The young Dj Rocx is getting that work in and Coolest In The City is a track that started his journey off. He tags along M Paq, Cozmic Intriago as wel...

Some dope lyricism coupled with a smooth and chilled instrumental, NRM gives us a reason to party on the weekend just months after he showed us his ca...

First of all, aren't these boys scared of ghosts? I'm straight clutching my pearls at the view of the opening scene here. As the visual for ONEBLOO...

I feel so disheartened as I listen to the hard hitting truths on this here freestyle. I'm disheartened by this reminder of the trapped mentalities of ...

Just a few days after he gave a generous donation to aid Flint water crisis victims, Bruno Mars gives us the music video for 24k Magic album single, V...

You know when the calendar hits the 8th month of the year the emphasis on the ladies triples. We were looking at some of your favourite ladies in SA H...

I was mad excited when I saw that baby boy was on the next Feel Good Live Sessions with JR. A-Reece tags along with Flame to deliver a laid back sessi...

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...

Wishing one of our budding production stars, Mashbeatz, a belated birthday with this post. His team mates, A-Reece, Ecco, Ex-Global and Flame shared a...

The Wrecking Crew duo, B3nchMarQ is keeping us in suspense with regard to their looming album drop some time this year but they've been good to us by ...

Lord Black links powers with the Pantheon production duo to give us Mr Siyabangena which is a self affirming statement of his intention to step up and...

L!ncoln is bleeding his thoughts under the influence of the "happy juice" on The Love Of Liquor. He sings in a hypnotic manner throughout the track ki...

The East Rand is shining yet again with Boi Statz delivering his The Spiyo Freestyle. Boi Statz has all the products of Cap City and the Beast Rand in...

The A&E Network is set to drop a documentary called Biggie: The Life Of Notorious B.I.G on the 4th of September, directed by Mark Ford. The doccie pro...

We were on site at AKA and Anatii's exclusive listening for their collaborative album Be Careful What You Wish For. Supa Mega gives us an inside int...

With another addition to his Mean Mondays movement, R-Mean gives us a celebratory joint which is a switch from the tracks he's been dropping these pas...

We like it for people that make promises and live them through. Particularly people in the industry who put forward their word to plug the kids. After...

We like it for people that make promises and live them through. Particularly people in the industry who put forward their word to plug the kids. After...

Tholukuthi hey, Dezemba is fast approaching and we're all panicking about what our summer song is. I'm so glad I'm not an artist actually because that...

Off his recently-dropped album 10 Toes Down, Young Buck gives us another music video following the one he dropped for Amber Alert with Boosie Badazz. ...

This is bitter-sweet, we get some new music from Sean Price featuring Styles P and it also includes an unreleased verse from Prodigy. The track is tit...

We have reason to believe that the ever busy Nasty C will debut a new song during the Ivyson Tour as suggested in a new video clip shared on his Insta...

Now here's someone who's been busy! Spdubbbeats gives us new music titled End Of The Night featuring Commix. This track follows some tracks he's produ...

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...

I'm not even halfway through this track and I'm so touched. The suspenseful keys on reverb, the intro voice message and the nature of this song got me...

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...

After dropping off their latest Renaissance album, the Underachievers give us a new B.U.T.T.A-directed music video for a track titled Crescendo which ...

We were on site at Ms Cosmo's music video shoot for her recent single Connect featuring Nasty C, Rouge and Kwesta. The last few music video shoots we ...

As his album streadily shoots straight for the number one spot on the Billboard 200, Meek Milly gives us the music video for Price which was the sound...

We get a new (solo) single from iCU's Charley and he's Doin' The Most on it. While he's been a bit quite from the social streets, he's been cooking up...

My soul is flying at the sound of this music. We get a new edition from the Still Movin' Mondays series by Euroz, Demrick, Reezy and Dizzy Wright titl...

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...

I'm here for the choreography. Magic! Am I the only one that has noticed how popular "gqom" dance moves are currently trending in American choreograph...

This past weekend was buzzing with the drop of a monumental drop this year, which is AKA and Anatii's collabo album drop - Be Careful What You Wish Fo...

Fresh off the drop of his album The Autobiography, Vic Mensa stopped by Sway In The Morning for an interview and a lit freestyle over Kendrick Lamar's...

You can't keep a good man down! Papa Lefika, Khuli Chana, just never stops shining and we have some more good news coming from his side today. I'm sur...

Looks like The Weeknd's fans should be looking forward to new music, a remix of his Reminder off of the album Starboy. The singer dropped two black an...

We will soon be seeing the official visuals for Belly's single P.O.P and we'll also be seeing in it a lady who has been on the entertainment news for ...

We get to know our June Underdog Day winner, Kaygee DaKing, who actually used to be a dancer (with Soweto's Finest) before he decided to fully pursue ...

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...

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...

Close to a year after dropping Morning Cereal and getting a signing from Rudeworld Records, Sipho The Gift is back with some more music and is also wo...

Close to a year after dropping Morning Cereal and getting a signing from Rudeworld Records, Sipho The Gift is back with some more music and is also wo...

One Shaman goes back 3 years and lifts Cozz' joint Knock Tha Hustle for his latest freestyle in the 16 Sixteens series. I'm starting to catch Shaman's...

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...

Can we stop the world from spinning for a moment please? It's The Wrecking Crew again, and this time it's the entire crew. ALLOF! A-Reece, B3nchMarq, ...

We saw this weekend that Castle Lite Unlocked Tanzania and Mozambique with Future and Cassper Nyovest in both countries (added with Diamond Platnumz f...

We couldn't be left out of the vibe so we got Joshua The I Am to come in for a Spotlight on his latest single Gassed. Can we just talk about how haunt...

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...

It's finally that #SugarThursday where we get the EP by King SweetKid. I will say, it's been quite the long and eventful journey to this moment. From ...

Tyler is gearing up to drop his album Scum F#$k Flower Boy which is to be released on the 21st of July and he's been giving us some new music off of t...

We got a chance to sit with the beautiful Shekhinah after Slikour finally paid her, shuu! She told us about signing with Sony and how she now feels re...

Last week we tried to put you onto the happenings of a private music video experience with DJ Sliqe but I don't think that could have possibly been en...

We get more love from Kranium following his smash Can't Believe which featured Ty Dolla $ign and Wizkid. This one is still for the ladies and it gets...

Last week we had a chat with Vuzu Hustle season 2 runner up, Joshua The I Am, and from what he said we made a few ticks that helped us know him a lot ...

SA Hip Hop is on the exponential growth and it's nothing like any projection could've correctly foretold. 5 Years ago in the game there were literally...

ANOTHER ONE! B3nchMarQ and IceMan Beatz orchestrate another piece not too long after they revealed the wavey Camera Shy. The boys have made it out the...

Kxng Crooked drops a powerful message and I honestly feel like it was about damn time. The track's called I Can't Breathe 2 and has the Slaughterhouse...

To apologise for setting back the Fear God Not Men EP release, Bergie Fresh drops a new cut titled The One They Call Sugar. The aim is to get yo'll ca...

After dropping the track back in January and making us wait for so long, Beast finally gives us the official music video for his jam with Lastee and M...

King SweetKid drops off the visual he co-directed for Get Go. The visual is hella crisp and King SweetKid is doing that thing he likes to do of owning...

Abuti Fill Up is living a whole different life right now and we can't help but be happy for him, I mean it has been a long time coming. Most people di...

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...

We sat down with Vuzu Hustle season 2 runner up Joshua The I Am to catch up with him and to basically try to get to know him better. He talks to us ab...

We're finally getting a visual for the fiery Where The Bread At from Beast and it's looking like a slight bioskop. I like that they're in a kitchen an...

You have been served! This by Piet The DJ rolling with Ammo Ski Mask, Veezo, Slow G, Elbow and Mane Dilla on Made A Way. The mid-tempo track is all th...

Skyzoo introduces us to his upcoming 8 track EP, Peddler Themes, set to drop next week Friday (July 21st). He drops the first rip from it titled Fines...

Cape Town's Mpz is looking to be on your radar and if you ain't heard of him before - welcome. He's On The Road with the soundtrack of a bouncy piano ...

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 ...

Mash Beatz and A-Reece have taken the effort to compile samples used on their most recently dropped singles thus far this year. It's always interestin...

Evaton stand up for your boy, ABSTRACT, who's on a spacey wavelength with the music. His name is an acronym but also a description of his musical pers...

Tyler is getting ready to release his upcoming album although it was leaked just a few days ago. He gives us a new single titled Boredom which is off ...

May-day, may-day, Big Dreamz coming through the hallway, prepare the countdown! This is me attempting to play out a stadium appearance to big crowd...

Youngsta's out in Switzerland and Germany at present with Maloon TheBoom promoting their collabo album - Yungloon Taliboom - and mixtape - Y?Fi. They ...

You know we couldn't visit the kid without getting a peek into his speakers to hear the work he's been cooking up. In part 2 of our sit down with J Mo...

After unveiling their intentions to keep making music simply under the monicker "Bone Thugs", Krayzie and Bizzy drop a new music video where they feat...

It's official! We finally get a track from Big Dreamz who's been producing for a lot of some major key names in the game, amongst the many other thing...

We've been keeping you updated on King SweetKid's moves through his #SugarThursday series where he's been sharing songs and videos with us, the last o...

We sat down with Reason at his private listening session for his newly dropped 5th studio album, Love Girls where he took us through the song naming t...

We sat down with Guilty Simpson, Supakaine and Young RJ to dissect the unity of Detroit artists that has stood the test of time with multiple generati...

We paid J Molley a visit at his crib to chat about his come up and current rise to stardom from just being popular online. It's interesting how he tal...

We hung out with JR while he was on The Best Drive with DJ Sabby previewing new music from his album what.a.life ahead of its release. The album was #...

Nasty C and A-Reece just dropped some new fire and it got us all excited right now. The boys are in top form and the finesse is A-Grade, so we double ...

A-Reece drops some Saturday warmers and you know the lyrics are on fleet. Touche touches on his game with the ladies and he talks his shit on Meanwhil...

What's that thing they say about when God shows up, He shows off?! Precisely what I am seeing with this here glorious case of DaKAR's light beaming th...

I have known this guy for a while and I am quite impressed with the growth that he has shown on this project. I've seen him go from bad to good, switc...

The guy right now, DJ Speedsta, sat down with us for a chat about his set at the Castle Lite Unlocks concert where he brought out Kid X, Moozlie, Fran...

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...

We caught up with DJ Milkshake at the Castle Lite Unlocks concert in Jo'burg, and he was limping by the way, to talk about how his long walk for educa...

INTERNATIONAL FLEX! Wizkid will be making some special appearances on four dates in The Future Hendrixx Tour in August. The tour officially kicks off ...

Firstly, happy belated birthday to the goddess, Thando Thabethe, who we hung out with at the Castle Lite Unlocks concert (Jo'burg) last month. We spok...

Firstly, happy belated birthday to the goddess, Thando Thabethe, who we hung out with at the Castle Lite Unlocks concert (Jo'burg) last month. We spok...

Why does this guy give me such joy? OP Panther definitely knows where the pots are hidden (as "Lenoir" would say). He comes through with a pleasant su...

Newcastle's King Oz and Emza The Splitstar are living plentiful lives. They have several streams of "blessings" surrounding them. Whether be it paper ...

I wonder if the gorgeous looking Tebogo, aka Milky, is well aware of this cool ode to her. Ohmz is dedicating this interlude to that that beautiful gi...

We get the 20th episode of The Sobering Podcast with Javas and Kitso starting right off the bat with their disregard for the way women are being mistr...

Hov recently dropped his thirteenth studio album titled 4:44, or "to five" for my South African people. Apart from releasing teasers in promotion of t...

We just came from the Durban July weekend and of course the biggest talk of the weekend (apart from anything else) is the fashion. We saw some major h...

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...

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 ...

Who that boy? Wolf Haley. We get to see the very dramatic visuals for Tyler, The Creator's Who Dat Boy with Lord Flacko. If you've seen some of Wolf ...

We caught up with Big Dreamz and Brandon, aka B Styles, to talk about their involvement in Vuzu Hustle season 2. Big Dreamz is the real definition of ...

There is much to talk about whenever we bump into The Wrecking Crew members, and this is evident with our chat to Reece and Ex. We had to get light on...

It's what.a.life week ahead of the official release of the album tomorrow and the air couldn't be more festive. We speak to Sjeje firstly about the ma...

Let me first tell you that trying to keep a straight face around these okes is dismal! We tried to talk to the Microwave Boys (missing one member) alo...

We caught up with ShabZi Madallion at the Vuzu Hustle season 2 after party to check in about his latest music video for VIEWS. He talks to us about hi...

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...

EVERYBODY DUCK! B3nchMarQ swing heavy on U.K, a track that was literally recorded an hour ago. Did someone just whisper, "n!%as don't f!k around"? I a...

It's been a minute now and the Stogie T moniker is well cemented in the books. As you can see, life has been going on and the Stogie was a judge in an...

It's a countdown and we're a mere 3 days away from the drop of Tshego's visual for Garden. My thing is one, did he get them to paint the limo pink or ...

I REALLY SHOULD BE DOING THIS WHOLE POST IN UPPER CASE SO I CAN MATCH UP BUT I'LL COME DOWN TO YOUR LEVEL JUST THIS ONCE. We catch up with Scoop afte...

It's BET week(end) and as we keep seeing the action from the award show, we couldn't help but reflect on whether one of our local hip hop acts might e...

"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 ...

No man, we've been waiting way too long for Vince to drop these visuals. We get to see his video for Rain Come Down with Ty Dolla $ign and although th...

For some of you who have been living under rocks the whole entire time, here's an update. We give you, in chronological order, the list of all our art...

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...

Junior is officially the sixth (and counting) South African musician to receive an invite for an interview on Sway In The Morning. If for some reason ...

Where were you last week Thursday night? I regret to inform you that if you were not at the Dome then you my friend have missed out immensely and that...

We caught up with King K, on a red couch somewhere at the Vuzu Hustle finale quarters and we asked him how judging this season has been. The pressure ...

We caught up with Joshua The I-Am to talk about his experience on Vuzu Hustle after making runner up in the finale. I love his spirit, he's come out t...

We caught up with Joshua The I-Am to talk about his experience on Vuzu Hustle after making runner up in the finale. I love his spirit, he's come out t...

We grabbed Flex Rabanyan hot off the announcement that he is the new Vuzu Hustle king, and he was the usual ball of energy. He chats to us about his...

The Boi Thirtyfist has me feeling brand new. Agh, this beat is such a soundtrack for my (imaginary) jetsetting life. You can tell he's based in the Be...

The Boi Thirtyfist has me feeling brand new. Agh, this beat is such a soundtrack for my (imaginary) jetsetting life. You can tell he's based in the Be...

The Footlog is a South African sneaker vlog, focusing mostly on the practicality of the originally intended purpose of sneakers. Hosted by Kitso and M...

Seeing as the season has come to a close, we got the Vuzu Hustle alumni, Big Star, to decode his verse on Just 2 Flex, the show's theme song, 'cause t...

The First Lady of Thumaka Music, DJ Zai Maya, is back with a new single Keep It On The Low and she's rolling with Rap Lyf's TLT and Makwa Beats for th...

Although the boy didn't end up winning the second season of #VuzuHustle, he definitely is on a whole new hustle. Joshua brings you the visuals for a s...

The street calls for Dave East's Paranoia are getting louder with every new music drop and he's not flinching with the consistency either. He drops th...

There are monsters we are constantly going head on with on a daily basis, the monsters under our beds and in our closets. I'm talking about the monste...

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...

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...

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 ...

Tis' finally Castle Lite Unlocks day with Travis Scott and Bryson Tiller supporting our local acts DJ Vigilante, Riky Rick, Cassper Nyovest and DJ Spe...

You better put some respek on female rappers' names yo! Durban hun Ayzee gives you her latest single titled The Statement and spazzes on the entire tr...

The highly anticipated movie of the late Tupac Shakur is finally dropping on June 16th (which is his birthday) and hip hop fans are looking forward to...

The boy MX finally drops off Committed To The Vision EP and it's all guns blazing on this piece. You immediately hear his determination with the intro...

These are the echoes of a familiar "warning" based on biblical readings about a time when the world will turn itself inside out, its people going off ...

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...

We're only halfway through the year and we can safely say it has been a big year for Kwesta thus far because finally he has been recognised by music i...

We caught up with Sesi Madjozi while on a shoot to talk about the support she's been getting which she is more than grateful for. She tells us about h...

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 ...

Before you tweet him or ask him for his WhatsApp number, he got you with the direction. Cassper Nyovest is making this a nationwide affair because so ...

Looks like the Nicki and Remy beef is far from over. Remy brought out some of the greatest Hip Hop queens to perform with her on stage at the Hot 97 S...

It's no secret that the culture has grown exponentially and that the influencer trend has become a phenom especially where artists are involved. In th...

Phew! I cannot begin to emphasise the importance of this conversation. Not enough space to reiterate these lessons with you. We're actually so privile...

I saw Charlamagne say that SZA's album is hella emo and will be the soundtrack of many ladies' "#MOOD" posts. I think I can see why. She's such a scen...

We catch up with Manu Worldstar, someone familiar to the SOL platform 'cause he's just that guy that never lets up. He explains his mentality when com...

Ahead of his highly anticipated album Big Fish Theory that's set to drop June, 23rd, Vince gives fans a single titled Rain Come Down featuring the peo...

We just saw him in our throwback Top 12 Vuzu Hustle season 2 cypher and now we chat to him about his music approach and what we should expect from him...

Let them with ears understand! Riky Rick is all the way preaching in this sit down and because it's been such a while since we caught up with him, the...

It's Thursday and our bid for today comes in the form of a cypher we had with Vuzu Hustle's season 2 top 12 contestants at the house a few episodes ba...

We've got a gem coming out of the vault here with Lil Dark and DeJ Loaf sharing a piece of what their love was like on The One. So adorable. The One...

I love talking to the underdog winners 'cause I learn so much from their ambitions and approaches they take with their careers. We can definitely all ...

Trust Action Bronson to wild out as he usually does. This is Brother Jedidiah, a sermon to be exact, but it's delivered in rap form. The Alchemist kil...

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...

Soshanguve's Tony is feeling good on The Pop Song as he and Sandy Murks are in a party mood. Shots on a Wednesday? Maybe not, but we definitely want t...

Vic Mensa went on social media to announce the release date for his upcoming EP titled The Manuscript - Thursday, June 8th. The announcement came with...

Gk does music for the whole world and he wants it it to listen. Let The World Know is haunted with a spirit of hope and ambition. It's a feel good tun...

Jesse Suntele wears so many hats and now we're exposed to another hat of his, the rapper. I for one was shocked when I first saw him on Vuzu Hustle, I...

We caught up with the most recent soldier to be eliminated from Vuzu Hustle season 2, TTGO, who has been making so many media rounds since leaving the...

We were at the launch of KFC's new music streaming platform, Soundbite, where we spoke to Thabisa Mkhwanazi (Marketing Director) about what the big id...

Finally, the Drake vocals are in and we're good to go with the album Grateful. Yesterday the key holder, the mayor, DJ Khaled revealed the very cool c...

Chad gives us his highly anticipated single Money And The Power featuring Cello and the The Wrecking Crew. The track has been trending on Twitter for ...

Do rappers ever truly "retire"? Can the music ever stop flowing through you? Does your last album mean that we'll never hear you on record ever again?...

We've seen our fair share of some wild beefs in our parts of the world before and they have spawned some entertaining tweets and tracks in the process...

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...

We catch up with Big Zulu, one of SABC 1's One Mic battle show judges to talk about the rise of Durban talent as well as his choice to express himself...

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 One Mic day today and we just wanna kick it off with a bar fest courtesy of judges Big Zulu and PRO, ignited by Dj Sbo of Ukhozi FM featuring Kil...

#GARDEN VIDEO DONE AND DUSTED ⚡⚡⚡— #PINKPANTHER (@OfficialTshego) May 31, 2017 Why, give us the juice kind sir! Tshego's on track with the vis...

Chad wasn't playing when he said that he was told to rest but he's not having none o' that 'cause he's got tracks to lace. It's evident with this. He ...

Aren't we just so loved? Young Swiss decides to share two new tracks with us as a token of his appreciation for the love and support he's been getting...

Aren't we just so loved? Young Swiss decides to share two new tracks with us as a token of his appreciation for the love and support he's been getting...

It's not often that we see some young and happening artists contribute positively towards the journeys of those coming after them. DJ Sliqe and Tweezy...

After what felt like forever, we finally got the long-awaited visuals for Yung Swiss' single Jungle featuring none other than the Cashtime boss, K.O. ...

As scenic as the artwork, King Styles P whispers street tales in the most strong of voices on Hold The Ghost. He's well fitted in this soulful track w...

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...

We caught up with the legendary mic holder (well, another one) PRO to talk about SABC 1's One Mic battle show which he's part of and we end up seeing ...

We got a chance to hang out and chat with the hit-maker and creator, Tweezy who gave us a brief breakdown of what the new SABC1 show One Mic is all ab...

The boys from Punchline Music drop their EP titled Pissed off The Neighbours and you know we obviously got the exclusive because we're the plug. The n...

Dizzy Wright is in great form on Word On The Streetz as he loiters the empty streets, reaffirming his readiness to take over in the game. "Be your o...

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...

We caught up with Ukhozi FM's DJ Sbo, who is the official DJ for SABC 1's new rap battle show One Mic. With his experience in hip hop, he was asked to...

An eventful weekend it was for the music industry having it been the 23rd Annual South African Music Awards (SAMAs) in North West. I saw a tweet that ...

We caught up with Hopemasta, a multifaceted artist, just off his performance on the SOL Incubator Stage 360 Hip Hop stage out at Lush Festival. He's r...

While we were backstage at Back To The City, we went around asking a few cats in the industry who they thought would get the SAMA for Best Rap Album a...

How about this? Ishu! Stanyc is way ahead of you guys missing The Wave. How you gon' connect with him if you're not on The Wave though? The well tra...

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...

The Back 2 The Old Skool International Music Festival scheduled to take place this Saturday 27 May 2017 at the Wanderers Rugby Fields Illovo, has been...

It's Thursday noh? Even us we want to be within and so we throwback to Africa's biggest hip hop festival which took place last month at Maryfitzgerald...

Stogie T said that if Youngsta dropped a track every month he'd inevitably be on the Verse of the Month list. I honestly cannot disagree here. Let's b...

Naz Millionz has himself some new found fans in the Free State, and that's all thanks to his performance on the SOL Incubator Stage 360 Hip Hop stage ...

Our February (2017) Underdog winners, One Blood, joined the trek to the Free State as we headed out to the Lush Festival where they performed on our S...

After releasing his debut album, The Speakeasi, The Verb dropped a single from the album titled The Right One. Initially the album dropped as an EP bu...

After releasing his debut album, The Speakeasi, The Verb dropped a single from the album titled The Right One. Initially the album dropped as an EP bu...

Fiddlepop, the conscious trapper from the Beastrand takes us through his journey at the Lush Festival where he was performing on our Stage 360 Hip Hop...

May I digress quickly? Am I the only one who got put onto Quentin Miller by Saudi? Yes? Okay... On to The Light, Quentin Miller is kinda blue on this...

We caught up with Reason while he was on the SOL Incubator, Stage 360 Hip Hop stage out at the Lush Festival which took place about a month ago and we...

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

We caught up with Vuzu Hustle (Season 2) contestants DEEXCLSV and Manu Worldstar, who is no longer in the running, to talk about their experience on t...

We call it #HistoryAlert 'cause Nasty C is the first urban/rap artist to feature in a campaign with a luxury brand such as Mercedes Benz, something no...

The motion picture is unleashed and it's quite the fun fair. This is actually the first visual from The Wrecking Crew this year and the bar is well se...

Shugasmakx drops some heartfelt gospel this Sunday hoping you Rise up against all the mental,physical chains that are in the way of your hust...

Shugasmakx drops some heartfelt gospel this Sunday hoping you Rise up against all the mental,physical chains that are in the way of your hust...

The Big Fish Theory album by Vince Staples is on the way and he's already got himself into some sticky waters being stranded at sea with a sinking boa...

TdsoTheHashish, signed under The Last Empire record label, is a Durban-born rapper who was given the status as one of the biggest artists on the come ...

We sat down with the gorgeous Thabsie to talk about how she and Psyfo linked up for her becoming a signed artist under his label, Sid Records. Then sh...

We caught up with Catalust, Jimmy Wiz,and ShabZi Madallion to talk about how their performance at Back to the City was, which brought us to the discus...

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

We caught up with Ex Global and A-Reece backstage at Back To The City to ask them how The Wrecking Crew collective was coming along. By the way, The W...

World music by the prolific David Banner who hasn't dropped music since his last album with 9th Wonder back in 2010 Death Of Pop Star. He rallies up t...

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...

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...

Keet highlights For The Love Of off his The Lost EP to address the complexities that money comes with. From the subject of hustling to inequality and ...

Keet highlights For The Love Of off his The Lost EP to address the complexities that money comes with. From the subject of hustling to inequality and ...

Oohwee! This track has that "belt" doesn't it? The belly of this track is so bubblegum nostalgia it hurts. Sons Of The Eighties sure brought their tim...

We're counting down the days till the arrival of Monexus' Purpleswank:Fargo album next month and in the meantime he shares his victorious sounding Bet...

Coming from Mother's (Day) weekend where most of us were celebrating the rocks that raised us and changed our lives for the better, we had to ask the ...

Coming from Mother's (Day) weekend where most of us were celebrating the rocks that raised us and changed our lives for the better, we had to ask the ...

We had to get the International Hyena in to break down the wit in his punchy Hyena rhymes which were highlighted on the Sway In The Morning freestyle ...

The AFROPUNK Festival, an iconic global cultural movement with homes in New York, Atlanta, London and Paris is finally coming to Jo'burg too! The firs...

This is both heartwarming and dope! You know that Faith Evans is dropping her collabo album The King & I featuring Biggie and she's been sharing some ...

This is both heartwarming and dope! You know that Faith Evans is dropping her collabo album The King & I featuring Biggie and she's been sharing some ...

Raven Felix is hanging out with the Taylor Gang leader Wiz Khalifa on the hills and they ride on a long winding road, drop top down and all, into the ...

After our chat with Dotcom on the Balcony about his upcoming EP and plans for the year, we had to get him to do his latest single The Ride for us. We ...

We caught up with the ever trendy fashionista, Mome, while at the Family Tree Store opening to find out what she thinks of such an achievement by Cass...

The legendary KRS One dropped his album The World Is Mind. He is probably one of the most important emcees in the game and my homie Thabiso The Hip Ho...

The legendary KRS One dropped his album The World Is Mind. He is probably one of the most important emcees in the game and my homie Thabiso The Hip Ho...

King Slik is in celebratory mode 'cause his debut EP The King's Speech was a success and as result, he's in a good space. He hails in wordsmith Jimmy ...

We took peak into the newly opened Family Tree Store on the night of the launch and we got to see all the elements that Cassper Nyovest added into the...

In part 2 of our chat with DotCom we try to get as much as we can from him about the Fell For The Trap EP which he's been working on. Later on when we...

The anthem of a victor is brought to you by Hitman Neo who celebrates his strides on They Never Believed. Nothing like the fuel of nay-sayers to prope...

We sat down with Dotcom to talk about why he has been quiet on the music front and what he's been working on. Apart from his current single, The Ride,...

Oh yes! We're here for this kind of magic. uLungelo is back with some new light titled Nomathemba. This kid is a star okay? He's so intergalactic in h...

Big Sean is doing the most in the visual for his latest single Jump Out The Window which sees him being a video game hero out to rescue his girl from ...

With rave reviews on Cassper's third album, Thuto, we asked the Onlifers if they thought this album would outsell his debut and sophomore since it's c...

I swear, B.o.B lives on another planet which is hosted by earth. He's so special in his thoughts, imagination and philosophies which totally translate...

Yeyi! Priddy Ugly is a formidable performer and if you caught his performance at Back To The City, you would attest to this even more. I'm still buzzi...

A bunch of clowns! We love them and I can also see that a lot more of Mzantsi is warming up to this half of the Ubunifu Space team from the UK. They k...

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...

We caught up with our Underdog winner for the month of March while at rehearsals at Cantare to talk about his style. I quite like his flavour so I ask...

Okay, let me be the first to confess that I thought this would be some sort of love song. It's the rose neh? But we also know that some mafias put ros...

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 ...

We sat down with Beast to get to know him better starting with why his career seemed to not be lifting off as it could be. He takes us through a major...

We sat down with Beast to get to know him better starting with why his career seemed to not be lifting off as it could be. He takes us through a major...

The magic trio do a take on Rick Ross' sample on his Santorini Greece off the Rather You Than Me album and they tone it all the way down with some str...

First of all, I'm here for the flows on this track. Ai suka madoda T.I is so damn timeless. I'm drawn in by how he seamlessly dances and skips all ove...

We caught up with DJ pH fresh off his Miami trip to chat about some stand out lessons from his trip and he runs us through the energy of upcoming U.S ...

We caught up with DJ pH fresh off his Miami trip to chat about some stand out lessons from his trip and he runs us through the energy of upcoming U.S ...

We sat down with club DJ and TV producer DJ C-Live to talk about his lessons from being on multiple platforms of media and having experienced all angl...

The Migos dedicate their latest joint 11 Birds to their home team The Falcons, particularly the wide receiver Julio Jones whose number is "11" on the ...

We saw a power shot of some of the fine ladies in hip hop, Ms Cosmo, Moozlie and Rouge from the night of Back To The City and given that Ms Cosmo and ...

Okay, Justin Bieber killed this song okay? The brand new DJ Khaled is trending world wide and all the vocals are in for I'm The One featuring Justin B...

AB Crazy and The Fraternity are linking up for a new banger titled Sorry set to drop next week sometime. I can't wait to hear the flavour fusions on t...

FiveOneMPH shares his rap video titled Ki's To The City fresh off being eliminated from Vuzu Hustle season this week. The video's pretty conceptual. I...

Are we on? testing,testing. Yup we on....

The social streets went abuzz yesterday at the drop of the trailer for Ex Global's So What music video. It's looking like a mad fun visual thus far so...

Look, Carpo is the life of the party okay? I tried to talk to him about Hype Gang and as you will see, he's perfect for the job 'cause his levels of e...

We're headed to Back to the City with Neo Beats and he's Been On The Road now he's tagging us along for the ride. He's all the hustle and I bet he's h...

You and I both know that my people are lit, but the rest of the world has to catch onto the vibe and that's precisely what Tim Westwood experiences wh...

We caught up with Tshego to follow up on how far we are from the release of the Pink Panther EP and whether we'll be getting a music video for the cur...

We caught up with Tshego to follow up on how far we are from the release of the Pink Panther EP and whether we'll be getting a music video for the cur...

We sat down with the Head of Reserve Portfolio at DIAGEO, Vongani Chinkanda, to get a little of insight from corporate perspective what the Ciroc marr...

We sat down with 37mph at the #OnArrival launch to try and squeeze out some info on what he's working on right now and what his plans for the year are...

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...

Thugger comes through with his latest single which he's been teasing on his socials for a minute now. All The Time is a crisp looking piece filled wit...

We sat down with 1/3 of Ganja Beatz, Heemal, to talk about what the squad is cooking and he says that the album is coming along well. In the meantime,...

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...

We sat down with Namibian producers Martin and Willy G to talk about the producer culture in Namibia and their perspective of the game from behind the...

We sit down with our "tour guides" Paradox to talk about music from their perspective and they drop some jewels about what they'd do as ministers of t...

The answer you're looking for to this title is "not me!". David Banner is finally dropping The God Box next month and with this news he shares the ex...

I tried to play cool when I first heard this joint about a week ago. But the video is out and it's kinda all that and more so I have to share. My prem...

We're still hanging out in Namibia, out at the Sneakers and Hip Hop Festival that took place in Komasdal, Windhoek. Talking to KK about the state of N...

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 ...

This joint is all the grunge okay? Loving the parade-esque drums accompanied by the bells which always give any hip hop joint that sense of urgency to...

I need to tell you that I took a whole 10 minutes off laughing my eyes out over the comments on this post. I actually cannot deal with our Onlifers on...

The Fate Of The Furious is gunning for the jugular with the latest franchise's soundtrack. The list of heavyweights on the tracklist is endless. We ge...

The truth comes out! Cassper Nyovest is now our official #CirocAmbassador. #OnArrival pic.twitter.com/qbXuso0VUL— Ciroc Vodka SA (@CirocVodka_SA...

We sat down with South African-Namibian rapper Stanzo to talk about his music flavour, where he draws his inspiration from and who he listens to. It's...

We sat down with Namibian rapper John Gregorius to talk about the Namibian hip hop scene and how the media supports them. My favourite part of the int...

We sat down with the OG Amu and those who know him, know that he's not one to sugarcoat anything nor hold back on what he really feels. We asked him t...

"Hip Hop ain't as dead as it looks, nah, diversions to cover up the lies..." POWERFUL! This is music of magic right here. Talib Kweli and Styles P dr...

We're hanging out at the Single Quarters in Katatura, Namibia with Paradox (Cassidy and Toufi) who take us along to have some "Kapana" with them. Now,...

Yes now! Wyclef takes us to the workout room with him on the visual for The Ring. He's on form with the bars on this joint addressing questions about ...

We caught up with the eclectic Maraza to talk about why he decided to drop 3 singles at once and what the expectations of his music releases are. Tho...

The king shares new music while we're waiting for news on his next album since he and Khaled last said "Nas album done". Angel Dust is taken off the N...

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...

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...

We sat down with Tweezy at the Bix Car Wash, out in Katatura, Namibia to talk about how he was finding Windhoek and its people. He's right about the p...

We caught up with Mashayabhuqe at our exclusive CHiPS movie premier a few weeks back, and if you wanna come through to these little events of ours, ma...

This is the first single of pH's Before The Break EP and forgive my cheesiness but the visuals are nothing short of amazing. I love the direction he d...

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...

Hao! First we get the joint, THEN we get he visuals. It's a takeover. The thought of Priddy and Saudi on a track was dope enough, till we learned that...

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...

Maino takes it upon himself to be a mouthpiece for the sad case of the late Kalief Browder who was wrongfully charged and imprisoned without a trial f...

Oh my goodness! Saudi is such a star. He graces Priddy Ugly's scorcher In The Mood, which he dropped last year, for the remix. Priddy lets his guest g...

Yes please! Not only are we spitting bars, line for line, we're also actually causing havoc in this short film. What'd I say about the level of "movie...

The fellas are back with another episode and this time they're rolling with Illy Amin of Revivolution who's getting ready to drop his EP Illy Monate e...

Bobby Ray's got a new album on the way and with that he drops the video for its lead single 4 Lit. B.o.B's Ether album is due on May 12th and it's alr...

We had to summon the Gang leader in for a run down of the Nobody (Interlude) taken off his GVNG TAPES which he just dropped over a week ago. You know ...

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...

The ContraGang collective, Psyc', J1 The god, M'Tunez-I, Simmysimmynya, Uno July, Camo, Stan 1 and Don.Loyiso, finally drop their EP The Code and it's...

I won't lie, I didn't know what to expect with this single. There's no boxing DotCom with the music. I'm unsurprisingly impressed though. I love the s...

We caught up with Tshego who let us in on his upcoming Pink Panther EP that's just about ready for release. He just dropped his latest single titled G...

We caught up with Tshego who let us in on his upcoming Pink Panther EP that's just about ready for release. He just dropped his latest single titled G...

Oh oh! I suspect we are in for big trouble this year with this bunch. Yhu! The collective goes by the name The Night Is Young and as you can see, it's...

We caught up with DJ Fanatic about the changes in perspective since becoming a father, particularly to a baby girl. It's always interesting how perspe...

Raekwon and Cee-Lo Green pay tribute to Marvin Gaye coming off the anniversary of his death and his birthday too. After having finally dropped The Wil...

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...

Hip hop is a mouthpiece for self expression and at its core is being a voice for the people. To what extent artists use the genre to highlight social ...

We caught up with DJ Milkshake about his choice to live a healthy lifestyle and how he wishes more people could consider the fact. He also talks to us...

This is the most lit interview I've seen all week. Wait, right after Carpo's one though. That one takes interview of the year! Bragga tells us about...

Mike WiLL Made It's Ransom 2 album is finally out and the surrounding campaign is alive. He dropped On The Come Up with Big Sean and now we get the vi...

We caught up with Stilo Magolide about his current music drops and he explains that it's a trilogy that he's releasing in stages. No wonder the massac...

We had a quick chat with AKA and Da L.E.S about the amount of work they've been putting in since the year started. We're only in March and so much has...

We caught up with our February #UnderdogDay winners One Blood, a duo from Daveyton, about their 10 year journey in music so far and what keeps them go...

The new school LL is getting ready to grace us with another single next week. The Ride arrives on Wednesday and there's no telling what to expect from...

We caught up with Sjava to talk about where he's from and how he started out in the music. I know yo'll saw that verse he bodied in the MTV Base Cyphe...

We had a chat with DJ Capital about his new single On Me featuring Gigi Lamayne, Big Star and J Molley and trust me, the piece is the one okay? I'm fe...

The first line on this joint is so lit. Iyoh! Juelz Santana comes through with a re-up of his Up In The Studio Gettin' Blown freestyle. I for one am...

Problem continues to make it rain with the visuals and he's got a new piece titled Plugs On The Way and the visual is quite something. We follow a va...

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 ...

We caught up with the leader of the "Off Boyz", 2Lee Stark, who told us that the music video for the single first of all is on its way. But we also le...

We caught up with arguably one of the most hilarious people out here. Carpo is so crazy. This interview is actually iconic. We went from talking about...

We had a quick chat with Yung Swiss about his upcoming work where he explains to us that he's already onto his debut album and that it's gonna be a co...

It's a perfect sunny vibe in Zurich in the visual for Maloon The Boom and Youngsta's Springtime taken off their joint album Yungloon Taliboom. The v...

Hip hop is naturally a competitive sport and even before we asked the Onlifers, there was already direct comparisons between AKA, Cassper and Kwesta's...

Hip hop is naturally a competitive sport and even before we asked the Onlifers, there was already direct comparisons between AKA, Cassper and Kwesta's...

INTERNATIONAL HYENA! The mood in SA Hip Hop right now is mad happy 'cause we're all tripping off DaKAR's feature on Sway In The Morning this week. ...

We caught up with DJ Citi Lyts to talk about what's happening with the music for him right now and he put us onto his Friday mixes that he's currently...

In part 2 of our chat with Instro we dissect the importance of one single role in the greater scope of the music industry value chain. Although the va...

Is there anyone as cool as these three fellas right now? The Migos come through with yet another stand out visual for their joint What The Price taken...

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 ...

We caught up with DJ Dimplez to find out where his head space is at in terms of the music right now and he says he's not only got some stuff in safe b...

We sat down with Instro about his project Help Me Not Forget Me and what inspired such a reflective title for it. He talks about foresight and having ...

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...

If you ain't in the know, DaKAR's been in the US for his headline at the SXSW International Festival which wrapped up this past weekend. His trip has ...

I'll say, people are starting to get mad excited at CyHi's rapid music drops. The album is on the way! He shares the visual for Legend where he take...

We caught up with Gemini Major who explains his departure from Family Tree Music and his collaboration with F2D Productions. There's no bad blood here...

Tamati Gang-Gang is on a roll and now DJ Trix has one too. The Wrecking Crew gives us Dope produced by Zoocci Coke Dope who also features on the joint...

B3nchMarQ does a loose drop titled Finnerview featuring Sequel, produced by Royce Beatz. This joint sounds like a matter of momentum if you ask me, th...

We caught up with the Chief briefly at Major League DJz' All White Garden this past weekend and we asked him about the way they've been dropping music...

Raekwon is getting ready to drop The Wild this Friday and after dropping a lot of nuggets from the piece he brings back This Is What It Comes To for a...

DJ Jawz finally drops his 5 track EP titled The Art Of Jawz and it's quite smooth. It opens with a statement track that goes in with that bass just be...

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(...

The SXSW International Festival 2017 wrapped up this past weekend in Texas, USA with Kwesta and Robin Thirdfloor making the line up this year. Last ye...

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...

Africa's biggest hip hop festival Back To The City has revealed their first International act to be Apollo Brown and Skyzoo. The heads are in for a go...

Tjo bathong! This Trigga video is so lit, don't lie. How is this man dealing with all those bachelorettes in his Playboy house anyway? I can't fathom....

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...

A heart drenching visual and naturally so, as you listen to Reezus bleed truth and pride on The Meters infused with scenes from KALUSHI the movie. We...

While fans are calling for GOOD Music to drop his music, they can rest assured that the No Dope On Sundays album by CyHi The Prynce is en route for su...

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...

CAP F%!EN CITY PAPA! Shucks, I actually can't contain my jubilation. This joint goes in and I'm only past the PdotO verse in listening. Iyoh! WHAT LE...

Whoah! Reason Season or what? Reezus just stepped on the accelerator and it's go time. From causing a frenzy with his current drop The Meters to now d...

Oh yes please! CyHi The Prynce drops the beautiful visuals for his amazing Nu Africa which sees him walk the streets of America while he raises pertin...

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 ...

Yhuuuu! Please tell me you're a fan of The Get Down? If you're not, I don't know where to begin. But nonetheless the second installment of the captiva...

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...

FCKNG TIRED OF THIS! @tebXa, is #UPROOTED gonna give me back my R31 100, or r u guys jus hopin MarazA wil take this 2 the grave? https://t.co/Exd7HvMW...

The March 10th EP is finally here, and shout out to the homie Beatmochini as it's his birthday today. The March 10th EP is all the dash of boom bap an...

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...

You saw the trailer and maybe some of you may have just seen the music video debut on TV, you can now get the joint! Reason drops his KALUSHI sound...

We have to commend Nasty C on the stellar turn out at his #Veliswa preview last night in Jo'burg, Durban and Cape Town respectively where his fans mor...

DAMN! And this is only the trailer. My soul is dancing in notes right now. This is the trailer to Reason's new new The Meters: #MarchFreestyle17 which...

A stand out track from A.M's EP The Cold Outside gets a black and white visual. Money Makes The World Go Round is the echo of many a truth that we can...

The world over remembered the B.I.G yesterday which marked the 20th Anniversary of his death and fittingly, Faith Evans has shared the album cover for...

The world over remembered the B.I.G yesterday which marked the 20th Anniversary of his death and fittingly, Faith Evans has shared the album cover for...

The boss, Rozay, revealed the album cover for his 9th album Rather You Than Me in the most stylish way by getting Martha Stewart to do it. @mart...

Did you ever dream of a day you'd hear Raekwon and Lil Wayne side by side on a joint? Goes to show that dreams are attainable no matter the size. Kwon...

This that make you dizzy kinda visual so if you're not one for flashing videos don't try this at home. Now that we've got the formalities outta the w...

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...

Although we don't cater primarily for RnB, we had to speak to J Arrow about this milestone of achieving over a million streams on his single YMH withi...

Delta The Leo takes a new influence to her music on Let It Be as she draws inspiration from the likes of Patoranking and Tiwa Savage for this dancehal...

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...

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

We're on episode 17 of The Sobering Podcast with the fellas and they start of with some minor formalities before they tackle music videos first, for a...

There's no denying that digital as a music platform has shaken up the way of doing things in the music industry in the past two to three years. With N...

There's no denying that digital as a music platform has shaken up the way of doing things in the music industry in the past two to three years. With N...

DJ Jawz is set to drop his EP titled The Art Of Jawz later this month where he'll be rapping on the piece. The 5 track EP will boast production from t...

pH is blessing us with an album next week Monday and you best believe it's gonna be something to go to town about. If you recall correctly he dropped ...

Trigga is having trouble in paradise on this music video. It seems having a bevy of gorgeous women all at your disposal is not always a good thing, es...

First of all, shout out to Siya Beyile and The Threaded Man team for the big 5 birthday hit this week. The Threaded Man brand has grown immensely in t...

First of all, shout out to Siya Beyile and The Threaded Man team for the big 5 birthday hit this week. The Threaded Man brand has grown immensely in t...

A birthday drop by DrumzBySandy sees him and the squad spazz out lazily on The Weekend Saga. He teams up with King Chyna and Recognyz for this hazy so...

Now this is a good mission, buying back the block. Rozay brings new life to this joint as he features Nipsey Hussle, Slim Thug, Fat Joe and E-40 for t...

Beatmochini is that much closer to dropping his March 10th EP which was actually a 6 track project challenge thrown at him by Osmic earlier on in the ...

The potency of this song, in this particular moment where our country is fighting yet another mental, psychological and physical war against xenophobi...

Pries just dropped his 2am Arcade album and he shared this smash of a tack before the piece officially arrived. It's sounding hella strong. With that ...

We asked the OnLifers on Facebook about which parts of the 16th annual Metro FM Music Awards were their best moments. We gave them some options betwee...

Iyoh! While the MMA's were trending this weekend, Remy Ma was trending tops worldwide as well. This is because of this lethal diss to Nicki Minaj afte...

FUCKEM! ???????? https://t.co/UoRX07dzd6— #ALLHAIL (@KhuliChana) February 25, 2017 Thank you 2 the fans 4 SHITTIN on the industry 4 what happe...

Nadia Nakai shares the visuals for her Cassper Nyovest assisted joint The Man. Bragga has been teasing the release for a minute now and we finally get...

Wolf Pack artist Khumz drops a new joint titled Tears In The Rain which is more like a whisper in the ear of an unappreciated dime. The boy is soundin...

Bragga's dropping her music video for The Man featuring Cassper Nyovest tomorrow and she shared the teaser with us on Instagram. But I don't even thin...

I had to share this magic dust with you. THEY. are sounding like a dream on this here joint. Silence is the music of a floating feeling touched with ...

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...

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 ...

Pat yourself on the back if you got the guess right last time when we asked which music video you thought Bragga was filming for. I won't lie, I also ...

Oh-oh! I think we can all relate to this, and if you can't, well, you need to fix that quickly. Ohmz and K.Set are the annoying neighbours on this par...

Amidst the conversations about A-Reece, B3nchMarQ and Fifi Cooper leaving Ambitiouz Entertainment, and everything that has been revealed on social med...

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...

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...

Listen closely. Trigga is getting ready to drop his next project Tremaine: The Album and as a result has began his campaign by dropping an iTunes pre-...

King Kwon gives us another taste of The Wild which is set for a March 24th arrival and he shares this grungy yet soulful Purple Brick Road featuring a...

You just gotta love Moshe man. Youngsta is fast becoming the strong voice for the people. Not that he always hasn't been, but it's becoming louder and...

"If you're gonna blow up in the States, it's gonna happen here. You can't leave..." - Cassper Nyovest We caught up with Cassper Nyovest at one of his...

Sleek drops off the visuals for his North god assisted joint, The Plug. The squad is looking hella strong in this music video and no one is looking fr...

Here's a dope theme song for this love month. RnB crooner Jacquees and rap princess DeJ Loaf teamed up for their collabo mixtape titled F!%k A Friend ...

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day so what better way to find out which SA Hip Hop couple is loved in these here streets. So here is how we went about this. ...

I've got another Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack piece for you. They seem to have gone really popular with the tracklist on here. The Dream's addition ...

The opening of this video is funny. The way everyone looks so despondent about the gatas shutting down their happy is both sad and entertaining. Let's...

DROP EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING! CyHi The Prynce Of Everything just announced an album. He's been rather quiet for some time which is frustrating really ...

Look, the hype brought me here. When the whole SOL team is going buck over an EP and you feel like you're missing the vibe you rectify the situation n...

Lord Script has finally dropped his full length EP titled King Of The South. The tape features Nasty C, Celestial Mic and Moshine from WTF. Script r...

Oh hey now! I'm loving the space that Russ is in right now in the game. He's milking this indie vibe and he's such a success at it. He sounds powerful...

Daaasss right! The joint that the ladies teased last week is dropping this Friday. I like people who recognise the level of urgency this music thing i...

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...

Andy'A is getting ready to drop his 3rd project titled Falling Apart, but before that he kinda just wants to remind you of his level of awesome over t...

The fellas are back and they swing back with mad punch, Reason's in studio with them for an exclusive listening session for his upcoming album. A plus...

From the Kamp that never sleeps, Blvckxng Beekay and The Conclusion rep for Botswana and SA out in Wuhan, China on Weird. This joint is actually prett...

Over multiple reflections of himself, Raekwon raps his fire joint This Is What It Comes To which he just dropped last week while we await his 7th stud...

How are you liking the album so far? The Sean Don has been having quite the album campaign. Homie straight trended for 2 days running when the album...

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...

Make your way to Coupe's direction cause he's the connect on I'm The Plug. He comes through on this ZERO production sounding like he's having the time...

Cya theDeejeey and Jeii link up for the high energy music video for their collabo Emoji. This handshake yo? Fun! We see the boys ekasi vibing to the ...

Drew, whom you will know from 985 success, comes through on this mad freestyle spitting his thoughts about the rap game right now; rhyme skill, as wel...

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...

This piece is something to hop on the bus for. Jazzy drops his new EP The Pressure with a stark opening track that everyone can relate to. Heck, after...

Rouge is set to drop a project this year and while it's still early on the details, she's not sleeping on the work either. We just heard her rip the m...

Although this was released late last year, it was undoubtedly one of the best songs released in 2016. AKA was already teasing some of the shots from t...

What you know about clean, punchy rhymes rippling off a smooth OG's track? Dass right! Raekwon announced that he'll be dropping his next album The Wil...

Ewu! Someone please hit up Royce 5'9 and tell him to have mercy on em. Please! Since the year opened he's been dropping freestyles like hot cakes and...

Bonafide Billi is teasing us with this short piece of work titled Sex In The Woods. Shu! From the get go he's not holding back though, it's almost as ...

Iamsu! drops a crazy joint and a visual in The Way It Go. The music video is kaleidoscopic, dark and is up close so as to focus on what Iamsu! is sayi...

Now these are the kind of deals we should all be discussing. I'm with Lewy Dalyricist's state of mind on this one. Family first, fighting for what's y...

Nadia Nakai is playing games with us. She shared some snaps of her on a music video set. The thing is we are not sure what she is actually shooting. S...

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...

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...

It's the 27th of January and you know what that means. If you don't, it means Moshe is delivering on his promise to free us from musical anxiety by bl...

It's the 27th of January and you know what that means. If you don't, it means Moshe is delivering on his promise to free us from musical anxiety by bl...

It's always a dope feat to see bromance in the game. On this cut, Game pays ode to Drake by sampling his Take Care joint Look What You've and slightly...

What a G! I'm thoroughly impressed, and equally entertained by this music video. It's right up his alley in fact to be this playful in his visual conc...

Buzzing upcoming rapper King SweetKid kicks off his #SugarThursday campaign today and you about to get this work, every week on Thursday till March. W...

In part 2 of our conversation with Beatmochini, we speak to him about his plans for the year. He talks to us about accepting Osmic's 6 track EP challe...

In part 2 of our conversation with Beatmochini, we speak to him about his plans for the year. He talks to us about accepting Osmic's 6 track EP challe...

We caught up with NGrind$tone at Cantare just before he opened the Underdog show for the year. Homie is from Tzaneen and he's looking to branch himsel...

Now here's a story to chew on for the rest of the day. Danger Power Ranger comes through with his comical-esque Trickin' The World which carries a ver...

Because we got the plug, we pulled some wires and managed to get that freestyle from the studio session last night. GOOD ON YOU MARAZA! The freestyle ...

Show of hands if you're a fan of The Internet? The band-slash-duo silly, not this here cybersphere! Well, the lead singer Syd is getting ready to dro...

50 RETWEETS AND I WILL RELEASE A STUPID SONG THAT @muziou AND I JUS FREESTYLED IN 12 MINUTES (FROM BEAT TO VERSE).#InTheBagFreestyle???? pic.twitter.c...

We caught up with Beatmochini who's been putting out so much work of late, so we wanted to tap into his state of mind, the work ethic and what the pla...

We like apologies that come full handed. Don't just say "sorry" and leave it at that, you must do the things that make things alright. And so does The...

This is a bitter sweet moment. The Independent Tour collective, Breeze, Keegan and MX, short of their late brother Inseezy - whom they laid to rest at...

We caught up with Driemanskap down in Cape Town courtesy of SkinnyGenesTV, and we spoke to them about why it seems as though they have faded into the ...

Did I already say I'm a Bobby Ray fan? I love this dude. As a rapper of course! He tackles so many conspiracy theories as only he could do in Run The ...

Taken off K Camp's RARE mixtape, Out The Loop featuring Trouble gets a pretty dreamy visual where some special effects are concerned. K and Trouble ge...

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...

Can you imagine being Cassper Nyovest and receiving all the daily mentions on social media? I really wonder how these guys deal with all this stuff. B...

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...

You gotta love Youngsta. He just announced that his 27th mixtape is on the way and it drops on, WAIT FOR IT, the 27th of January! BOOM! I'm about...

We got eyes and ears everywhere, and so we caught up with one of the OG's of the culture in SA, DJ Ready D, out in Cape Town to talk about the current...

Let's not act like OOOUUU was not the most remixed joint of 2016. Yoh, literally everyone had an OOOUUU remix. It was even part of The Game and Meek M...

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...

It's finally here. We saw some dope BTS shots and a promo last year ahead of this music video and Nelz drops it of with so much excitement saying, "I'...

Prodigy is gearing up to drop his over a year long anticipated album trilogy Helegian Dialect. He's been building up towards that through shows and ...

Headed to The Top and yo'll gon' know her! It's Nelz, queen of the coast and her star is rising. She dropped her fiery joint The Top last year and now...

Headed to The Top and yo'll gon' know her! It's Nelz, queen of the coast and her star is rising. She dropped her fiery joint The Top last year and now...

"I'm a 25 year old Artist/Producer from Cape Town. I just dropped an EP called The Lost EP. All the tracks are self produced." Keet The Kreative who...

Make way in your playlist for the new new from The Vinyl Kid, Nasty C's DJ, who drops NDA. From the song you should figure what the acronym stands for...

This freestyle makes me feel like that disliked landlord going down the corridor snatching keys out of people's hands just before they get into their ...

Every time Riky Rick talks about eating cotton I take note. I ask myself what else is Makhado going to do next. Well wait no further folks. Riky has s...

The High is taken off Yung Swiss' latest Ep titled Bottom Baby. The High is an infectious and catchy record built for the summer but tailor-made to an...

We getting back to the swing of things here at SOL. So brace yourself this week because we back with On The Ground video interviews. Last week though ...

I like people who celebrate their birthdays by giving to the rest of us. Well, at least where the music is involved. Raekwon announced his 7th album t...

"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...

One of the golden boys to look out for this year is Yung Swiss. After the 2016 he's had, it's only upward and beyond for him right now. Speaking of wh...

The boy from the East who drops tapes or singles then disappears is working on a new project. Although the title of the project is unknown for now, kn...

This one's for all the independent artists making it on their own through the use of social media and the internet push amongst other things. Russ, wh...

Kirk Bangz dropped this socially charged piece last year with Z-Ro who almost reminds me of Nate Dogg, JUST A BIT, on this hook. Money On The Dresser ...

Is it true that money makes a man more handsome? Well, with or without the answer The Connec' goes ahead and personifies the gwala instead on Money Ha...

We sat down with Ice Prince while he was in town a few weeks back to talk about his new album Jos To The World, what he was doing in SA, his plans for...

There is no stopping AKA. Like no man. There is no stopping him. As I type this AKA is probably living his best life and being more life mega right ...

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...

Just to make sure that we all can give our two cents' worth, please listen to the track after the jump. Okay now that you back what do you think of...

Back To The City Festival 2017 tickets are on sale from today. They're celebrating their 11th birthday and as usual it's going to be epic. Check the p...

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...

Dj Snake drops a video for his club banger The Half featuring Young Thug,Swizz Beatz and Jeremih. Directed by X who smartly uses one location with the...

I give to you The Lions Den S01 E05 & 06: 2016 Wrap Up The 5th and 6th episode with ShabZi Madallion does The Corner; SA Hip Hop Awards' cypher, a...

We wrap up our On The Ground series for the year with Dash and since he challenged us, we stepped up with the hard questions. He sets the record strai...

Aich! Watchu know about trading on the JSE with this rap thing? You gotta love Stilo's energy. The jig is beaming right through this interview. He ta...

We spoke to Kwesta, Kid X and Reason earlier but of course they shared their 2 cents' worth on SOL turning 3. Again, the echoes of the dream and visio...

DJ Capital's got all the juice. Haha! He shares his classic R 1 gold coin, which is tailored by the by. Ishu! He is all the fun. He ropes in Maraza fo...

We had to speak to Towdee Mac about the amount of music he's been putting out this year while On The Ground at the SAHHAs. You know what, it's refresh...

First of all, shout out to Mr CEO for the Milestone Award at the South African Hip Hop Awards which he has received for the second year in a row now. ...

It's a long celebration I tell you. There's just too much love in these streets to let up. We get massive birthday shout outs SA's Hottest MC Cassper ...

We caught up with the plug, DJ Switch, at the South African Hip Hop Awards to talk about him making lyricism popular with Way It Go and Now Or Never t...

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...

While On The Ground with at the South African Hip Hop Awards, uSanele lets us in on what to expect from him come the new year where music and art is c...

In part 2 of our sit down with Durban stars Breeze, Inseezy and MX, we talk about what the online culture is like in Durban versus in Jo'burg. They al...

We caught up with ContraBanned artists Chad Da Don and Locnville at the South African Hip Hop Awards and they let us in on what their music plans for ...

We caught up with another bright star to look out for in 2017 'cause the mad foundations he's set up this year are sure to spill over next year. Shane...

Shout out to the familia for all the love and support they show for the platform. We get more wishes from Proverb, Sanele and Miss Pru. Side bar, Mi...

We caught up with the exemplary Proverb at the South African Hip Hop Awards to talk about him making #1 on Stogie T's Verse of the Year mentions for t...

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...

We caught up with golden Sowety Baby, DJ Maphorisa, while On The Ground at the South African Hip Hop Awards and we asked him about what he has planned...

This is officially our last Balcony Interview of 2016 and what a fitting way to wrap up the year. It has undoubtedly been a strong year for the indepe...

We caught up with the ever cool, deep voiced Frank Casino who has been shining even more since he dropped the Whole Thing Remix with Boss Zonke a week...

Memoirs of a born leader. Love the vibes on this J Fresh production. Very sophisticated, well catered for the articulate Nef The Pharaoh and G-Eazy wh...

So now that we all know what the Top 10 most downloaded songs on SlikourOnLife are for 2016, we broke the news to Injayethu sonke, uDJ Sliqe, about hi...

We caught up with Bragga at the SAHHAs just to let her know that she's queening at the #2 spot of our most downloaded albums/EPs of 2016 with her 5-tr...

Ahem! I need to explain myself. I don't know how I ended up on camera. Every time this happens I manage to make the footage disappear, however, this 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...

We caught up with production wiz DJ Maphorisa, the Motswako godfather Towdee Mac and the jiggiest of them all, Smashis, who also celebrated his birthd...

We caught up with the coolest of them all, the legendary Bob Mabena who has more that 3 decades in the entertainment industry and is still relevant, w...

Now, you ought to be excited. One of the stand out emcees of 2016 just said she's dropping a whole body of work soon. That's gonna be something to loo...

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 ...

This is mood music by Elvato tagging with Sk. iLL for the lead single off his 2015 mixtape Love, Liquor, Lights called Summer In The City. On the musi...