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@Makwa6eats ft @TLTamazing @KwestaDaKAR @KidXSA - Inamba

By the end of this video I'm smiling. It could be owed to the closing line on the actual song, or just how liberating watching this video was for me. ...

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@RichHomieQuan - Gamble

Rich Homie Quan has been quiet since he dropped his Back To Basics tape but it looks like he wants to reassure everyone that he's still making moves. ...

Music Video: @tydollasign ft @LilTunechi x @TheKingDream - L...

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 ...

Music: @Driemanskap - Gugs To Jozi Cypher

It's Wednesday and that only means one thing - Driemanskap is set to reign on this day. I heard talk about the fact that the fellas are looking to mov...

Music Video: @LilJon - In The Pit

This is the song that club owners will not allow Lil Jon to play, and with damn reason. They're probably afraid that he might incite a riot in their c...

Red Couch: @KidXSA On Introspection, His Debut Album x Findi...

We sat down with Kid X to catch up with him since he's been off the radar for a minute now. We talk to him about what he's been up to and he tells us ...

Music: @txnyblvck - Blvck Barbie

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...

Music: @Tyga ft @QuavoStuntin - Bel Air

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...

Music Video: @Djholiday ft @2chainz - Wassup Wid It

I know what you're thinking and no, J Holiday didn't become a disk jockey, he's still very much an RnB singer. Ciroc Boy, Dj Holiday brings you the vi...

Music Video: DRIPSETFREAKY ft @1future - Dripset

Posted up in a white room with pretty ladies twerking while painting the walls, Lil Freaky and Future bring you their collab titled Dripset. The video...

Music: @AsapTwelvyy - Strapped

Starting off with calm raps and then going off on the beat after some supportive words from someone who sounds like ASAP Rocky, Twelvvy gives us his l...

#UnderdogDay: @Maverick_Mali ft Dann Avenew x @Anstonkling -...

This is a special Underdog feature. This is the late Maverick Mali's joint Paragraph featuring Dann Avenew and Anston Kling which he did before his pa...

Watch: The DuSable Museum To Receive Donated Grammy From @ch...

Hats off to Lil Chano, he just keeps doing all the right things for the culture. As announced recently, Chance is currently on tour and decided to do ...

Watch: @ChanceTheRapper & @RealRemyMa Give Back

This is definitely Hip Hop for a good cause, very heartwarming. Firstly as some of you may not know, Remy and her rapper husband, Papoose, fell pregna...

Music Video: @2chainz - Trap Check

Chainz has already dropped three music videos since his album Pretty Girls Like Trap Music came out not so long ago. That's Blue Cheese, Sleep When U ...

Music Video: @2chainz - Trap Check

Chainz has already dropped three music videos since his album Pretty Girls Like Trap Music came out not so long ago. That's Blue Cheese, Sleep When U ...

Music Video: @LifeOfDesiigner - Outlet

After what felt like he stopped making music, Desiigner finally drops new tracks and also visuals for his track titled Outlet. For this video the boy ...

#FBPostOfTheWeek The Coolest SA Hip Hop Dad In 2017 #Fathers...

We celebrated Father's Day yesterday and to join in on the celebrations, we asked the Onlifers to let us know who they thought were the coolest SA Hip...

Music: @2chainz ft @Migos - Blue Cheese

Tity Boi dropped his latest album Pretty Girls Like Trap Music and off of the project, gives us Blue Cheese featuring Migos. The thing about me and tr...

Music Video: @officialjaden - Batman

Jaden gives us visuals for his latest single titled Batman, suited up in a white Batman costume. For those who may not know, Jaden has a love for the ...

Watch: @2chainz - Pretty Girls Like Trap Music Freestyle

Tity Boi about to drop his next studio album titled Pretty Girls Like Trap Music on June 16th and in promotion of the project your boy stopped by Powe...

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@cidomooisa ft @ReasonHD - Trap Machine

This here is the collaboration track between Jagermeister's Back The Artist star, Cido Mooi, and Reason titled Trap Machine. The track is super pacy a...

Watch: @trvisXX Birds In The Trap Short Film

About three months after releasing the film on Apple Music, Travis has made the short film for Birds In The Trap available to view on YouTube, it was ...

Music Video: @machinegunkelly ft @QuavoStuntin x @tydollasig...

A video with pretty ladies doing everything for you while you just sit there and look cool, not to mention it features some of the most popular artist...

Music Video: @machinegunkelly ft @QuavoStuntin x @tydollasig...

A video with pretty ladies doing everything for you while you just sit there and look cool, not to mention it features some of the most popular artist...

#UnderdogDay: @VenomRaps - Cooking

I though the instruction was if you can't stand the heat, leave the kitchen but I must agree with VenomRaps that if at all you're not Cooking then you...

Tracklist For @2chainz Pretty Girls Like Trap Music Revealed

Tity Boi has made the album available for pre-order along with a free new song, 4AM featuring Travis Scott. The June 16 drop is looking like a star st...

#UnderdogDay: @ThePius - Rapper's Nightmare

Can you tell that Pius has experience in the dramatic arts? I can totally pin it to him. This Mhlabashane (KZN) gem is all the fire as he narrates a s...

Watch: @makwa6eats Work On A New Beat In The Stu With @Kwest...

What are are Makwa and DaKAR up to now? And if you can't tell by now when a new single is being cooked, these are the signs: multiple posts with a sim...

Music: @TheRealKoolGRap ft @iamcormega x @manolo_rose x @REA...

The game is wide open right now and what a time it is to be alive when come backs are not a big fuss about whether OG's are still relevant or not. It'...

Music: @TimaSipoko ft @RealTalkLuSay - The Morning Rap News

Tima Sipoko gives us a single titled The Morning Rap News from his recently dropped mixtape, 24 Missed Calls, self-produced under Ngunified Studios. ...

Music: @dain_raptal - Love Drugs

I know what you're thinking, and no, this isn't a track about loving nyaope or woonga, well not those type of drugs at least, phew! The homie went in ...

Music: @ChanceTheRapper x @KAYTRANADA - And They Say

There's no promise of the official drop for this almost protected gem by Kaytranada so once it was played in his mix on Beats 1 Radio at Pharrel and S...

ICYMI: The Forbes Five Richest Hip Hop Artists

It's that time of the year again where Forbes shares another of their lists and this one is the big five, the Forbes Five most richest hip hop artists...

Music: @lildurk - Pressure

You're gonna jam to this one. Lil Durk talks to the ladies on this sweet track titled Pressure. He sings about the pressure of being famous and trying...

Music: @Ephraim_doa - 23:00

The flickering light that brought you Clueless is back with 23:00 a dreamy reflection that resembles the time of night most perfectly. Ephraim takes a...

Music: @JoellOrtiz - Rap Millionaire

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...

Music: @TheRealKoolGRap ft @FAMEMOP x @PhillyFreezer - Wise ...

It's the genesis of The Return Of The Don with Kool G Rap who tags along Fame and Freeway for a come back single Wise Guys after a 6 year silence in t...

Music: @TPAIN - See Me Comin

The godfather of this trap thing ('cause he said so) is solidifying his statements by dropping new bangers frequently lately. I quite like his transce...

Music Video: @machinegunkelly ft @HaileeSteinfeld - At My Be...

I ABSOLUTELY love the message of this song. Machine Gun Kelly is in isolation on the visual of At My Best as he recites his letter to the loners out t...

New Talent Search Show With @EmteeSA Rap 4 Me Set For GauTV

Emtee's got a new TV show set to air on DStv's GauTV channel 265 as part of their new 24 hour broadcast extension. Rap 4 Me will see Emtee give upcomi...

On The Ground: @TLTamazing On Coming Into Their Own At @RapL...

We sat down with TLT to talk about how their single Nice Life Problems has been received thus far and they got to talking to us about their promotiona...

Watch: @KwestaDaKAR On @RealSway In The Morning (Full Interv...

I love how Sway keeps tuning himself about the South African scene, watching the Metro's and all. YOU GO SWAY! Now our golden boy DaKAR sat down with ...

Music Video: RM @BTS_twt x @Wale - Change

I quite vibe with this joint. Rap Monster, from the Korean group BTS, teams up with Wale for their socially conscious song titled Change. The joint ha...

Music Video: @KidXSA ft @ItsYangaChief x @Mashayabhuqe_ZA - ...

Uyas' phoxa umakoti yaz'? Hawemah! I love this video to bits. The African story carried in it is so amazing to watch unfold especially portrayed by yo...

Music Video: @rickyrozay ft @youngthug x @Wale - Trap Trap T...

The Rather You Than Me album has dropped and with it a very spicy joint titled Idols Become Rivals and he's going at Birdman for not paying his artist...

Watch: @WTF_DBN - Gqomtrapers On The Road (Reality Show)

Welcome to the world of WTF! They let us into their lives a bit more with this short documentary-slash-reality style clip. Gqomtrapers On The Road loo...

ICYMI: @JonathanMannion Beyond The Covers In SA (Teaser)

If you recall correctly, last November we had prolific international photographer Jonathan Mannion in SA for his historic album cover exhibition among...

Music Video: @TLTamazing - Nice Life Problems

This video is mad hilarious. uAuntie doesn't understand this life that we're living yo! TLT hit the nail on the head with this video by keeping to the...

Music: @RMean ft @CrookedIntriago - Deeper Than Rap

By now I have the notion in my head that anything with R-Mean on it is something worth hearing. No pressure at all darlin'. It's a rhyme fest on Deepe...

Music Video: @KwestaDaKAR ft @ThabsieSA - Ngiyaz'fela Ngawe

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...

Music Video: @1Future - Super Trapper

Shark Tank in the bedroom? Yes please! Future is not one of those trappers who been doing it for years and not getting rich. Not around these parts Pr...

Music Video: @LastDaysFam - Rap Up

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...

Projects You Should Hear: @MasandiWorld - Escalation EP

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...

Music Video: @Saudi_rsa - She Loves Me

Msotra Man, Saudi, drops the abstract music video for his heartbreak love song She Loves Me, just in time for love week amplified. In the video he's a...

Music Video: @chancetherapper - Same Drugs

Great way to start your morning with the last minute change of mind music video drop for Same Drugs which he had slated to drop next week. It's so nic...

#FBPostOfTheWeek: Social Media Comments On @KwestaDakar x @L...

Last week's Balcony Interview featured L-Tido who gave us the low down on his new record label Legacy Records and the cats he has signed to the label....

Music: @LinkrisDGenius ft @DopeSaintJude - Tyd Is Verby

Nou die klink soos reg mooilikheid! I'm proper tempted to do this whole post in Afrikaans maar I'll keep you on the same page as us so as to not lose ...

Music: @TheReal_YAYOK1 ft Boulevard Stanza - Comprehendo

YAY.OK comes through on this self produced trap banger Comprehendo 'cause the only think he understands is money! If you're not mumbling anything that...

Monday Feature: What SA Hip Hop Said Last Week @Marazamc @Em...

Welcome to our regular Monday feature where we pick the best things that some of your rappers said last week. So here is how this works. We look for t...

Music Video: @MastaKilla ft @methodman x @therealredman - Th...

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...

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@KwestaDaKAR x @KidXSA x @TLTamazing x @Makwa6eats #RapLyfRe...

I can tell you now, you never espedet these sounds from all 4 of these joints. Just wow. I cannot begin to elaborate the maturity, the universalism (i...

#UnderdogDay: @Mtekza - Trap Makoya

Ufikile uMakoya and judging by the pull up notice in the joint, we're all in trouble! MT moved up to Jo'hustle-burg from KZN to get this work and Trap...

4 Singles In 1 Day From @KwestaDaKAR x @TLTamazing x @makwa6...

What you know about making the ground shake? Well, Rap Lyf got you covered in those lessons as they prepare to drop not one, or two, and not even thre...

Music Video: @Jeezy - Never Settle

Jeezy is living la vida loca in Las Vegas for the lavish visuals of his Never Settle cut from Trap Or Die 3 to which he's going on tour for in Spring....

Music Video: @Ryanglamsling - Get It Myself

Derek Wise graces us with the dope music video for his latest drop Get It Myself after a bit of silence on his front. We see him riding the streets th...

Watch: @KHALIGRAPH Fire Swahili Freestyle

If freestyling and flexing dome pieces is your cup of tea and you feel that side of the art is neglected and mostly by mainstream artists; then Khalig...

Music: @myfabolouslife x @Therealkiss ft @torylanez - Raptur...

Get ready for Freddy vs Jason the album by Fabolous and Jadakiss. Ahead of that they share Rapture with Tory Lanez. The track is a musical feast clad ...

African Trap Documentary Announced By @EmteeSA

The leader of the new skool, Emtee just said he's shooting a documentary with the African Trap movement. Now, if you ever asked yourself what this "AT...

Osmic @RitualMedia Challenges @beatmochini To Drop An EP By ...

Osmic Menoe - Ritual Media Group, SA Hip Hop Awards, and Back To The City founder - has challenged Beatmochini to drop a 6 track EP by March with a va...

Music Video: @KHALIGRAPH - Naked

The bar heavy East African emcee, Khaligraph Jones has dropped the official music video to Naked. The smooth song was released last year and caused a ...

Shout Out To @chancetherapper For Joining Chicago Black Hist...

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...

Music: @YslDuke ft @wizkhalifa x @DaveEast - Billboard

There is no rest in the world. So, some fun living person in Los Angeles pulled one on the citizens of Hollywood over the weekend by making the Hollyw...

On The Ground: @KwestaDaKAR @ReasonHD @KidXSA @TLTamazing On...

We caught up with the Rap Lyf familia Kwesta, Kid X and TLT, as well as Reason backstage at the South African Hip Hop Awards to chop up our Top 10 Mos...

Music: @chancetherapper ft @Jeremih - I Shoulda Left You

Hmm! MTV's 2016 Hottest MCs Top 3 stunner Chance The Rapper and crooner Jeremih just dropped a surprise mixtape together titled Merry Christmas Lil Ma...

#DecemberPutOn: @SnarksOu - Rap Dream

Pass the music from the back of a taxi in Cape Town. Snarks Ou ook representing for the dreamers in die Kaap. He shares his laid back yet passionate m...

Tracks You Should Hear: @fakaloice_pa - Mama Cita #TYSH

Ishuuuuu! I said... Okay you read what I just said! I am beside myself with this joint. HAWEMA! This here is some fresh Zunglish Trap for your Afrikan...

Music Video: @Sjava_ATM - Before

Breathtaking. Yet another display of story telling in short film. So intimate. Personal. Invasive to an extent. It really evokes all the right emotion...

Music: @RealMastaKilla ft @methodman x @redman - Therapy

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...

Music Video: @reBELLYus ft @therealkiss - Trap Phone

They've got the original original makoya cellular phone for this one. This one is from our times. Those times right after smoke signals, type writers ...

#DecemberPutOn: @raps_sa ft @PdotO_SA x @ginger_trill - Pay ...

Music his life till the day it's goodbyes. Rap$ comes through with Pay Me featuring wiz wordsmiths PdotO and Ginger Trill addressing the issues of peo...

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Stream & Download: @TLTamazing - #247HEMoney Mixtape

247HE MONEY (Two For The Money) is the debut offering from RAP LYF duo T.L.T. which follows up their single Chankura which has been making some good w...

Music: @2fourhrs - All The Time

24hrs' Star is blazing hotter by the day. With some mention of a joint project with Ty Dolla $ign some months back and him teasing a new project calle...

#DecemberPutOn: @REALRapture ft @Kubzi_S - Bottles

It's a party and all we're doing is waiting on you and your girls! Rapture is hanging out with Kubzi within the party amidst plenty of shots and bottl...

On The Ground: @KwestaDaKAR On Launching His Merchandise x R...

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...

Listen: Rap Radar Podcast With @TechN9ne

Elliot Wilson and B.Dot Miller sit down with one of my faves, Tech N9ne to talk about him being a successful independent artist who runs his own stabl...

#ThrowbackMotivation: One Man Cyphers By @KHALIGRAPH

When emcees from the underground break into the mainstream sphere, they mostly focus on what's making them money and neglect showcasing skills. Howeve...

Music Video: @Jeezy ft @FrencHMonTanA - Going Crazy

Jeezy's got a set programme for the visuals off Trap Or Die 3, a video every two weeks. On Going Crazy, he and French Montana are in a warehouse flexi...

Music: @oslo_nate - #Rolly

Nate is no stranger to Slikour OnLife. You'll notice how he keeps referencing uMandisa in this joint. That was his underdog day submission earlier thi...

Tracks You Should Hear: @ChadDaDon - #ThatsAWrap #TYSH

Oooohweee! Chad has dropped his gratitude single as promised and it's clad with boss statements. "Nominated freshman, you talking to a senior..." So...

#ThatsAWrap By @ChadDaDon Drops Tomorrow

Chad Da Don plans to drop That's A Wrap tomorrow to show appreciation to his fans, especially since he has been nominated as Newcomer Of The Year at t...

Music: Trapo ft @sabaPIVOT - Riot

Hard to believe Trapo's 18, merely owed to the fact that his delivery and voice sounds so heavy and gives me a mixture of Tech N9ne and Joe Budden a b...

Music: @reBELLYus ft @1future - Frozen Water

Taken off his recent drop Inzombia, Belly takes Future with him on this sombre sounding track which carries a heavy sense of suspense in its beat. Bel...

Music Video: @youngthug ft @YslDuke - Webbie

And we're off with the visuals for Jeffrey, the album to which his cover caused much havoc on social media with the overly eccentric cover where he a...

Music: @rapsody ft Moonchild - Fire

With America, and the rest of the world, still taking in the fact that Donald Trump won the 2016 election, we've seen a lot of music dedicated to cour...

On The Ground: @JonathanMannion On Aaliyah x ODB x DMX & The...

In part 2 of our conversation with Jonathan Mannion, he takes us through his experience working with the late Aaliyah and how his pictures of her are ...

Music: @CHEVYWOODS ft @wizkhalifa - Been Around

Gang, gang, gang! Taylor Gang is not playing games this last quarter of the year. This track is taken off the third mixtape from this camp! Shu! Chevy...

Music: @BACEgang_DBN - Dracula

Fresh from Umhlanga, Durban, I want to put you onto BACEgang if you aren't already familiar with them. We saw the Trap Lyties shine on their appearanc...

On The Ground: Through @JonathanMannion Album Cover Exhibiti...

We were On The Ground with the legendary Jonathan Mannion who took us through his album cover exhibition that took place last week in Braamfontein. It...

Music: @mhm_xx - Blow

I present to you Future Vandross, aka MHM I, member of the Durban Trap Lyties BACEgang. He drops his solo offering in the form of Blow where he fuses ...

Music: @richthekid ft @QuavoStuntin x @LifeOfDesiigner - Goi...

Rich The Kid just dropped the Keep Flexin mixtape and Goin is a good pick from it. I recall seeing a tweet asking if Desiigner is gonna say "rrrrrrraa...

Music: @MisterMayD x @iam_Davido x @Akon - Hustle

This that Afrodab sound I got introduced to a few weeks back by Cameroonian artist Nick Mayor. Why I say this is is 'cause Hustle has all the elements...

Introducing @WTF_DBN #NgwenyaTownEP

Questions answered! WTF made an announcement about what to expect on their EP and most importantly, it's title and release date. I still wanna know th...

Who Is To Blame For The Death Of Lyricism?

This is one of those who came first between the chicken and the egg conversations but it's very necessary. The truth is, success in hip hop has moved ...

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Stream & Download: @TLTamazing - #Chankura

It's pay day for some today and we've got the perfect soundtrack for that SMS notification! Rap Lyf signees TLT want their money brazo! TLT has bee...

Watch: Kyambo "Hip-Hop" Joshua Talk #RocAFella x Producing @...

You need to stop what you're doing and pay attention to this post. Kyambo “Hip-Hop” Joshua is Biggs‘ brother and No I.D.’s friend. Now y'all know who ...

Watch: @CortezBryant Talking #LilWayne Vs #CashMoney Battle ...

Cortez Bryant is a very crucial and important man in hip hop. This cat is behind the careers of Drake, Nicki Minaj and more importantly, Lil Wayne. Ba...

Music: @trvisXX - Swang Remix

Swang is taken from Rae Sremmurd's Sremmlife 2 album. The original record is fire but what Travis Scott did to the remix is ridiculous. He really murk...

Leaked 'Days Before Birds' Album Declared Fake By @TrvisXX

This is an unauthorized release that was not approved by Travis Scott. We are in the process of getting it taken down. We are requesting that all medi...

#UnderdogDay: @terraprynx ft Kevin Noris - Son Of A Ruler

Let's call up Obama for that feature yo! Since he's leaving office, perhaps he might have time to further his rap career. Haha! Terra Prynx comes out ...

#UnderdogDay: @Cyber_G_Music - Rap Spikitjo

Make way for the rap spikitjoooo! This underdog's been putting in work with his Motswako flavour and evident kwaito inspiration given that he cites Ma...

Listen: #RapRadarPodcast With @DJmustard

DJ Mustard's been quiet on the scene a bit and he explains what discouraged him from being active in the music. Damn, yo'll need to be careful in your...

Music: @YoungLo ft @ChrisBrown x Flawkoe - Trapping Out The ...

Wait! I heard to go back on the track to find Breezy! Aich! His raps are sounding polished on this here feature by Young Lo who also enlists the Hispa...

Tracks You Should Hear - @LordScriptDA x Celestialmic - #Izi...

Here is another ishhuuuuuu. We have featured Script here before. He is actually one of the underdog winners for his scorching track titled My Whip. I ...

Watch: @LifeOfDesiigner Rapping Before The Fame

Now ain't this something? For a throwback yesterday, a clip of the Panda hitmaker surfaced where he was waxing lyrical as an unknown artist. Well, the...

Listen: Rap Radar Podcast With Prodigy

Damn! You never really know what goes on in a man's life until you hear him speak about it. Mobb Deep's Prodigy is fresh off the drop of his new book ...

Watch: Chance The Rapper Perform "Blessings" On Jimmy Fallon

Whoa! What an amazing performance by Chance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The line up for this reprise for Blessings taken off his touchi...

Listen: Rap Radar Podcast With Common

Common has been putting out so much powerful music of late, as is the required standard of the legendary mc. He's getting ready for the drop of Black ...

Please Listen To @RapRadar Interview With @KevinLiles1

Okay, I have a confession to make. Kevin Liles is one of the cats I look up to in the music business. I dig how he moves, his history and the impact h...

Listen: @RapRadar Interview With @IamAndreHarrell x Talks @R...

Stop what you're doing and make sure you listen to this dope rap radar interview with Andre Harrell. Andre is a very very influential cat in the game....

#UnderdogDay: @traplaatie06 - Bu$$in

This is Maniliciou$ from Cape Town. Homeboy's track goes in. I'm really feeling this track & the hook is key. Simple but effective. Remember to vote...

Social Media Tells Us Which SA Rapper Should Have A Reality ...

Won't lie this post was inspired by the story that trended yesterday. So I started thinking. Which rapper would be have a reality show that we would a...

#UnderdogDay: @Trapizz - Fikile Mbalula

The trap steez on this joint is on some other. The boy comes through real hard with the delivery. It sounds effortless. The switch up mid 2 minutes in...

MUSIC: Scotty ATL x Jaydot Rain - So High

Taken off Scotty's upcoming project Daily Bread, this bouncy track featuring Jaydot Rain sports that nursery rhyme typa trap taking over with a lot th...

Video: Peep Travis Scott 'La Flame Documentary"

Damn it. When did Travis Scott get the time to shoot a documentary when he was busy with Birds ? This is so cool though. He did not even warn us about...

Interview: Travis Scott Talks Birds Going Number 1 x New Mus...

If you did not know Travis Scott's album Birds hit number 1 on Billboard. So the homie kicked it with Ebro on Beats where they chopped it up all on th...

NEWS: Jeezy Announces Trap Or Die 3 Album

Jeezy's been rather quiet this year with only one single, Magic City Monday, all year. But now we know why. He just announced on his Instagram that th...

Video: Travis Scott Talks New Album x More With Ebro On Hot ...

I low key have been waiting for this interview to drop. I wont waste your time in describing what you are about to hear. Basically this video is all a...

Stream And Download: @KlyOfficial Ft @RikyRickWorld - Too Mu...

At the age of 22 new artist Kly drops a new joint featuring Riky Rick. This is a super dope joint from KZN Born & Midrand raised, KLY who is aiming to...

Read How Brian McKnight Feels About Travis Scott Album Title

You know I wish I had some awesome story to tell you but I don't. I have a 17-year-old stepdaughter and she's in high school, a senior. For a while, s...

Watch Travi$ Scott x Brian McKnight 'Birds' Promo

I can safely say that Travis Scott's new album is my fav. I been bumping it since I got it and I can't put it down. If you also been listening to Bird...

MUSIC VIDEO: Teyana Taylor - Champions Remix

Hot off the hype about her feature in Kanye West's Fame music video, Teyana didn't waste any time in putting out a remix for G.O.O.D Music's Cruel Win...

#TracksYouShouldHear: @LOOPSTAMAXYKMS - Trap Man

With the infectious beat and the trappy flow on this, Loopsta is doing this one for ekasi. Stream it here and let us know what you think. ...

#BalconyInterview Part 2: @KidXSA On Smashis x TDK Album x Y...

In part II of the interview Kid X continues to answer all your Facebook questions including matters about Smashis, how he got the name Kid X, artist f...

#UnderdogDay: @EpicTheRapper - Manong

Botswana stand up ! This kid got some serious juice to give. This track got that whole summer theme & good vibes feel. It's well made too & trust me, ...

New Music: @Iam_A JApple Ft Phuze Khemisi x Ximbizo - Imbizo...

"Imbizo Trap" is such a vibe of a track, the way the legendary Phuze Khemisi blends in to the joint is wavey. Dope effort from the boy Aj Apple, liste...

Stream: Dj Clark Kent Rap Radar Podcast

Rap Radar caught up with your Dj's favorite Dj and producer Clark Kent, the man who has been behind the careers of Jay Z, Kanye West and more. Kent wh...

News: @TheRealMikeDean Says #BirdsInTheTrapSingMcKnight Will...

Sorry kids the album that was supposed to drop aint going to drop cause Mike is still mixing the album. Peep his tweets after the jump. He says the al...

@DJCapital90 x @TheCapitalRapUp Hosts @Dotcom_SA

Here's this week's Capital Rap Up & Capital & the team have Dotcom on thee hot seta this week. Check it out after the jump Content hosted by iono.f...

@TheCapitalRapUp w/ @PDotO_SA hosted by @DJCapital90 x @kadi...

We present to you this week's Capital Rap Up with PDot O as the guest. Check it out. Content hosted by iono.fm...

Watch Chance The Rapper Performance on GMA

Chance is finally getting the credit he so deserves, it's been good seeing homey riding the global wave he has been on since his guest verse on Kanye ...

Travis Scott New Music And Announces BIRDS Release Date

She private, party, to keep me, started Baby, party, these diamonds, cost forty All this money gotta count for something Keep that shit with no limit...

Travis Scott Talks New Album x Wav.Radio Show With Zane Lowe

Please believe me when I say that Travis Scott new album "Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight" will be the most clutch project to drop this year. And I am...

Video: @JRAfrika On Luck, Not Signing Rappers Again & Longev...

I caught up with the homie JR at the videos shoot of his new single Four Four. We caught up on his history of winning almost every television compe...

Rap Radar Celebrate 1 Year of Podcasts And Get Lavish Gift F...

It's hard to believe that Rap Radar have had their Podcast for a year now. With more then 63 episodes in the vault, it doesn't seem Elliot Wilson and ...

New Music: Sean Price - Rap Professor

Yesterday marked the one year anniversary since Sean Price's death. As a tribute to late mc, Duck Down Records have dropped unreleased Sean MAndela jo...

News: Travis Scott Shares Update On Bird In The Trap Sing M...

August 5 was the date that Travis Scott's album Bird In The Trap Sing McKnight was supposed to be out. But due to some technical difficulties this did...

Last Week's #Top5StreamedxDownloaded @OfficialTshego @Rickyt...

It was a relatively quiet week for SA Hip Hop last week with the public holidays x elections taking place. Its like cats stopped x got engrossed in wh...

Stream: Slim Thug - Rap Radar Podcast

Thugga chopped it up with folk Rap Radar, amongst the numerous topics he dabbled on was his upcoming album, hustling independently, The Carters, the e...

#onLifeVideoSubmission - @LeauxBoy 'Necks'

Rudi from RudeWorld sent me a music video of his new cat that recently signed. Ason is the name x his latest music video is titled "Necks". This is a ...

Watch Dj Khaled - Rap Radar Podcast

There is no doubt 2016 has been the SnapChat king aka Dj Khaled's year. With Major Key dropping off Friday and living to the hype, Khaled's domination...

Memphis Bleek - Rap Radar Podcast

Memphis Bleek took to Rap Radar to clear rumors about his pending filing for bankruptcy case, new Roc Nation deal with his Warehouse Music Group compa...

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@PH_RawX ft @RikyRickWorld x @Slikouron - Rap Crazy

We recorded this song a long time ago for PH's Giyani With Love album.Last year September we were planning to release the lyric video and shoot a musi...

Listen x Watch New Travis Scott Tracks From #BirdsInTheRapSi...

Oh damn oh damn. La Flame just dropped a loosie at a show in NY and let me tell you the joint is hella lit with such an easy vibe. I think its called ...

Ty Dollar $ign - Rap Radar Podcast

Dollar $ign has been on an incredible run since his 'Free TC' album. He sat down with the Rap Radar and talked about his brother who is locked up, cra...

@TheCapitalRapUp w/ @DJCapital90, @Kadillacgrillz & @Monti_M...

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Stream: Jermaine Dupri Rap Radar Interview

Rap Radar Podcast are vast becoming popular not only in Hip Hop but slowly in Pop Culture as a whole. Elliot Willson and Bdot sat down with legendary ...

New Music: Chance The Rapper ft Big Sean x Jeremih x Smino -...

"Living Single" is a throwaway track that didn't make the final cut of Chance The Rapper's critically acclaimed mixtape 'Coloring Book'. One of those ...

News: Rapsody x Jamla Records Sign To RocNation

During the 2016 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, Rapsody announced that, "I'm Jamla/Roc Nation" during the Tidal livestream of the event. At this moment we ...

Video: Chance The Rapper's Tribute To Mohammed Ali At #ESPYS

Think it's still a mind f#@k that Mohammed Ali has passed on to the afterlife. The world is still in mourning over the iconic figure. This morning Cha...

Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Chance The Rapper x More Stand Up For ...

The tragic stuff that is happening in America with our brothers being killed for no reason has created a new movement. Artists including Rihanna Taraj...

@TheCapitalRapUp on @CliffCentral w/ @rikyrickworld Hosted ...

The Capital Rap Up team talks award shows, 'beef' with Emtee, where Riky Rick started as an artist, his affiliation with Da Les & his whole take on Fa...

Respek The Shooter: Rap Radar - Jonathan Mannion Interview

Easily one of the most iconic photographers in Urban Culture, Jonathan Mannion has been the lens behind some of the most iconic images in Hip Hop fo...

Respek The Shooter: Rap Radar - Jonathan Mannion Interview

Easily one of the most iconic photographers in Urban Culture, Jonathan Mannion has been the lens behind some of the most iconic images in Hip Hop fo...

@SpaceMunna On Leaving Joburg For Limpopo And How Rap Helped...

Spaceman was once one of the cats to lookout for in Joburg but then moved to Limpopo to handle his family farm. He breaks down the industry in Limpo...

@TowdeeMac Announces New Single "Rap Life" With New Artwork

"After the the successful collaborative work I had accomplished with Maggz on Culprit's "iGotBillsAndSh!t" and with Sean Pages on "Blind", I thought i...

Stream Ason "Solo (Drop It)"

ASON is a 18 Year Old Rapper from Mozambique , Raised In The United States & Now Living In Capetown ,South Africa. The dude is signed to RudeWorld Rec...

Stream DJ @raikomyman's New School SA Rap Mix

Here's a new school rap mix brought to you by DJ Raiko. Press Play & Enjoy TGIF :) ...

Stream DJ @raikomyman's New School SA Rap Mix

Here's a new school rap mix brought to you by DJ Raiko. Press Play & Enjoy TGIF :) ...

@iFani_Haymani A Rap Star, Academia, Scientists' Pursuit Of ...

Wow this is one hell of a deep conversation we having with iFani. iFani has had all the success in the world and I dont just mean rapping. This du...

Video: Vic Mensa Sends A Subliminal Shot During L.A Leakers ...

I might have to call Miss InfoLet her get a little bit of info.About some nias I used to be cool with.Ehhh, let me bend back like limbo. If you ask m...

Video: Chance The Rapper Crashes J. Cole & Bryson Tiller's B...

Bonnaroo is one of the festivals I will do one day. I mean Bonaroo is so clutch with the line ups they have had over the years. Think of Banaroo as on...

Video: Desiigner Talks Getting Discovered x Panda x More Wit...

Rap Genius who are clutch with the deciphering lyrics just dropped this interview with man of the moment designer. The interview has Designer talking ...

Stream : Shynin Amour ft Wt Jaz & Ill Philly - SOWETO

Shynin Armour drops "SOWETO" pre the release of his upcoming project Rugged: Soweto Stories Of Africa. Make sure you look out of the project, for now...

Stream And Download:@BlakLez, @Nveigh, @PdotO_SA ras_r2da - ...

Download Here What happened to rap? Well ask the Cap City cats they seem to have taken ownership of it on this joint. BlakLez,Neigh,Pdot and Ras ge...

ATurnedUp @DjSwitchSA Tells @MsCosmoDj Why He Wants To Do Ha...

Just when you thought yesterday's interview was the worst Switch continues the madness.I've never seen him like this before but apparently the NowOr...

Music: Chance The Rapper, The Social Experiment - The First ...

Last weekend Chance The Rapper dropped his album on Soundcloud and it seems his moved along and started on the next project. He released this join...

Stream Chance The Rapper "Coloring Book" On SoundCloud. Yeah...

Chance The Rappers "Coloring Book" went through the conventional routes of Tidal x iTunes x Now its available for streaming on Soundcloud. This is the...

Zane Lowe Interviews Chance The Rapper

Have you listened to Chance The Rapper's recent mixtape Coloring Book. He might be the new hope for Hip Hop right now. Listen to this dope interview...

Music: Joey Purp ft Chance The Rapper - Girls @

Joey Purp drops a song that could easily be a hit with a mad promo budget. Where dem girls at?...

Music: Chance The Rapper ft Mick Jenkins & Alex Wiley -Grow...

Chance The Rapper's mixtape Coloring Book deserves a whole lot of rotation right now. This is one of the songs that never made the mixtape....

Music: Chance The Rapper ft 2Chainz, Lil Wayne - No Problem

A beats one exclusive from Chance the Rapper featuring 2Chainz and Lil Wayne. This is so dope though main......

6 Rap Cats You Need Not Sleep On In 2016

We just decided to think of all the spitters that dont just rap but have substance in their raps. These cats are constantly dropping new content and n...

Music: DjKaySlay Ft Dave East, Joell Ortiz - Rap Attack

DjKaySlay drops another joint and you know he one of the few djs that sticks to the mcees so you about to hear some bars on this joint....

Hints On Who's On @DjVigilanteSA New Single ...

Ok so Cashtime is playing a guessing game with us acting like Vigi is looking for people for his new single. At this point I have two hints on who mi...

@KwestaDakar @OkMalumKoolKat Never Liked Mayibabo, And How M...

Kwesta tells me that Malum never wanted to jump on Mayibabo cause he never liked it and also talks about the number of studios that this album was...

Video: Chance The Rapper ft. Saba - Angels

Inspired by the Will Smith movie Hancock Chance The Rapper drops the a new video for Angels. There's something about Chance but whatever it is its d...

Music: Meek Mill - Trap Vibes

While on house arrest Meek Mill drops some new music over the hottest joint right now Panda. Peep the joint what are you thoughts?...

Watch Chance the Rapper Perform Ultralight Beam Live in Rale...

Ultra Light Beam is one of the standout tracks on Kanye's T.L.O.P and Chance The Rapper does the most on the record. In the video you are about to wat...

Music: Hundred Waters Skrillex Remix ft. Chance The Rapper,...

Hundred Water and Skrillex drop a dope joint featuring Chance The Rapper,Moses Sumney, Robin Hannibal and you can feel the love on the joint....

Music: Chance The Rapper - Blessings

This guys delivery is impeccable and he needs to bless us with more music. ...

News: Chance The Rapper Calls Spike Lee A Liar x Lame

Seems like the Kanye bug got Chance The Rapper though Damn. Chance The Rapper did not mince his words when he threw some daggers at Spike Lee. This a...

Music: ASAP Ferg & Migos - Trap Anthem

. Some turn up for the Thursday y'all. ASAP Ferg and Migos drop the trap anthem...

Listen To @ToyaDelazy Klutch Kollective, SA’s All-Female Ra...

Multiple award winning, BET Award nominee, Toya Delazy, has given birth to SA’s first all-female rap crew, now known as the Klutch Kollective. Toya D...

Music: Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis x Chance The Rapper - Need To...

Chance has been fortunate with being in high tier features hopefully he should be cooking something himself. Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis's album drops t...

@ScoopMakhatini Will He Ever Rap? Plus, How Rap Influences H...

You always feel Scoop should be on a joint hyping up something like Dj Khaled. I had to check whether he plans to rap one day. We also talked about ...

Watch Noisey Bompton "Trap Kitchen" Part 5 x Part 6 "We're G...

Part 5 titled 'Trap Kitchen', Noisey talks to Kendrick's homie Lil' L about gang life, the neighborhood environment, family and much more. Watch it a...

@RedbuttonSA Tells Me Why He Things Soweto Hip Hop Is Not Wh...

Had a chat with the homie RedButton about the state of the game specifically with rappers in Soweto. The last joint that really sparked some fire an...

Stream & Download : @FortuneMasina ft @Miss_Nthabi, @Liteboh...

What an old school feel track. Haven't heard Miss Nthabi in a while too and she still nice. Its the Valentines weekend. Stream #Choices below. #AbomR...

@Slikouron Talks Skwatta Kamp x Almost Meeting Jay Z On @DJC...

"I never got into Hip Hop.I made hip hop. I was with a team that made hip hop. I did it because its all I knew" "We were supposed to have a meeting w...

Video: Chance The Rapper x Pharell Talk FatherHood In This O...

Chance The Rapper chops it up with Pharell in this OTHERTone interview where he chops up how fatherhood is influencing his music x the love he has for...

Music: Lil B x Chance The Rapper x Keith Jenkins - Beautifu...

Lil B and Chance The Rapper rep Chicago on a smooth joint featuring Keith Jenkins. They've got a collaborative album called Free Based Sessions and ...

Read: Rappers Need To Move With Strategic Impetus

None is more cringe-worthy than the curious case of Meek Mill. As a matter of fact, in my humble opinion, it’s starting to get embarrassing now. We a...

Video: @Tswyza - SA 2015 Hip Hop News W[rap] Up

Tswyza dropped this joint last week and now its followed with a new video. This is the Wrap Up of 2015 you can download the joint over here....

Stream And Download The Hilarious 2015 WrapUp From @tswyza_w...

Download Here Yo I been told about Tswyza one too many times but last night I got a mail and I laughed my ass off. Seriously though they will be a ...

Music: Busta Rhymes x Chance The Rapper- Hello

Busta Rhymes - Hello Feat. Chance The Rapper Busta Rhymes drops a joint with Chance The Rapper sample the classic from Luniz. Its done well and Chanc...

Music Video Alert: 'Look At My Dab' - Migos

I won't lie but this Dab thingy missed me but I'm not sleeping no more. As i write this I'm still trying to dab whilst listening to this music video b...

Music:Chance The Rapper x Jeremih & R. Kelly - Somewhere In ...

Chance The Rapper drops a new gem called Somewhere In Paradise featuring Jeremih and R Kelly. You can go to paradise now. ...

News: Pusha T Drops Lyrics For New Single, "M.F.T.R." x The ...

I am not sure if Push is getting a cheque for using Rap genius to publish his lyrics before we hear a record. But something tells me he is cause this ...

@Mr_Mozzy SAHHA Are Finally Here - Part 3

They are finally here. This coming Wednesday we crown the kings and queens of the rap game at the 2015 South African Hip Hop Awards (SAHHA). In part ...

#DearUpAndComingRapper @CassperNyovest Has Some Advice For Y...

DearUpAndComingRapper are a couple of tweets from Cassper that are meant to motivate young up and coming MC's in the game and things they should look ...

Video: A$AP Ferg on His adidas Collection Inspired by Yams ...

Rip the homie Yams. "Me and Yams before i was signed would talk on the phone just talking about ideas" Ferg recently sat down with MTV to talk about...

Top 10 Hottest African Rappers According To Nigerian Website...

Its the end of the year and the talk of the continent is the hottest African emcees. NotJustOkay a Nigerian website has compiled the top 10 African li...

Music: Chance The Rapper - Angels

Chance The Rapper drops some new music called Angels for The Social Experiment. This is special though and is angelic. There's something special about...

Music: Big K.R.I.T x Rapsody - Guillotine Flow

Big K.R.I.T drops a new joint with Rapsody produced by 9th Wonder. ...

Video: Watch T.I. Responding To @RapGenius Annotations

This is a very smart concept in all ways possible. Not only is TI breaking down what his lyrics mean but also responding to the very fans that wrote t...

Music: Rapper Big Pooh x Nottz - 300Z

Taken from the upcoming collaborative album Big Pooh and Nottz drop some heat on 300Z. ...

Video: Chance The Rapper - Family Matters

Chance The Rapper drops a freestyle on the Kanye West Family Matters instrumental. Its good hearing from him....

Music: Talib Kweli and 9thWonder x Rapsody - Every Ghetto

Produced by Hi Tek Talib Kweli drops a new single from his album with 9th Wonder called Indie 500. This is for every ghetto. ...

@Mr_Mozzy Looks At The New Wave Of Singing Rappers

It’s November 24, 2008 and Kanye West releases his 4th studio album “808s & Heartbreak”. His singing on the record would prove to be a tilting point i...

Is @MissCelaneous And @MissPattyMonroe The First Female MC B...

Peep what MissCelaneous sent me yesterday with the video of Trap Em accompanying it. My brand New music video: There is huge controversy surrounding ...

If You Do Kasi Rap @DjZanD Is Looking For You See Why.

What is Kasi Rap: - it is rap music which tells stories from the Townships by the people who lived there. It's usually in vernacular and is commonly ...

Why Are Rappers Stereotyped As Players? What 's The Ideal Wo...

It turns out Sean Pages is just as crazy as the woman he dates. Real talk though why are rappers stereotyped as players by the media? Do they know w...

Video: Tyga - Rap $tar

One with the Jenners and the Kardashians Tyga makes it clear to his audience and theirs audience that he is a rap star. Just incase you never thought ...

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