f...

In a personal visual, Yelawolf returns with his latest single Row Your Boat after he took some time off the scene to find his center and reflect a bit...

It's always pretty dope when our artists work with other musicians outside of South Africa, and Africa. The boy Nasty features on the latest drop by A...

It's always pretty dope when our artists work with other musicians outside of South Africa, and Africa. The boy Nasty features on the latest drop by A...

We've secured the bag, and quite promptly so thanks to Blayze and AKA's precision. I'm so glad we didn't even have to wait too long before we got hold...

It's Thursday right? Let's track back to 5 years ago when the SA Hip Hop scene was buzzing with potential for a massive take over and not even we coul...

It's not nearly enough but it will suffice! Blayze is itching with this new joint and subsequently so are we. First of all, he just shared a renewed a...

It's that time of the month again where we conglomerate a list of the tracks we dropped this past month on Slikouronlife. This also begins the road t...

LMAO! I'm dead convinced that whoever has the keys to free South Africa has thrown them away and no longer wishes to be associated with us. Mayivalwe ...

LMAO! I'm dead convinced that whoever has the keys to free South Africa has thrown them away and no longer wishes to be associated with us. Mayivalwe ...

I think I remember Blayze speak of this collabo. Ishuuuu! The time approaches when two musical geniuses will mash into one canvas and the piece is tit...

I'm so glad about this piece of news and for one big reason only, that Tellaman deserves more recognition than he currently has. I'm lying, that's act...

Extended plays seem to be the best way to get your music out there, almost everyone has one these days but I am not complaining. In the rapid paced wo...

Seeing that One Mic is a battle show, we asked the Marketing Manager of TV Channels at SABC, Dichaba Phalatse, how they managed the explicit rhymes on...

As we refresh the page for a new week, so is the count of the Most Popular stories from last week. An all new list of stories with the biggest being R...

Ooooh weee! It's so dope having a youngin on the come up reference and draw inspiration from OGs, especially when those OGs are none other than the la...

After what felt like years of waiting, the guys from iCU are finally dropping a music video for their single with Lebo Lukewarm, Milano. The track is ...

Mz Louis Layne is all the fierce on 9 To 5 as she asserts her position on breaking the mould of robotic societal expectations. She wants to be her own...

Introducing the newest trio under the Free World Music banner, Golden Black, with their debut single BS Hit The Fan. I like how each man sounds differ...

Recently we saw that Emtee's new single, Ghetto Hero, was produced by the legendary Don Laka. What we didn't know, and perhaps see coming, was that Em...

This boy is about to be a Problem with this track, otla ka Mathata Fela for real - pun intended. Teq dropped this as a single from his The Decoy EP an...

Flameboy does some self introspection on this piece as he tells us of how messy and drama-filled his life is to be in a relationship with anybody. The...

We not only get introduced more to the Zulu Bass sound but to the queen as well. The eclectic Lumkah Fabulas who wears multiple hats in the art space ...

The Absolute Hip Hop show by DJ Speedsta and Loot Love on Metro FM was graced with a fire mix by the Dust DJ this past weekend and it's all the glow y...

The Absolute Hip Hop show by DJ Speedsta and Loot Love on Metro FM was graced with a fire mix by the Dust DJ this past weekend and it's all the glow y...

The beautiful combination of Merel and Njabs Da Beatmaker bring us this captivating story of Jabulani. Merel captures your ear with his stern voice an...

You guys have no idea how many times I rewinded this track, no idea. I'm losing my mind at how refreshing it is, I cannot believe this actually. Falco...

PSA: WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH #PINKPANTHER ???? ???????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/D3b6pON0AL— #PINKPANTHER (@OfficialTshego) May 21, 201...

We have yet another week in which a majority of the popular clicks are music drops. The biggest one being Big Star and Zoocci Coke Dope finally unleas...

The rap Steve Biko just shot the motion picture for his recent drop, Cool Slaves. We're only in the beginning stages of the breadcrumbs so we'll be lo...

The rap Steve Biko just shot the motion picture for his recent drop, Cool Slaves. We're only in the beginning stages of the breadcrumbs so we'll be lo...

We visited pH at the studio and he introduced us to someone he's passing the baton to, Ricco. Ricco dropped his single Gone To My Head with Maggz just...

#WASHKALAKUNDAREMIX VIDEO BY @ScoobyNero ft @MizDeeLu @GigiLamayne @Marazamc & @tumeloabcrazy DROP-SOON directed by @sosmediapro #PlzShr pic.twitter.c...

#WASHKALAKUNDAREMIX VIDEO BY @ScoobyNero ft @MizDeeLu @GigiLamayne @Marazamc & @tumeloabcrazy DROP-SOON directed by @sosmediapro #PlzShr pic.twitter.c...

We couldn't allow Thabsie to leave without getting a glimpse of that sweet velvet voice and so she obliged. She renders a bare version of the infectio...

Every now and then we like to convene in the music and reflect on our blessings. Such is the call to action in Sylvan LaCue's Grateful. He's keeping t...

I'm here for the bars, but I've also got a fire extinguisher in hand 'cause I ain't finna be part of these here flames. Ah, ah, ah! Machine Gun Kelly ...

South African artists continue to fly the flag high as some of our artists have been nominated for the 2017 BET Awards, Best International Act: Africa...

This week we've got a whole new chart in your popular stories and the biggest excitement last week was the reactions to Supa Mega's Caiphus Song music...

A song about disbelieve, but more gratitude than anything else. Every now and then we need to take a break, sit down and pinch ourselves over how far ...

Marcus Melanin is all the warrior fierceness in this enchanting Tranquility Freestyle which immediately grabs your attention soon as he spits. There's...

The story of this joint is pretty crazy. Blaqverse relays the true story of being framed after his friend committed a crime in his jacket and gave it ...

Tory Lanez takes a break from the fire remixes in the Swave Sessions to drop an original piece with fellow wordsmith Dave East. This Triple-A piece is...

Lethal emcee Mali D shows his flexibility on his newest track Georgie Zamdela. Mali D is all the smooth, playful and yet he possesses a touch of gangs...

Would you look at this? There are only two subjects that constitute last week's most popular clicks on stories. Cassper Nyovest as well as AKA and Ana...

Make way everybody! Delicate raps coming through! Joell Ortiz chops us the rhymes like a seasoned lyrical chef on Rap Millionaire. He's doing this mus...

After having disqualified two music videos by Nasty C last month, the SAMA and RISA office has found new replacement finalists in the category namely,...

.@kendricklamar DAMN. is now PLATINUM #TDE pic.twitter.com/DR0WmZsZ9D— Interscope Records (@Interscope) May 4, 2017 Well DAMN, ain't this some...

.@kendricklamar DAMN. is now PLATINUM #TDE pic.twitter.com/DR0WmZsZ9D— Interscope Records (@Interscope) May 4, 2017 Well DAMN, ain't this some...

I just love the sophistication in this song. The bluesy strings with a touch of jazz juxtaposed with the distorted vocals is such brilliance. I'm in l...

We have another one out of the Swave Session series by lord Tory Lanez and he goes at Playboi Carti's popular joint Magnolia. I like this. Sheesh! Tor...

Repping for Namibia, Kalla and Ray have the juice on how to kill em all. Channeling their inner Sparta they march in with this commanding track speed ...

Rap Lyf's Nota had a few things to get off his chest pending the disqualification of Nasty C's two music videos from the Best Music Video category at ...

Tjowee, banyana ba ba kotsi bathong! I can't believe their cheek. A bunch of sexy bullies. My favourite thing in all their madness is how they never l...

April has been a much slower month than March which has such an influx of music drops. But, April hasn't been awful either. A lot of joints were dropp...

We've got a whole new count of favourite clicks in this week's Most Popular stories from last week. Interestingly enough however, Cassper Nyovest is o...

Mchangani is gonna start dropping new music more frequently and he kicks off with the soulful sounding Lahlela co-produced by Beatmochini and ByLwanst...

I'm here for Khanyi Mbau's face after Jawz tells BK off at the shop. So spiteful! The visuals for Don't Play Me Baby are here and they are all the j...

Boy am I proud of this Kidd, not so long ago we were jamming to his What Were You Doing At 19? mixtape and now he's been taken under the Mabala Noise ...

Ewu! Tory Lanez is hella cheeky on this Swave version of DJ Khaled's Shining. I love his approach to the joint. If you're gonna remix a track with an ...

Lava wa Mrepa is not to be messed with. Shapa Mang is quite frankly the coolest threat I've ever heard. He oozes so much swag in all his Sotho royalty...

Well, DAMN! Ain't that something? Can you believe that the whole album is on the Billboard Hot 100 chart? Each track holds a spot from #1 to #63 withi...

DAGGER GANG pull up (tempted to ad-lib SSSKKKRR) to the spot and they need all the space to make a clean appearance on Chechela Morao. The crew is sou...

Yhhuuu! MAKE WAY, MAKE WAY! My fave, Teck-Zilla, is at it again with his neck for killer combinations on his sick beats. This one is titled MP3 and it...

Spunky Galaxy is all the sadness in Gardens as he and his girl don't see eye to eye on something but it's clear throughout the video that her absence ...

6LACK's star has been flickering even more brightly since the drop of his rave debut album Free 6LACK. As part of Apple Music's Up Next series and the...

6LACK's star has been flickering even more brightly since the drop of his rave debut album Free 6LACK. As part of Apple Music's Up Next series and the...

We're back with the most lit bunch of people, our Facebook Onlifers. But they're on good behaviour this week at least. Yeyi, last week was so litty, I...

Ey, you won't believe this. Cassper Nyovest is on the most popular content chart for the 4th week running with the Tito Mboweni visual! Iyoh! On the ...

Big Nasty and Lavesh are getting that dough in on Joey Gallo. They huddle up together for this mid-tempo trap piece. They sound inseparable on the col...

Yooh! The situation in this song is so LIT! I don't know how many times I've played this song already. Seboba is in big trouble with the daughter of h...

Look, I honestly cannot let this go. I tried to be cool about it but you need to peep how cool Oktane and Price are on these raps. They do that thing ...

Ingathi uSPHE has the answers. This conversation is cut short at the end there. Hmm! On the real though, we sit down SPHE to talk about the new Kings...

I love Quebonafide's international adventures through music where he goes around shooting music videos in different countries and collaborating with i...

BULLS EYE! Hell Afro-yes! I swear, sometimes I want to fill my posts with mere exclamations and not have to describe anything. This song, this music...

Dear Mac Miller, You are loved. Thank the heavens for your creative. That letter is to the universe nje. I'll fax him when I'm ready. He decided to ...

Kendrick Lamar is looking way too cool right now. After the rave drop of his album DAMN and rumours of a possible follow up album, he shares his next ...

I do quite love what the Let's Play Outside project is about. The sheer embodiment of the street entrepreneurial spirit and culture cannot be shared e...

Well you won't believe today's popular stories count. Cassper Nyovest is not only back for the third week in a row, but he also has occupied the top 3...

Tellaman said he was working on 3 music videos for tracks off his amazing Lucid Dream EP and I honestly didn't expect the work this soon, at once. It'...

First of all, all the beams flowing through this song are undeniable. I don't know how many times I'm replaying this video right now. I love the easin...

Kxng Crooked's been bodying freestyles left, right and mic centre lately and this time he dropped by the LA Leakers to drop a freestyle on the show. T...

In part 2 of our conversation with Mo'lemi and Scoop Makhathini on land distribution, we talk about farming and the financial risks that come with tha...

Flavour, flavour! Shu! Swazi rapper Swiss puts us onto the flexibility of rap when he does that thing he likes to do of fusing RnB, Hip Hop and even H...

Super lit! I love this video. And the song. I'm just so excited about Luda on the raps. Takes me back to his 90's and early 2000's finesse on some of ...

We got acquainted with the Let's Play Outside project last week through their collaborative events and various faces of street entrepreneurs who are c...

Now this is one thing that is widely suggested, for this artist to linkup with another on a full album because they do so well together on a track. Th...

Last week's most interesting stories according to your clicks are Cassper Nyovest's Tito Mboweni music video which has pretty much been trending all w...

Last week's most interesting stories according to your clicks are Cassper Nyovest's Tito Mboweni music video which has pretty much been trending all w...

We put on our Palladium Boots and headed out to the Bakang Farm in Mafikeng with Scoop Makhathini to talk to Mo'lemi about whether he thinks South Afr...

Check out a snippet of what went down at the Wolfpack X Launch out in Durban a few weeks ago where Sketchy Bongo and Aewon Wolf hosted an event to lau...

Blaklez takes us back with a classic joint from Chaka Khan. You know her kids? Well, she had this joint called Eye To Eye when apartheid was the thing...

Blaklez takes us back with a classic joint from Chaka Khan. You know her kids? Well, she had this joint called Eye To Eye when apartheid was the thing...

Dancehall king Buffalo Souljah shares the sunny visuals for his love dedication My Lady and it is all the awe. Those waters? Hawemah! He gives us FO...

Oh oh! It's all roses and peaches with Laylizzy and his lady in the Forever music video until his phone snitches on him and it's downhill from there. ...

Yes now! I love the fierceness in this audiovisual. Something different with dropping this freestyle as a visual to get her point that much across. Th...

Yes please! This is how you remix a joint. Gilla Da Don responded to Daniel's suggestion for him to actually remix this DVSN joint. He brings all of h...

The foot is on the paddle with the music right now and it's lift off. Artists are in the swing and the momentum towards bodies of work is steady climb...

Cape Town's Miss Celaneous pairs up her don't-mess-with-me attitude with Youngsta's gangster for Gehard and it's nothing less of what you'd expect fro...

This is some dope stuff. I love what I'm seeing with the collaborative efforts of black entrepreneurs. This here gives me courage. The RHTC Store brin...

The most popular stories last week are 90% music drops. Pretty dope really 'cause it just means that music consumption is picking up now as we get rea...

The most popular stories last week are 90% music drops. Pretty dope really 'cause it just means that music consumption is picking up now as we get rea...

The sonic genius steps out solo for his latest drop Too Late after making quite the noise with his production and hella killer hooks. You heard the ki...

The sugar factory is officially open and the caretakers are the ever cool Big Star and Reason overseeing the production of all the sweetness you'll re...

Gigi Lamayne is set to drop her new freestyle video Gigi The Great which she did in collaboration with her dance squad Supreme I Crew. The freestyle i...

Swagger so haute couture! Only the iCU squad can bring this amount of grunge to high fashion. Quite disruptive in the energy but well knitted in the m...

SHU! Hayi noh! People are rapping their lives off out here man. The combination of Joey and ScHoolboy Q is a sure fire lyrical explosion. After havin...

King Kendrick has been quite elusive with his music drops teasing mere bread crumbs before he shares the work. He did that with "(Heart)IV" and now hi...

It's TellAScope Day as Big Star avails his EP for pre-order on iTunes today. But that's not all we're excited about today, his music video for Flavors...

Oh hey now! It seems we've found Mary Jane and she's being pranced around for all of us to hear with DJ Vigilante, Yung Swiss, A-Reece and Maggz. Firs...

Everything is a go for the ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ album drop next week. Cover, tracklist and even a video for Land Of The Free, but we're not quite don...

By now you should be heavily aware of Namibian wordsmith J Black and now he has joined forces with the beat making beast Nga-I on Touchdown to make yo...

We get all the way lit about who's repping which section in this part of our sit down with Big Star and Reason where somehow Slikour ends up being the...

Now these are the kinda musical moments I live for. When I first saw the headline I thought, "Hmm, what do we have here?" You might've seen Sampha o...

Jabulani Cindi is reporting live from eMlazi Station and it would appear the world is frozen in time for the moment. Stand By is the self produced slo...

We sat down with Big Star and Reason after their Flavors collabo to talk about the current state of the game and some unwritten rules that govern func...

We spoke to Anatii about what he and AKA have been cooking up in the studio and he was very elusive about the work, but I suspect we might just get a ...

Supa Mega just hit a million views on The World Is Yours music video and while he was at the SA Fashion Week he shared some dope news about the fact t...

The collaborative album between G-Eazy and DJ Carnage is approaching completion phase and it finally has a title too, Step Brothers. The fellas have k...

Last week was quite the eventful feat I'd say and it's evident in your most popular clicks. We got Kwesta occupying two spots on this count with his S...

You can't deny the fact that Ciyah has been putting in work with her weekly drops constantly delivering heat, she now gives you Little Savage in which...

We caught up with the tallest hype man of them all at the Major League All White Garden and he broke down some things for us. The biggest one being th...

Lecrae hit the nail on the head with invoking that warm feeling of family and those good old times at the gatherings when all you did was run around s...

Lifestyle or what? Tory Lanez is doing the most in the streets of Paris on the Anyway visual. Straight after bringing us the DopeMan Go video from N...

It's Adidas day today, and it's a great coincidence if you happen to be rocking your 3 bands too. That or it's the status quo like Tumi here who loves...

Taken off The Fate of furious: The album, G-Eazy and Kehlani link up for the music video of Good Life. We see some scenes from the new Fast & Furious(...

Our most popopular clicks from last week are a majority of music drops. Quite different from the usual mix of preferences. It starts on Monday with Ma...

What an amazing time it is for South African Music ???????????? Black Coffee has outdone himself. They should've kept Bucie on the song though. pi...

Now, I saw that some lame leaked Mary Jane online without the permission of Vigi (naturally), but yo'll gotta know that the official joint is on the w...

"Growing up happens when what you know changes how you live." Those are the kind of reflections you can expect in a conversation with Blaklez. We sa...

I mess with this vibe. DJ Capital just dropped the new new and it's nothing short if good quality work. I'll say, Cap has a neck for good musical comb...

Belly's multifaceted talent is starting to get deserving recognition and this freestyle of his on the LA Leakers show goes to show just how hard he go...

Imagine being a secura and you search people to find gang bottles of weed? JACKPOT! Hahah. Next time Vee Tha Rula and his squad should roll with ladie...

Behind The Bars is back and we're turning it up a notch. We're gonna get our verses of the month as ordained by Stogie T decoded for you by the artist...

We await the arrival of the motion picture for 10 Fingers and ahead of that Supa Mega thought to show us just how much beamwork went into the producti...

Kodak Black unleashes quite the personal visual for Too Many Years which is more like a diary entry reflecting on his life, upbringing and just losing...

Kids that come up in any other language than the usual Zulu, Tswana and English have my automatic utmost attention. Mega is repping KwaNdebele on Tjel...

The new single from Simmysimmynya is taken off his upcoming album debut project Look At NYA slated for a 2017 arrival (yet to be specified). NYA has b...

After sharing his extremely powerful Land Of The Free music video, Joey has now reveled the tracklist for his upcoming album ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ whi...

It should never come as surprise to you when emcees spit verses that are based on braggadocio that's the nature of hip hop. Swaziland's Ciyah features...

It should never come as surprise to you when emcees spit verses that are based on braggadocio that's the nature of hip hop. Swaziland's Ciyah features...

The evolution of music has made it possible for your ears to experience nearly every detailed fabric of sound. The 24 year old, Switch gives you a sim...

Boss Zonke has announced his departure from his record label Mabala Noise through a series of some tweets. It would appear his revolutionary speech at...

Last week was quite eventful in terms of music drops, but Friday was a crazy music storm I can tell you. Alas, we recap on your favourite hits over th...

We caught up with Tellaman, Jessica Nkosi and Moozlie after the #Veliswa preview at Rosebank last week to get a feel of what they thought about Nasty ...

Last year and beginning this year we saw headlines of JLo and Drake dancing to Black Coffee's Superman featuring Bucie and we heard just a clip of Dra...

The boy ScoobyNero comes through reloading his hit Washkalakunda and he's not just reloading but the amo is lethal! He opens the track with the cheeky...

Gigi Lamayne is not stopping her win. On International Women's Day she was not only recognised for being a woman like every other woman but HotNewHipH...

You were introduced to their music last week and now Ciyah has decided to team up with Size Killa on Flexin to build momentum and win you over, or eve...

You were introduced to their music last week and now Ciyah has decided to team up with Size Killa on Flexin to build momentum and win you over, or eve...

We sat down with FlexBoogie to talk about Because Black, a movement that he has grown which is centered around black beauty, pride and self love. We a...

There's a lot going on for Tory Lanez right now yo. He just got cited by Forbes as one of 2017's Hip Hop Cash Princes, along with having announced tha...

Music for the soul. Music for those breezy days when you look around and thank the heavens for the beauty of life. Tony Black beloved, and he's soundi...

You might know the homie as Sakhekile, yup he was the dude that was ushered in the game by iFani. You might remember them running around in pyjamas on...

We sat down with Ms Cosmo for part 2 of the Office Chats where we touch on the egos of artist managers and knowing when to draw the line between prote...

Tumi Tladi is set to drop a joint that LBang Bang Boogie and Xtremme (from YFM) managed to convince him to set free 'cause it's that dope. Having been...

Nipsey Hussle contributed on the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands soundtrack and this is a story of the grind in his life and the sacrifice it ca...

Hats off to Joey Bada$$ for capturing such pain, urgency and power in the visual for Land Of The Free, a track that sent us all into reflection eterna...

We bring you the first edition of our Office Chats this year where we discuss anything as an office here at SOL, and this time we invited Ms Cosmo to ...

Oh my word! WHAT? Ok, lemme start from the beginning. I can tell you a lot of people who are obsessed with 6LACK right now and I can see why. He shar...

Oh my word! WHAT? Ok, lemme start from the beginning. I can tell you a lot of people who are obsessed with 6LACK right now and I can see why. He shar...

One of my favourite Zambian emcees drops a new love letter that's not all filled with sweet praises like the normal feat would. Plant A Seed is a refl...

Sonny Digital and Black Boe partnered up for a collabo mixtape titled Black Goat and this is the intro to the project. Last Year is a reflection on wh...

Tol A$$ Mo comes through with his new joint Papa G as he promised earlier this year. He's outchea flossing with the swag and money like the man in the...

YEYI WENA! This is a hype fest okay? Malums finally lets us into his Lamontville and Umlazi party titled Gqi. We see him meet up with Amadando, who by...

How talented are some of these youngins out here though? Tellaman shared this teaser for what looks like it will be the visual for his single Dandy wh...

Let's check out some signature posts from last week that caught most of your interest. One thing's for sure, there's never a dull moment in SA Hip Hop...

Let's check out some signature posts from last week that caught most of your interest. One thing's for sure, there's never a dull moment in SA Hip Hop...

Big ups to every female rapper that's out there to prove that the game is not just about males running every corner of the hip hop genre. Ciyah from S...

It's that time again. We're compiling all the tracks that were featured on SOL for the month of February in SA Hip Hop so that you can just click on o...

The wait is finally over, the Swaziland slick rhyme spitter Size Killa links up with Sam on Love Song and avails it for your ears. The vivid storytell...

The wait is finally over, the Swaziland slick rhyme spitter Size Killa links up with Sam on Love Song and avails it for your ears. The vivid storytell...

This kid makes good music. Spunky Galaxy comes through with his next joint taken off his Odyssey EP that sounds like an alternate world of sort in its...

Ah yes! Welcome to the Big Johnson's Candy Bar where all you want is available in different Flavors. Your salesmen over the counter today are Mr Reezu...

The Swaziland female rapper, Ciyah is gunning for being the best female artist as well as a ground breaking new comer in the hip hop surface. She is r...

So SOL has been plugging you onto music from across the continent and today you get to explore the hip hop scene in Swaziland. Size Killa is a hardcor...

So SOL has been plugging you onto music from across the continent and today you get to explore the hip hop scene in Swaziland. Size Killa is a hardcor...

Please save and share the link with us at 9am on Friday. http://bit.ly/2mJ8ivQ In the meantime peep the lyrics and the teaser. INTRO :  A lot of...

I do quite love this song. For the longest time when Miss Pru dropped it last year I had it on loop, for days on end. Powerful track about overcoming,...

It's a new week and we gotta check back with what some of the hottest news from last week on the site were. If we recall correctly, last week was the ...

Swizz Beatz and Just Blaze went head to head in Hot 97's Battle Of The Beats going hit for hit, beat for beat live this past weekend. You'll notice th...

Kwesta drops off the moving visuals for his DaKAR II love dedication featuring the gorgeous and talented Thabsie. The music video for Ngiyaz'fela Ngaw...

With the weekend imminent and you can't wait for your mode to switch from work to turn up, this new J Black banger where he teamed up with Kanibal tit...

Welcome to the Red Couch with myself (Spokenpriestess) - I'm writing it cause someone actually once asked who "myself" was. Anyway, this is the new ad...

Now ain't this the way of a winner? Music is the answer, always has been and forever will be. The Young King drops a brand new slow burner touched by ...

This music pairs well with the weather around these parts right now. Consequence and Royce 5'9 team up for the important subjects contained in All Bla...

In part 2 of our chat with Patty Monroe, we talk to her about the producers on her album and then we get a bit more into her bubble. She talks to us a...

Vee Tha Rula gives us the soundtrack for some of those wilder times of our lives on Rockstar. This joint has that classic two-step-crib-walk undertone...

We have to share the beams with you right now! The headmaster of the Kotini Academy, Riky Rick, has received an exclusive invitation to attend Gucci C...

We sat down with Patty Monroe coming off the drop of her debut album Malatjie last month and we wanted her to take us through the concept, right down ...

Daaass right! It appears Gigi Lamayne has signed up to Uber SA's register of drivers. Brilliant idea I'd say because if you've ever had the earning co...

The Wrecking Crew has dropped their first collabo joint since parting with their record label Ambitiouz Entertainment. Saturday night we saw The Boy D...

Last Days Fam is one of the dying breed of musicians that give my soul hope in lyricism and storytelling. If you're an avid follower of their work you...

On Mondays here at SOL we play the catch up game with you, but we've tweaked it a little bit and made it a tat more competitive. We're going to share ...

Kirk Knight is talking to the Magic Mirror on his walls about the possibilities of a life swap. Something a lot of us have once thought of at some tim...

We caught with Okmalumkoolkat at Ms Cosmo's first live performance on The Stir Up this past weekend where he gave a dope performance of some cuts from...

This high energy joint is the debut single from Let's Rock U Entertainment as they rally up Zola, Neasy (Beatz) and Chocco - who's one half of the Mad...

The Rap Steve Biko brings us back down to earth on Blue taken off his sophomore A Broken Man's Dream. Blaklez shares Blue as a single and he's all the...

Ey! Let music and love reign today'o. It was not so long ago that I was saying I am patiently waiting for a project from this dude and he was like "kh...

Yhu! Today's a heavy day for the emotions noh? Laylizzy recently posted on his socials about "relationship frustrations" and naturally his fans got hi...

Thatha Uncle Snoop! Taken off Coolaid, Snoop Dogg's 14th album, he drops the dark music video for Legend which opens in a documentary-esque commentary...

Fresh off the drop of For You as a single off her debut album Malatjie, Patty Monroe brings you the fun and romantic music video for the song. She's w...

Fat Joe and Remy Ma's collabo album Plata O Plomo has been pushed back to a February 17th release date but they're not just announcing the push back w...

Last week, Sjava and DJ Maphorisa surprised us with a new single titled Ngempela featuring the amazing sounding Howard as well. The joint is a romanti...

Kwesta has shared a visual for his DaKAR II banger Kokotela featuring Yanga and Kid X with no warning whatsoever. Or did we know? I doubt we saw this ...

I am loving this new feature where we have rappers perform their singles live on the balcony. I mean how dope is it that you can get exclusive perform...

If you peeped the site last week you know how lit last week's music video drops were. I mean the standard of music videos in SA Hip Hop are on another...

A total of eight tracks were dropped for you to stream and download here at SlikourOnLife. Yeah we nice like that. The rest of the tracks were also dr...

Last week's Balcony Interviews were interesting. We first spoke to a young MC who is trying to make a name for himself in the game. Kid Tini took some...

We got Gigi LaMayne to perform her new new joint My Ugly Boy on our latest Balcony extension, Balcony Live. Peep the story about what the song is if y...

I caught up with Gigi LaMayne yesterday and I asked her what the song is really about. She said that it's about her finally learning to love someone w...

Stillaround drops his raunchy debut single Rocky Mountains featuring Ansliegh Omar on it. He's been making music for the past 6 years up in his bedroo...

Playground Productions artist Astryd Brown releases her debut single They Know featuring rap heavyweight Rouge! They Know is one of those records y...

Iyoh! DAMN! First of all, it's been a minute since I've personally heard from Trina but she's been putting in some work out here. While she's preppin...

Paying homage to his heroes in the nostalgic sounding Kudala, Lolo Vandal takes to the hood to display the spirit of quasi life. We see him driving th...

DJ Jawz drops off his new joint Don't Play Me Baby featuring the intensely gifted BK and your fave dancehall king Buffalo Souljah. Don't Play Me Baby ...

Alexandra's patriots Jovislash and DJ Phatpro who have been collaborating for a while now decide to officially merge to form the A-Town Kings duo as t...

Alexandra's patriots Jovislash and DJ Phatpro who have been collaborating for a while now decide to officially merge to form the A-Town Kings duo as t...

Yeyi, the FOMO for this joint called Gqi by Malums is too much to handle. Reason being the fact that if you follow him on his socials, particularly In...

And the bar just got raised! Last week the bar was raised for hip hop music videos in South Africa. The bar was raised in many ways. Let me chop it ...

This is by far the most tracks we have dropped in a week. The reason for this is that everyone is working and people are understanding our submission ...

Iyoh Motswana we! Someone needs to fly a letter to Botswana telling Frost to forgive whomever rubbed him up the wrong way. This Pula is sure fire. The...

The soulful duo, Nina & She-la, come through on Call The Cops spitting like mad poets. They take me back to raw poetry sessions and boom bap cyphers o...

Flacko Fresh is not playing with you if you ain't straight in his books. He pulls in Msoja Atchu for We Can't Be Friends a slow jam that's got an RnB ...

PMB stand up! SK Supreme is repping for you on Plug & Play, a slow burning banger that has him sounding like a distant thought with the effects employ...

Zimbabwean rapper Boi Mac is bossing as he does on the Regular with this joint taken off his Gang Ka4 EP produced by Jay Forty5. He's sounding hella s...

This one is a short one and it works just as well. Xola X comes in, messes things up and exits just as he came in on this one-minuter. The Machete Fre...

I've actually spent the whole weekend looping this project. It's that good. Either that, or my love for Tellaman's artistry is that much. Lucid Dream...

This is magic. Film director, Gus Sutherland is set to drop a documentary titled The Unseen: A Detroit Beat Tape made up of 90's VHS tape archives fil...

This is magic. Film director, Gus Sutherland is set to drop a documentary titled The Unseen: A Detroit Beat Tape made up of 90's VHS tape archives fil...

Talib Kweli and Styles P have been on tour together and are almost wrapping up but not before they drop some fire bars with this collabo for Last Ones...

The Malatjie gospel has been freed! Shout out to Patty Boom-Boom for this victory. Her debut album peaked at #4 on iTunes' Hip Hop Sales Chart thus fa...

Taylor Gang, Gang, Gang! Ty and Wiz deliver the visuals for their joint TGOD Volume 1 mixtape in Brand New. First of all, how cool is it that Ty's fly...

Fetty is cooling off being a romantic on Island Boy after dropping his ever sweet With You recently. Since his Zoovier mixtape release he's been shari...

Young Egypt's got another one and this time he's confused as to why people are fronting on him instead of being real and genuine with em. He has some ...

Yikes! I'm here for the verses bra. Ora Kola comes through on Here It Is with the coolest of demeanour to tell tales of the mess he's observing in his...

You need not worry 'cause all the smokes and the "dranks" are on these two boys. Originally from Zim and Bots, Trilla and Stunna connect for Smoke to ...

Three music videos were dropped last week. It's so cool to see Ma-E gearing up for Valentine's Day with Ngawe. The track is very romantic and the musi...

Kicking off last week's SA hip hop drops are B3nchMarQ feat LaFlameSA for a track called Janga. The track is refreshing with a dope catchy hook. Secon...

We dropped three On The Ground videos last week. Beat Mochini chopped up his approach to creating brand relationships and social media. He also choppe...

Aewon Wolf has had a very interesting journey to the top. When he spoke to Slikour as part of our Balcony Interview series Aewon dropped some interest...

Masta Killa, Method Man and Redman are filmed in the studio on the visuals for Therapy as they take turns to lace their verses on the mic. The music v...

The time you have been waiting for has finally arrived, it's a freak Friday and what way to enter the weekend mode than with jamming to Live Yo Life b...

The time you have been waiting for has finally arrived, it's a freak Friday and what way to enter the weekend mode than with jamming to Live Yo Life b...

Baelani, as her fans affectionately call her, has dropped the tracklist of her much anticipated debut album which she's currently on a world tour for....

We all know there is big issue we are facing with many students in the country struggling to afford fees, and Mo Flava is one of many personalities wh...

Yassss! If you ain't copped Blaklez's sophomore piece, A Broken Man's Dream, he's about to bless us all with the next single off the piece and he pick...

This is some magic on a record. I just came across Jacquees and I already love his flavour. He's fresh off the drop of his Nash B collaborated mixtape...

These are the kind that burn blue and purple, not the friendly and containable type that blaze yellow, orange and red. I'm talking about Flames and th...

Repping for Alex, Spunky Galaxy comes through sounding fresh on this here joint. The 6ixteen single is taken off his current EP the Odyssey and he's o...

The vibes in this here music video are too much! This is such a dope visual. Well shot and the FOMO induction is also sky high. Tumi Tladi delivers th...

Hip Hop has always been considered an art form of expression, whether it be break dancing, vinyl scratching or rhymes laced on a dope beat with a funk...

Hip Hop has always been considered an art form of expression, whether it be break dancing, vinyl scratching or rhymes laced on a dope beat with a funk...

It's raining champagne and confetti in Post Malone's new video for Congratulations featuring Quavo taken off his 2016 project Stoney. I love how crisp...

Yikes! I wish it was that easy to take a trip off to the islands nje! Ella Mai comes through with the gorgeous visuals for her Change EP get away song...

Yikes! I wish it was that easy to take a trip off to the islands nje! Ella Mai comes through with the gorgeous visuals for her Change EP get away song...

Listen, you heard the Kid's new joint?! Hawema! You don't want these type'a problems! Kid Tini boxes in the ring with fellow lethal wordsmiths PdotO ...

Introducing Spanish duo Cookin Soul, and they do a mashup of Nas' verse taken off his and Robin Thicke's politically charged Deep which dropped last y...

One of the most underrated MC's in Cape Town is Blaq Slim. The dude has been gone for a minute but he's back with a new joint titled The Motto. This i...

When Tellaman said he was dropping a new EP this year he wasn't playing. He announced the expected date for his Lucid Dreaming EP which is scheduled f...

A lot of interesting things happened last week. Let me chop them up for you in no particular order. Ready set goooooooo... Nasty C's NDA got shown s...

Last week's music videos were seriously dope. First up was Erick Rush's Hold It Down who took us to Edmonton, Alberta where he showed different place...

Last week's On The Ground videos have a special place in my heart. Besides shooting these videos and being on the ground in Cape Town, I really learnt...

Last week's drops were hella. Many cats also wanted to say they're outchea seeing that we are way into 2017. Can you believe it? It's almost the month...

This song has me so inspired man. Joey Bada$$ delivers his Martin Luther King Jr. tribute single as he promised and he's not holding back on his truth...

Gigi is hitting the grond running too this year as she preps us for the drop of her iGenesis Refill album which, naturally, is the deluxe version of h...

Tol A$$ Mo is shining right now and he's set to drop his next single Papa G next month so brace yourself. His last drop was the hilariously narrated m...

Let's roll up the credits: written, produced, recorded and mixed by Tellaman. Yeah, that way! Tellaman opens his musical year with a statement track ...

Yoh! There's a fire in Dar Es Salaam, RUN RUN RUN! I am in love with this piece. The best part about it? That it's such a short listen and you know h...

This is strictly for laughs! Agreed? Look, this whole Chris Brown and Soulja Boy beef and upcoming boxing match is mad funny. More-so, the entertainme...

Tumi Tladi is set to drop the music video of his joint Used To This with Santy next week Tuesday but to keep us company he's got the movie looking tra...

SURPRISE! I remember Blayze saying he was in studio with X some time last year but he was very hush-hush about it and voila! It's called Style And ...

It's here! Bright and early, Lex LaFoy drops Vuk Ekseni which she wrote in isiZulu. The upbeat, dance-esque production is handled by The Nutscratchers...

Timing is everything. That’s why we are going to be seeing loads of singles dropping this month. It’s like all the artists understand that dropping in...

The season is summer in our beautiful continent and perhaps dealing with the scorching heat is problematic for you, well then sweat no more because Na...

Baelani comes through with yet another one for the streets as we countdown to the 27th of January. I mean, it's STILL the 13th? I'm over my life right...

"I stay rolling up. Garage Doors" ...Sheeeeeshhh... Beast has linked up with Lastee and Maraza for this banging tune titled Where The Bread At. Loo...

AKA dropped a picture that catches the scenic beautiful surroundings of Thailand. If you recall he announced that he is shooting the video for The Wor...

Hands up for the Urban Disciples! Word on the concert streets is that fans hate being told to put their hands up the whole time throughout a performa...

It’s been over a year since Patty Boom Boom dropped her first single Talk produced by Sketchy Bongo, and after the year she's just had in 2016 she's r...

We featured Mulalo Teddy's New Skool Rise illustration series mid-2016 where he paid tribute to some of the new skool acts that were blowing up the sc...

Lex LaFoy is set to drop her new single Vuk Ekseni next week Monday which she wrote it in isiZulu. The song is basically a hustler's anthem for the pe...

Have you ever tuned in on the radio and heard your favourite radio personality say "if it's nice, we play it twice!!" Because they have pushed the env...

Now this is special. The Colouring Book artist and avid social commentator along with his father Ken Bennet are set to join the board of trustees at C...

Man oh man. Goapele is currently in South Africa. She posted a picture with Cassper Nyovest which stated "Good vibes only in the studio last night wit...

There were a bunch of tracks and music videos dropped over the festive season that you may have missed. No worries though because we got you. We under...

There were a bunch of tracks and music videos dropped over the festive season that you may have missed. No worries though because we got you. We under...

On our first week of Underdog in the two zero seventeen, Donnie Black drops S.H.E on a trap joint dedicated to the ladies that want the finer things i...

"No features in 2017. Wasted verses on some fruitless records last year. Only focusing on my album. That #Jungle vid dropping soon tho" Welcome to a ...

Only three music videos were dropped last week. DreamTeam finally gave us visuals for their summer '16 smash titled Ubumnandi. Something tells me this...

I did warn you guys that it's only rest in December state of mind right. Yeah, there were a few drops last week that I can actually type this with one...

Oh man. Jub Jub is out on parole and he has shared a song that has probably been buried in his heart for the longest time, Ke Kopa Tshwarelo (Please F...

Ishuuuu! The Sweet Sexy Savage does it again with this here grown and sexy gem for the lovers of love. For the ride or dies. For the I-left-all-my-Fs-...

Talk about Flashback Friday! We kick off the day with the kwaito-esque groove by Anzo who tags along Zakwe and Siya Shezi for the Ezak'dala Remix. Thi...

My ears were raised when I first saw this. Eva Alordiah? I love her. Lemme backtrack though. Multiple SATMA nominee and winner Dr Bone comes through w...

It's a beautiful, albeit chilly, Thursday morning (in Jo'burg) and everything is as it should be. NO, wait! I see a disturbance. But of course, Twitte...

Few moments before midnight on New Year's Day, DuBoiz and AKA performed Hallelujah at The Annual Donaldson Dam Picnic Explosion. There hasn't been a...

Talk about being productive. Tory Lanez not only drops one mixtape but two at the beginning of the year. After dropping his smash album Told You and c...

Blaklez closes the year with his melodic healing sampled from the Village Pope. This is a song about gratitude. No matter what challenges the year ...

This is mad hilarious. Super creative. He actually knocked this out the park. Okay Wasabi does a parody of DJ Citi Lyts' Vura and he twists it into Du...

It's officially Mlazi Milano day as Malums has finally dropped the album. Last night he took to Instagram to share pieces of the album ahead of the re...

We caught up with Gigi Lamayne at the South African Hip Hop Awards to talk about being nominated for Hustler of the Year and Best Mixtape as she's won...

Rapper and producer Pleo Bmm comes through with his new single Lasers, a dreamy, sound effected, almost hypnotic tune that sees him sing for most of t...

So we're wrapping up the year and we'll be dropping you some numbers off SlikourOnLife. These will be the 10 most downloaded songs and EPs/albums (bas...

Yes! Yes! Yes! If you're gonna tackle a popular, and almost overrated song (thanks to the worldwide #MannequinChallenge craze) you better bring it. Bl...

While we were out at the South African Hip Hop Awards last week, we got some love from some of our familia including Dotcom, A-Reece and Gigi Lamayne ...

The opening of this joint is ALL THE WAY UP. That gorgeous sounding Cinderella got me wanting to also hit her back to respond on C'Funk's behalf about...

After the South African Hip Hop Awards last week, the A-Team took their celebrations to the studio to shed their feelings of how far they've come, tea...

We were On The Ground with Yung Swiss who shared his deep story of how he has not seen his mother in 10 years. How he was living couch to couch and hi...

I had an hour long conversation with the homie Slikour talking about releasing music in December. The guy has this theory which makes sense but I can'...

Riky Rick had a very good week last week. He was featured on #WholeThing Remix and at the same time starred in two music videos - #WholeThing Remix an...

Supa Mega, Anatii and Sjeje have been hanging out at "Band Camp" down in Cape Town for a couple of days now "working". A little birdy told me that som...

Music from the supple nectar of the beat gods. Masta Killa rounds up the familia Method Man and Redman for Therapy to just pull together expressions o...

I'm pleasantly impressed with this joint and the video lives up just as well. This black and white motion picture of the boys being, flexing and parti...

Yes! I am just in love with Wale's musical space right now. We're warming up for SHINE Season and he's been sharing some music as a prelude, we saw hi...

Little Simz is prepping us for her sophomore album Stillness In Wonderland set to drop 16th December with this reflective Poison Ivy. We just saw her ...

We sat down with Laylizzy in our second edition of Behind The Bars and we asked him to take us through what inspired his latest single, who he wrote i...

"Why you coming to my table without asking dawg?" Well good thing is these fierce ladies know exactly what they bring to the Table and they share th...

Last week's SA Hip Hop tracks went like this. Gigi Lamayne spazzed on Too Much. I love how she did not use the word 'sauce' in the title of this singl...

The music video drop was also thin last week. This takes me back to the point that your favourite rappers may be saving their best material for 2017. ...

We were literally On The Ground last week making sure that you are above the ground and keeping up with what our mc's are thinking, feeling and doing....

Tory Lanez had a smashing 2016. Diego topped the charts and he beefed with Drake which got his name up there a bit. Oh, he also just got nominated for...

Is too much sauce (afro accent)! Gigi drops this new new fresh from her Mumbai trip, addressing a few elephants in the room and sharing her new space...

We get introduced to another hip hop duo by the name of XMPL, the fellas do a semi-animated music video for their single Madala in the company of thei...

Giving back to the hip hop world is a culture that is growing tremendously well from mainstream artists within the African continent and Namibian rapp...

Dear Santa, our name is Slikour OnLife , I hope you remember me. All I want for Christmas is good music. Santa: Dear Slikour OnLife, I'll give you on...

Look! Laundry Day Fresh is doing well on the streets you know, but now we need to plug it much higher which is what Kid X is saying in this here chat....

Ooooh! Wale is awakened'o. After dropping the buzzing Groundhog Day which was prompted by J Cole's points in his False Prophets, he comes through on a...

We were On The Ground at Kwesta's merchandise launch last week and he took us through how he managed to get his range stocked by international brand N...

We caught up with Cap City kings N'veigh, PdotO and Blaklez at Maftown Heights to chop it up about the work they've been putting in of late. N'veigh a...

I'm absolutely in love with the feel good vibes on this joint. But most importantly, I'm loving this twisted beat and the intricate pockets of the son...

Bloem's PlayazBeatz introduces his Interlude Sessions with Episode 8 featuring the homie Ohmz. Listening to this I felt like I was part of the Episode...

Can I just say that at some point #DarneLately was trending above #SAHottestMCs for two days straight when it dropped last week? It's madness. Darne ...

@NEOBEATS ft @ReasonHD - Eleven Over Ten @Nadia_nakai - Don't Cut It ...

@TumiMolekane ft @EmteeSA x @ItsYangaChief - By Any Means @WMBMTUX ft @TamarshaMusicSA x @pHrawX - #PrettyCake (Life Of The Party) @Jovislash - ...

Season 3 of Jovislash's Freestyle Fridays is on a strong wind. He drops off the Intro for his upcoming mixtape set to drop in two weeks. Revelations i...

Season 3 of Jovislash's Freestyle Fridays is on a strong wind. He drops off the Intro for his upcoming mixtape set to drop in two weeks. Revelations i...

Aaaand we're back on track! Cudder is out of rehab, bless his soul, and he has said the album is now set to drop on 16th December. Ahead of that, he d...

It's December 1st and that means we get to tap into the MTV Base roundtable conversation about who are the Top 10 most rated artists of 2016 according...

Can we call Laylizzy our Mozambican connect? I think so. He's really representing his country exceptionally well and not only that, it seems he's pavi...

Oh what an actual groove! What was I just saying about DJ Maphorisa's godliness on production? So the finale of Coke Studio (South) Africa season 2 h...

Given how really short these visuals are, it's pleasantly surprising how 24hrs managed to fit in two songs. What's more impressive is the seamless cro...

1.@Nadia_nakai ft @GeminiMajor x @OfficialTshego - #Sqwaa Click here to download 2.@ReasonHD ft @GeminiMajor - #AllTheTime Click here to downlo...

@Jovislash - Jo'burg City Click here to download @057CaptainFS ft @Nveigh x @PdotOSA - #CumLaude @ReasonHD ft @GeminiMajor - #AllTheTime Cli...

It's season 3 of Jovislash's #FreestyleFridays and this time he does a very South African rendition of R. Kelly's Gotham City for Jo'burg City. Theres...

It's a wrap. Your votes have been counted and we have your winners. Congratulations to Diz Live, Xcentrick and Focalistic for winning the #GigiGoesGol...

Captain hit us up with his new joint featuring Nveigh and Pdot O. The track is titled Cum Laude which acccording to Captain is rhyming of the highest ...

We spoke to DuBoiz at the South African Hip Hop Awards nomination announcement over a week ago and he updated us on what he's been doing since we last...

We caught up with the bubbly Lex Lafoy at the Butan Wear 15 year celebration and she let us in on how her and iFani met back in 2014. She tells about ...

This that music for the soul type records. Smoke DZA and Pete Rock are dropping their collaborative album Don't Smoke Rock and we've been hearing musi...

Our family in Baltimore just put us onto their new joint Atlas, a low bass booming, elusive joint sporting fast paced flows and a mellow hook. This ar...

How you like us now huh? Prince Mopheme has finally dropped the visuals for his infectious joint Tlatsa and as you will see from the video, it's hella...

Hang on! This is S'Villa's debut single fam. Talk about honing one's craft to perfection. I highly recommend this dude. Dubane has a neck for these ta...

Yo'll don't event know! It's a parteh! Question: How are the fellas in rehab and they're turning up in the cell group? They will never shake the addi...

The heavyweight Nigerian rapper, Olamide doesn't want to keep his music away from his fans as his sixth solo studio album titled The Glory Street Tape...

Ooooh! Are you hearing the things the Remy Ma is saying her man does? That being Papoose? So sweet. The married couple celebrate their love on this r...

So check it out. Today marks the finale of the #GigiGoesGold tour competition right here on SlikourOnLife and we'll be posting the freestyles of the ...

@KToOzle ft @BigStarLive - Das' True @OfficialTshego ft @GeminiMajor x @CassperNyovest - #Hennesy @Ayo_Calley ft @ThatKidKoncept - Propane #@...

@MajikZar - I Swear @Kamowaves - Life @TouchlineTruth ft KayLo - #StillHere Click here to get #StillHere @LeeBr11Bogota ft @K_ToOzle - Stun...

@BergieFreshest On Taking Risks With Events @TweezyZA On Being Consistent #SAHHA2016 @MsCosmoDJ On The Growth Of SA Hip Hop In 2016 @FifiCoop...

"These streets don't love no one, don't get caught in the traffic..." An impressive contribution to this hit by Kehlani, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie shows...

We caught up with Bergie Fresh to talk about the lessons he's learning as an upcoming artist at the Orlando. Very interesting realisation he comes acr...

Ao bathong! This one is for that slow wind. Or to keep it PG, the soundtrack to your love letter maybe. Dancehall king, Buffalo Souljah, comes throug...

We caught up with Ms Cosmo at the Orlando and we spoke to her about the magnitude of Cassper filling up the stadium and she said it's a benchmark. We ...

We had a sit down with Cassper Nyovest at his photo shoot with international photographer Jonathan Mannion who was in the country. We spoke to him abo...

With their current hit single Black Beatles breaking the internet as the soundtrack of many a global Mannequin Challenges, Rae Sremmurd was brought on...

We caught up with producer slash record label exec, Boom Boom Bass at the Orlando and he filled us in on the newly formed Africa Lit stable. Artists u...

Xola X has a love for his backpack and decided to drop a new record titled My Back Pack with Quest Maguire. The track sounds nothing like what's curre...

We also caught up with upcoming artist 2Lee Stark at the Orlando to talk about the precedent that such an event is setting and he said from filling up...

We spoke the lovely Samkelo Ndlovu, a.k.a the Samurai, about the standard that Cassper Nyovest was raising at the Orlando and she echoed that it was a...

I like! So, Rae Sremmurd's Black Beatles just hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and I'll say I can understand why 'cause all around the world, it's the ...

Ooooohhweeee! Soon as the beat drops, you wanna duck nje! Dope Fellas squad member, Maxim comes through on this trap influenced I Beg taking advantage...

First of all, bow down to Dynamic though? The detail in this production is massive. Enter Jay Popular with a laid-back esque flow repping for him and ...

WHAT IS THIS?! Ai saba! This is madness. Duo Stiff Pap, made up of rapper AyemaProbllem and electro producer Jakinda. Their sound is a mix of kwaito, ...

These are some pretty cool visuals that Prince Williams put us onto. This graphically charged music video sure is intriguing to the eye. We see him ro...

Mabala Noise just announced that the music video for DuBoiz' Dope Dream featuring Tyga will be shared this week on Vevo and Youtube! Yaaas! We can't...

So you've noticed that we've been asking what the highlights in SA hip hop have been for the guests in our On The Ground series at the Orlando right? ...

I love how open Common is when coming to music collaborations lately. We saw him do a remix to Solange's infectious Cranes In The Sky and now he swing...

We're still On The Ground at one of the biggest events this year, Fill Up Orlando Stadium. This time we sat down with Tshego to talk about his biggest...

@micbitz1 ft @ZakweSA x @Notshi_ x Reverb x @Golden_Shovel - Ritalin Click here to download Ritalin @BlayzeEnt ft @2freshLES - #NumberONE Click...

@micbitz1 ft @ZakweSA x @Notshi_ x Reverb x @Golden_Shovel - Ritalin Click here to download Ritalin @BlayzeEnt ft @2freshLES - #NumberONE Click...

Oh snap! I actually just realised that I was in studio when this joint was recorded. Issshhhuu! I can't wait to hear what it came out sounding like. T...

We took advantage of Friday 'cause "Family Tree Fridays" to bring you this piece. We caught up with the Bad Man from Family Tree to get his perspectiv...

It's really dope to come across some fresh stuff from newcomers in the States, especially if they're paying homage to greats like Sade, who's sampled ...

It's really dope to come across some fresh stuff from newcomers in the States, especially if they're paying homage to greats like Sade, who's sampled ...

So let me put you onto this gold. An award winning musical in the US called Hamilton is set to drop The Hamilton Mixtape on 2nd December and ahead of ...

Although it seems as if Superbossnova has recently been quiet a bit, he came through with Bads On Bads this Wednesday to apologise for the silence. Th...

What did I say about that "ghetto bounce" yesterday? PRO comes through on Pholas taking it easy with the laid back flow posing some rhetorical questio...

I have tried to hold my excitement every time I hear a dope artist or record. Okay, I am lying. It's hard to contain my excitement when there is an ar...

I have tried to hold my excitement every time I hear a dope artist or record. Okay, I am lying. It's hard to contain my excitement when there is an ar...

Please believe the hype when I tell you that two OG's on a track means fire. But not just OG's, the kind that rep the hood like PRO and K.O do. Can yo...

We were On The Ground with YFM's DJ Sabby at the Orlando and he spoke to us about the importance of artists getting out of their comfort zone and taki...

Man, this is so moving. I know Rozay is opulent AF, still is in this song, but the nuances are very subtle. I love the simplicity of the video and the...

We caught up with one of SA's dope performers himself, Flex Boogie who hailed Cassper Nyovest for manifesting his dreams and ambitions. Moments like #...

Amilca Mezarati who is from Kaapa Town just dropped a new track titled Last Numba. Amilca's use of the phrase "Last Numba" in the context of the song,...