We sat down with AKA and Anatii to talk about how they began to work on their latest album Be Careful What You Wish For along with how the tracks came...

We sat down with AKA and Anatii to talk about how they began to work on their latest album Be Careful What You Wish For along with how the tracks came...

We get a new single from Sequel post the success of his single I Never Quit with B3nchMarQ and Emtee. This time around he's putting the whip all the w...

Chris Brown ain't playing with these drops yo, looks like he's trying to get new material out as quickly as possible. You don't see us complaining tho...

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...

We get some new music from Chris Brown just after he gave us Pills & Automobiles apparently off his forthcoming eighth studio album titled Heartbreak ...

J Cole has been lowkey busy directing a series of doccies that has him showing his fans that he's more than just a skilled lyricist. In the past he wo...

Your favourite rap group DreamTeam has been invited by The Friends of Royal Welsh Regimental Museum in Brecon, Wales to be the groundbreaking act this...

Makhado will be off to Europe in a few days for the Sziget Festival which he's booked to perform at. The week-long festival has already began and will...

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

THIS IS NOT HIP HOP THIS IS GQOMWAVE #AMASWEEDOMKUHLWANE That's the warning that comes with this song. I know Stilo is working on a full project whic...

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...

We're way past the loadshedding days and now we have the luxury to clap our hands to bring the lights on and off. Ricco comes through with a new piece...

How many of you are just about done with this winter now? I've been seeing people already making up to the gym and getting ready with their "summer bo...

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...

This could very well be the product of truth serum as Promo raps frankly about the amount of Options availed for artists (rappers) and beautiful girls...

Cap City's Dj Big Rome gets back on #UnderdogDay with important Conversations about thriving through the hard times and seeking to be the better man d...

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...

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 ...

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

Cassper Nyovest dropped his video for Destiny to much discussion about what the message behind it really is. Fans were in a knot deciphering their own...

The highly anticipated joint album of two of the most popular artists in the country dropped just last Friday and caused a social media frenzy. #BCWYW...

We finally get the magnificent motion picture for Thuto's Destiny which we saw Cassper Nyovest say he was shooting for a few weeks back while Goapele ...

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...

It's a great day for music fans as all stars A-Reece, Dj Sliqe and JR are set to go on a national tour between August and September kicking off in Sec...

If you wanna hear some gems in conversation, sit down with K.O and let him open you up to some truths and observations. This is the case as we continu...

The chemist finally has stock of our prescribed dosage - Be Careful What You Wish For, manufactured by Dr's AKA and Anatii (Msc. Music / PhD. Godlines...

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

I haven't heard a Blackstorm production in a minute man! That's all history as they team up with The Urban Lunatic for Lore and Ofentic's joint When W...

What is this? Ishu! I'm really feeling these vibrations by Strange New Generation. WOW. They are an alternative / experimental band that dabbles in Fu...

Congratulations are in order for the duo as they've just made history by being the first non-Korean rap act to sign with the Korean label, VMC (Vis Ma...

"If young Metro don't, trust I'm gon shoot you!" Nav and Metro just dropped their joint LP titled Perfect Timing this past weekend and we get the vis...

We get some new heat from the Raw X bakery, I mean - studios. Majik follows up Get Away With It with this new laid back trap banger alongside his fami...

This track begins like a Pharell-produced joint. The four count start threw me off, but this Vibrations production is still dope. Paperboi gives us hi...

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...

New year new gear! SA artists are busy trying to secure the bag from multiple income streams. The merch game has been around for a minute now and arti...

Ewe! It seems all the praying we've been doing with AKA and Anatii are culminating into some results. We got a pre-order for Be Careful What You Wish ...

While Weezy's long-awaited Tha Carter V stays a dream for many of his fans, he decided to bless us with some unreleased leftovers titled Dinnertime. W...

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...

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

It's here! The pre-order that is. Look at it this way, we're that much closer to the album now. We've been seeing Sexy Chubby and Supa Mega fine-tunin...

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

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 ...

Roc Nation and Vic Mensa launched the marketing strategy just yesterday in preparation for Mensa's forthcoming album which is set to drop anytime soon...

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

Welcome to the Spotlight of Luna Florentino the great hustler as he gives us a rendition of his song Mariachi. Now, one thing you need to recognise ab...

For everybody who's ever been told that they will not amount to anything more than their surrounding. For every kid told to quite making a noise 'caus...

Oh yes! Remember when Cassper and Goapele were chatting on the TL a while back and she said she'd be coming down to SA in July to which Cass said they...

Originally from Nelspruit, this amazing duo called Hot Winter bring a sense of nostalgia in their classic sounding Trust Issues. They have a big probl...

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...

In part 2 of our conversation with Jub Jub we talk about his desire to make a difference in the lives of people who are less privileged in the hood; a...

We get this brilliant piece of art under the Still Movin Mondays banner and Demrick is all the heart strings for me. He's sounding like a dream story ...

We get this brilliant piece of art under the Still Movin Mondays banner and Demrick is all the heart strings for me. He's sounding like a dream story ...

Skeptical SAM shares some new music after doing his experimental FLWRS mixtape which housed instrumentals of some of his favourite producers. This tim...

I can tell you now, this is a cheeky oke! P!llzTitan has the goods on your prescription. He's hanging out with Masiko for the old school-esque Got Wha...

We had to get Manu WorldStar in to record his single Formation and boy did he bring the energy! Now, you may have seen him on the Vuzu Hustle finale...

Rudeboy Major let's us into his camp-style party out in the woods with the gang-gang. The Bando motion picture is undoubtedly FOMO inducing. It's like...

Don't call it a come back! Jub Jub drops a new single that follows another one he did with ntate Tshepo Tshola titled Ke Kopa Tshwarelo that came out ...

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

The general finally shares the visual for Writer with the rest of us and it's hella groovy. More like smokey to be exact. Notice how T.I (and B.O.B ac...

Thanks to DJ Stevie J, we get some new music from Tunechi and he's in perfect form according to me. YFS is undoubtedly a new age vibe but Weezy is his...

Tido finally drops the video for his single with AKA and Yanga titled Thixo and I must commend the boy on the quality, the video is tleen yo - the pre...

Tino Mgazi pays ode to the revolutionary Frantz Fanon with a letter, Dear Franz Fanon alongside Nu-Tek. The maturity of the writing on this track warm...

Everybody's favourite uncle comes with the video for his latest single with Rick Rock titled Moment I Feared. The video begins with the rappers smokin...

Taken off the Paradigm Shift EP, TopAz is mellow on Tim Fade as he blues out reflections of his imperfections. But it's not all left in self evaluatio...

Where the models at? Here's something interesting that you need to plug yourselves to, check it. Junior and Frenchie are looking to cast a few models...

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...

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

The visuals for Tido's Thixo are dropping sooner rather than later. The track has been making a noise on the socials since it dropped and the video wi...

Emtee sets up the stage and the the mic in the hood and spreads the Ghetto Hero gospel. With a great narrative of a young man that's constantly stretc...

I almost said, "This is perfect Friday music," only to realise that I'm an entire day early! Oh my PnB, what are you doing to my heart? This is one ...

Mpumalanga's Zikode is all set to tackle the world now. Shout out to his mother for holding him down and passing on the writing skill to the homie. Th...

Tales of the back and forth that goes on in the conscience of a young man in the limelight. Temptations is more like a silent diary entry by Cozmik wh...

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

“You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.” This is precisely the motivation for this join...

Kwesta is heading back to the US for the homecoming finale of T.I's Hustle Gang Tour this weekend at the Coca-Cola Roxy in Atlanta, Georgia. This come...

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

In an era where we only get tweaked homogenous content and the market is accustomed to consuming only one thing, the Cape Town duo Stiff Pap (AyemaPro...

Siya Shezi is adding his voice to the men that stand up and say, "Not In My Name" against women abuse and most especially violence against women. Enou...

It's lit! The guys from Unidentified give us their fan video for Travis Scott's Money Power Respect. The video is a combination of different clips of ...

This video was legit shot at a marijuana farm that actually used to be a prison back in the day, crazy. Junior Gong gives us a video for their single ...

The champ is here (plays imaginary drums in my head)! Ice Cube is the GOAT okay? He drops off some intense visuals for a new track titled Good Cop Bad...

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...

I wish a n!*ga would! It's already havoc and this is only Kid Tini's first track under his new found home, Ambitiouz Entertainment. Are you hearing th...

I wish a n!*ga would! It's already havoc and this is only Kid Tini's first track under his new found home, Ambitiouz Entertainment. Are you hearing th...

Chizzy’s 6 tracks EP is a solid collaborative effort. Everyone understood that it was all about making good music not outshining each other. The EP ki...

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...

Prizz is looking within in order to look without on his joint Reflection. He layers the metaphor of Reflection with this track as he takes it from vie...

Mr Get It Right, Venom93, has been about his hustle tryna refine it to the best of his ability. When you see him shining, just know that it didn't com...

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

The tropics are living through our newest addition to content you can become accustomed to here on SOL. The Spotlight ladies and gentlemen will bring ...

It's a remix cause Lady Monica is on it. She adds her timeless vocals to YFN Lucci's heartfelt Testimony taken off his latest dropped EP Long Live Nut...

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?...

Off of their latest joint mixtape titled Gotti Made It, which really sounds like "God I Made It" to me but anyways, the track's called Rake It Up and ...

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

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 them boys, true original, so one hundred flow." The fellas from Part Time Cooks are back with another banger for the streets, an anthem titled ...

PMB blesses us with this fresh sounding trio by the monicker, GLM Nation, and they waste no time at going for your heart with You Excite Me. A rather ...

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

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...

The music surface just about shook this morning when all the fans realised that True To Self was out and it wasn't bootlegged nor was it a prank. Brys...

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

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 ...

Bergei Fresh and Fash are securing the bag as they celebrate a new relationship with Kappa through Issa Vibe Ting. The low buzzing, blaring production...

The massacre is potent on this here God Forbid. Even on his worst day the rhyme gods show up strong for Joell Ortiz. You know the studio is burning wh...

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...

It's very rare that an artist wears his REAL heart (and frustrations) for all to see and it takes mad power too to put your truth out there for scruti...

If you're a budding producer and you think you have just the right beat for that special artist of your dreams to jump on, look no further for the con...

He raps, he sings. The duo who go by the name Lore n Ofentic dropped a young tribute track to everyone who has ever shown them love and support, the s...

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...

At first when AKA and Anatii called it truce, a lot of us called for a joint album and the fellas warned us to Be Careful What You Wish For. Two fire ...

OH NO THEY DIDN'T! So Part Time Cooks dropped a video for their single Calling Me with Koncept and the shade on there is enough to block the sun. Okay...

"Another day, another cover." Tjewen! Cassper Nyovest is the latest cover star for Destiny Man in the June edition packed with youth inspiration. He,...

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

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

After listening to this track, it is quite evident that Neezy has some Motswako influence. Reminds me of something the legendary Motswako king Mo'lemi...

TimSky dropped his new single 21 produced by Dramiller and it's hella dope. The youngin really went off! TOO DOPE! Insane beat, sick flow and wordpla...

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

Royale IV Young wears his heart on his raps in Confidential, a love letter about keeping it real to his heart's desire. You can tell homie is well wit...

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 ...

NRM is gonna hurt you if you're not cautious in your approach. We're stepping slowly as we approach the furnace even though we're jamming along to thi...

Perpetual Motion comes through with an airy Zone Out that tags you along on some slow explorer trip with him. He's taking it easy in this alternate un...

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...

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 ...

Yup! The cat's finally out the bag and it was let out with a fierce visual of Kid Tini in a boxing ring jabbing and two-stepping like the champ that h...

Yup! The cat's finally out the bag and it was let out with a fierce visual of Kid Tini in a boxing ring jabbing and two-stepping like the champ that h...

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 ...

Tiller just about shook his hive when he announced that the True To Self album, which drops on the 23rd of June, is now available for pre-order. He dr...

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...

Yikes! Ambitiouz Entertainment's got another cat in the bag and they will reveal it tomorrow evening on Vuzu TV at 18:00 inclusive with an interview. ...

Before we get into the Balcony Interview we had with the leaders of Vth Season, Benza and Ninel, we got them to talk about what the key things are whe...

This is stuff that magic is made of. Vitu shares the first two singles from his upcoming project This Time Next Week which is a Hip Hop and Jazz influ...

Cape Town finest Uno July drops a bouncy joint thats a lyrical pleasure to listen to. With Reason riding shotgun they got the game guessing w...

Bobby Austin's got all the fire in Da Fuego, a deep, intense sounding banger repping his finesse to the highest of temperatures. The track is quite ca...

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

R-Mean and Lyric Jones reunite on Overtime to share a shot of courage and spirit for all the hustlers out here grinding for their dream. Breana Marin ...

You may, or may not, have noticed that Stilo Magolide has been tagging #Sefolosha in a lot of his recent posts on social media and he has finally drop...

KLY and the killer producer, DJ Maphorisa bring us into their world on the Snap That Sh! visuals. It's a private party for the fellas as they, along w...

After having it as a Tidal exclusive, Nicki Minaj's Regret In Your Tears is on the Tube for us to loop 'cause it's that mad. The artistic visual is so...

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

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

Yikes! I'm so jealous right now. This town? What is this location? The scene is so bright, almost like a scene out of those broadway movies. The women...

Oh yes! We're looking good out here, and so is the Wolf Pack. Sketchy Bongo is set to open for Justin Bieber this month on the Purpose Tour in Johanne...

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

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...

This is obviously an exclusive, Prince never wanted me to post about it but after our phone conversation he was like, "okay Slik, f!% it then just do ...

We're all abuzz with Supa Mega and Anatii's international debut on Apple Music'c Beats 1 Radio on the Ebro show in the wee hours of the morning. Of co...

From Mzantsi to the world, Anatii will be premiering his brand new single with AKA, Don't Forget To Pray Ebro Darden's Beats 1 Radio show later tonigh...

The Ubunifu Space did two reactions of the Supa Mega and Cassper Nyovest in one day. They watched the Tito Mboweni music video and were having a ball ...

The Ubunifu Space did two reactions of the Supa Mega and Cassper Nyovest in one day. They watched the Tito Mboweni music video and were having a ball ...

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...

Day & Night is a rap project that Mazi Muhlari has been working on and this is the first single off it alongside Principle. Attention is a smoky sound...

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

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 ...

Gemini Major comes through with his latest single Bando sporting a mad team with Emtee and Frank Casino on the piece. The vibes are stellar, the boys ...

Luda takes a go at Bruno Mars' hit That's What I Like by jumping onto it leaving Bruno's vocals in tact as well as a verse by Gucci Mane after he remi...

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

We sat down with Priddy Ugly to talk about what influenced the decision to sign with Ambitiouz Entertainment, his experiences as an independent artist...

Kin Timo comes through with the sophisticated sounding W.O.R.K as anthem for all the hustlers there. But the way he delivers this joint is so smooth m...

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...

This kid makes my heart smile. He's such a weirdo, in the coolest means of the word, and he's proud of it. His unapologetic attitude about his craft, ...

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...

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

DJ Shadow teams up with Nas for the Silicon Valley collabo Systematic which will feature on the season 4 soundtrack dropping on June 16. As the fans w...

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 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...

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...

The boys over at Itsotsi By Nature are throwing a party and it's one you don't want to miss out on. At the crib we see Pillory IV, MPK, Musiholiq, Mzu...

It's a bum fest in DJ Citi Lyts' latest visual for his joint Shishiliza. We saw him nudge at Pearl Modiadie on his TL this weekend about this song, pe...

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

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

Quentin Miller drops only his third song this week with Expression 5 a self produced banger that follows up on the Expression series he always has. ...

ArtisTek teams up with Lunatic for this groovy joint *BEE* that celebrates black progression and growth. The sample already has you bopping your head ...

Dj Kuxx fell in love with Motswako and he never looked back. So much so that he carried it in his name and right now he teams up with bafana ba ko ten...

Rusty Dusty's favourite DJ, Jays On Decks, rounds up the come up kings from the 014 for this monster collabo First Time which is his first official si...

Oh-oh! R-Mean was ready for this Mean Mondays thing. He goes at undoubtedly one of the most classic hip hop beats, Dr Dre's Still Dre. His twist is ti...

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...

T-Pain takes the opportunity to jump onto SahBabii's popular track Pull Up Wit Ah Stick which Fetty Wap has also jumped on before this. He laces his c...

As we battle with putting our systems into autumn and the winter that approaches, Ace is wrapping us in the warmth that is Summertime on his new joint...

As we battle with putting our systems into autumn and the winter that approaches, Ace is wrapping us in the warmth that is Summertime on his new joint...

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

K'Valentine is sounding crisp on this Styles P assisted Soul Searchin'. The joint is so sophisticated in spirit and if you're an avid Ghost fan you'd ...

Kevin Gates gives a twist to the reflective chorus for What If God Was One Of Us for his new joint What If. Kevin Gates' prison sentence seems to be e...

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...

A long time ago you would never say the names L-Tido and AKA at the same time in a positive light. Luckily for us a lot of things don't last forever, ...

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 ...

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 have decided to remove our Balcony Interview with B3nchMarQ and A-Reece pending a court order that has been issued against Tkay by Ambitiouz Entert...

We get another visual from A Tribe Called Quest's We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service and it's a dope black and white linear-esque shot th...

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...

Hayi ngeke! This video is so lit. Forget what the nay-sayers think. This video is so "upper". Let's talk about how gorgeous Faith is on here... The ...

Tim Angry is coming in guns blazing on Fire Make Em Hire 'cause the only way to get ahead is to blaze a trail. Now that's more like it! The track cons...

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...

I'm wondering when this lituation was filmed 'cause I quite recall being in the streets of Braam and there was a hive in front of this store that Stil...

This is the Ubunifu Space, a platform that has music lovers in the UK and East Africa reacting to the music of either region. We bumped into the UK te...

This is the Ubunifu Space, a platform that has music lovers in the UK and East Africa reacting to the music of either region. We bumped into the UK te...

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 ...

Bergie Fresh encapsulates the rollercoaster ride that is love in his new joint Narcotics. The looping percussion in the background of this joint adds ...

#TitoMboweni video dropping this coming Friday. Had fun shooting this and it's my cleanest video so far!!! It came together very well!!!— Ab...

Bryson Tiller jumps onto WunTayk Timmy's Cake with some melodic raps in the opening right before he tags WunTayk in to rule on this groovy sounding be...

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...

Please don't tell me that Yanga missed that important call 'cause he got impatient and lost hope? Oh Nkos' yam! The full visual for Mntase is finally...

Young Thug drops a surprise joint that's bursting with much flavour. Best Thing Of All Time is a breezy semi love song of sort that finds Thugger oogl...

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...

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...

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...

Swazi Jive entertainment is kicking off promotions for their 6th annual festival and they're partnering with various promoters and venues in different...

Swazi Jive entertainment is kicking off promotions for their 6th annual festival and they're partnering with various promoters and venues in different...

Swazi Jive entertainment is kicking off promotions for their 6th annual festival and they're partnering with various promoters and venues in different...

Hip Hop is proving to transcend so many walls, genres and fields lately and this is testament to that fact. Last year we saw Riky Rick win a whole Loe...

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...

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...

80% of rappers aren't even saying shit. Can't even write a song about falling IN or falling OUT of love. They just ???????????????????????????...

Stilo Magolide unleashes a new joint Rendy Remix hot off dropping his freestyle It's A Movie along with a music video for it last week. The Rendy R...

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...

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...

In this song Vava Deceptikon explores his vocals with some sweet symphonies blended with dope rap lyrics. It's very easy on the ears and the 808's wil...

In this song Vava Deceptikon explores his vocals with some sweet symphonies blended with dope rap lyrics. It's very easy on the ears and the 808's wil...

It's here! It's here! The Supa Mega and Sexy Chubby Nig* gift us with the *10 Fingers visual and we like it a lot noh? It's really captivating actuall...

It's a motion picture'o. Stilo Magolide delivers the visual for his It's A Movie freestyle. I will shoot straight into giving props for how they grade...

DJ Luna just dropped a compilation and on it there are a few of Wale's loose singles while we wait for the arrival of SHINE. DJ Luna's compilation is ...

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

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

The Tropicana Jig king has just dropped a crazy freestyle track titled It's A Movie and he's not skipping a beat with delivering the visual for it. No...

This is probably the first official South African comedy tape. Okay Wasabi has made humourous video interpretations of songs like Dj Citi Lyt's Vura, ...

Juelz Santana is in the streets of Harlem in his new visual with Dave East, barring Bobby Shmurda and Rowdy Rebel in the flesh as they are currently i...

What is this picture saying to me there at the top? But of course, we're talking about our African connects here now. Anatii and AKA's fire collab 10 ...

Come on now! Fosta Juliano is repping for Botswana on here today and he's not too impressed with the current status quo he observes of the music indus...

This that new new Frank Casino. I actually wanna shut down Tuesday. We're done here, we can all just go home okay? Young homie is coming for the whol...

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...

It's an entire motion picture right now! Stilo Magolide drops a surprise freestyle titled It's A Movie. But if you've been paying attention to him he'...

Casanova goes at Jay Z's classic beat for Song Cry on this beautiful Tax Letter which is dedicated to his homie Tax Stone, who was arrested earlier th...

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...

DaKAR's first American show will be at SXSW and he's headlining! But that's not all, upcoming artist from Umlazi, Robin Thirdfloor, will also be showc...

We're gearing up for the drop of Luna Florentino's Florentino Mariachi mixtape and this here is the first single off the piece. Team is a thuggy sound...

We're gearing up for the drop of Luna Florentino's Florentino Mariachi mixtape and this here is the first single off the piece. Team is a thuggy sound...

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...

We just dropped a surprise album ! This time it’s from whole F2D family ???????? Go get it on iTunes now: https://t.co/iKZKn5RnXB #F2DHallOfFame pic.t...

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...

We get another piece from one of the youngest members of the A-Team, Neo, after he dropped his Baleka track. No Pressure is produced by heavy weights ...

Mr CEO dropped his latest single Tito Mboweni on schedule today and I saw that he had hit #1 on the iTunes chart within 20 minutes of the drop. The pe...

Known as an online sneaker show with substance, HUNTING FOR KICKS is the brainchild of BOYZNBUCKS member Mokgele Kgagara, aka MKAY FRASH. As a pionee...

It's pretty dope how SA Hip Hop has transcended to beyond just the heads but has now become the language of not only the youth but everyone else in th...

It's pretty dope how SA Hip Hop has transcended to beyond just the heads but has now become the language of not only the youth but everyone else in th...

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

Three new visuals to preview across 3 cities in one night. Nasty C will be sharing the visuals from his Bad Hair Extensions album, namely Don't Do It,...

Now, I'm seeing a lot of tags and questions about the joint being on SOL for the people, but yo'll gotta pre-order the joint on iTunes and Apple Music...

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...

I love the vibes on this joint brought about by the sweet vocals from Sam throughout the joint. Then the dreamy beat accompanying Aura, Robyn on the v...

Le Paris drops off the hella grungy music video for his Stilo Magolide assisted smash Papa Action. We see him and Stilo in abandoned floors, and him i...

Ise ifikile manje ivideo ka Ambitions Remix. But the best part about this video is that its two in one. Tweezy drops off the final cut for the Khuli C...

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

The tale of Mega and the Masses Have we all been able to conclude that Supa Mega is a national treasure? It’s starting to seem that way and it’s abou...

Lets keep it 100, it's the first time in our generation of black artists we see so many groundbreaking and inspiring moves not only with brands but in...

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

Ambitiouz Entertainment is aware of all allegations made between management and artists; Fifi Cooper, B3nchMarQ, A-Reece and Flame; with concerns expr...

Lection drops his new single Wa Bona Nou on which he says he's taking a different approach for. It's evident in the deep kwaito and laid back influenc...

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

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

What a weekend right??? Yeah, contemplatin' on all my life choices/ think I got a gift of listening to all the right voices/ either the rich-man n...

Social media is buzzing currently following announcement that Fifi Cooper, A-Reece and B3nchmarQ have left their record label Ambitiouz Entertainment....

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...

Uno July and Youngsta are a bit problematic in their collabo joint Native Yards 57 taken off last year's Uno n' Only Tape. In the visuals Uno is scour...

Motswako prince Lection is set to drop his new single Wa Bona Nou next week Monday as he finishes up his album in the meantime. The last joint that I ...

This right here is that magic kinda music. There's nothing more beautiful to behold than a man who is considerate about women. A man who goes out of h...

A whole emoji filled music video! I like what they did here, with the concept of the song and then the video. It's a very playful visual but it gets t...

We sat down with Yanga to find out where his head space is at right now in terms of his music, career and what direction he's tryna take going forward...

Cookin Soul are playing cupid in their production for Tink and G Herbo's thuggy love song Mine. It's pretty dope how rappers are showing their hearts ...

Cookin Soul are playing cupid in their production for Tink and G Herbo's thuggy love song Mine. It's pretty dope how rappers are showing their hearts ...

The level of cuteness in this video is undeniable. Big Baby D.R.A.M is going about his business in a store till he spots his muppet look alike which h...

How could TinismDotcOm ever sit on the side lines of this themed day? Never in a million years. If you've followed the label's work for a while you'll...

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...

Tinie Tempah's coming to reclaim his spot again and he's making it clear on this new joint of his Something Special. While he's currently promoting hi...

Yasss! We tried to play matchmaker with the music here and I am particularly proud of my attempted arrangement. Hopefully all these years in radio hav...

Yasss! We tried to play matchmaker with the music here and I am particularly proud of my attempted arrangement. Hopefully all these years in radio hav...

Quentin Miller is chilling on the Darkside, car parked and all. He and producer Childish Major link up for this blaring bass tune. It's got that tap y...

You're about to know that rappers love love too today. Can't no man go through life without the love of a lady holding him down, it's mandatory okay? ...

Just when you thought home girl cannot possibly flex any more, then she pulls this. Megmafia has always been someone with a wide musical finesse but w...

This past weekend Roc Nation hosted a pre-Grammy Awards brunch for their artists and friends within the industry. Our social media feeds were lit with...

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. ...

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

The soil and mine of the hip hop industry is filled with a mass of talent and H3nry from Zimbabwe is one of the up and coming yet shinning diamonds. H...

We spoke to Kid Tini this week and as you may have seen, there's an addition to the Balcony Interview where we get your faves to perform their latest...

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

The story of PatrickxxLee is something out of a movie really. He was frustrated in his degree, dropped out and focused on music full time. Just as it ...

Yes baby! This is Shakadeliks, aka Shak, aka Shak Daddi, aka TOO MANY AKA's TO REMEMBER. You know how on some few and far in between occasions someon...

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

Ey! Bars. Bars. Smoke DZA comes through fresh off his Don't Smoke Rock collaboration album with Pete Rock - which was released last December - to drop...

Tim Westwood TV is a colossal deal for any and every artist across the globe and over the years we have seen African artists getting profiled on the s...

In the second part of our chat with Kid Tini we get more playful with him and go live in Instagram. You'll see that we're gonna start doing that more ...

We sat down with buzzing wordsmith Kid Tini to chop it up about how he's been balancing school and music, as well as what the plans are from here on....

Yaaas! You gotta do this thing dolo to reap the most benefits! This is Phenom's mantra on Bout It as he knocks down doors to get ahead in his hustle. ...

Grafftis is burning the midnight oil on Before Midnight where he reflects on being the future and whomever misses the train might wish they had boarde...

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...

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...

If you have been wondering who the three guys L-Tido is always rolling with then you're going to get the answers to this question. The three guys are ...

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....

Angie Santana is in her feels on No Condition, a stressful reflection on a failed relationship. For her sanity she has to let go of this love she's be...

I won't lie, this video makes me smile. The boys have got charisma. As part of our Balcony Interview extension, we bring you Legacy Records comprisi...

Good morning, love is in the air when the Skhanda God drops some love tunes on this Valentine's month. In the quest of finding love K.O is about to gi...

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...

In part 2 of our conversation with L-Tido, Darne, Fifresh and Ckassa, something very interesting happens. Slik and Tido get lost in a music debate dat...

In our second interview for the year, we caught up with L-Tido who has been a bit quite for a young and the reason behind that is that he's been cooki...

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

The elusive nature of this beat make the joint that more abstract sounding. Otiz Ti$a coms through with the Untitled Freestyle 'cause he's got so much...

The elusive nature of this beat make the joint that more abstract sounding. Otiz Ti$a coms through with the Untitled Freestyle 'cause he's got so much...

In part 2 of our conversation with Aewon Wolf, we track back to when he and Sketchy Bongo first met, which leads to him letting us in on how the name ...

How many farms does the #TamatiGang own? ... (10 Marks) You're not a true fan if you don't know the answer to that! B3nchMarQ have dropped their late...

We sat down with L-Tido, Darne, Fifresh and Ckassa for our next Balcony Interview where he told us that he's started his own record label, but you'll ...

Problematic boys these! Entirely problematic! The king of 808's Wichi 1080 rounds up the squad to go at it on this banging canvas aptly titled Squa...

You need to know that when someone's quiet, they're probably up to trouble. Believe me when I say My Clique is a fresh dose of problems. L-Tido's been...

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

KZN artist and producer B-Sting comes through with his first drop on 2017 with the catchy Don't Know Why which is set to leave the son embedded in you...

Fresh new heat from the Raw X studios and it's the ADVOs, made up of TommyFLO, Confi and Ben Best. This Bi4ocal production is the lead single for thei...

Towards the end of last year, you may or may have not noticed some campaigns from your faves for votes on the Avance Media Inaugural Most Influential ...

"Let them with ears understand" - Lauryn Hill Chrisette Michele takes to music, or rather spoken word to lash back at the negative reception of her d...

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

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

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

Need I even introduce this girl? Okay, okay... Those of you who are not Bad Hair junkies, this here is the goddess we heard on that infectious Phases...

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...

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

It's award season and the first to kick off the year is the 16th Annual Metro FM Music Awards. They held their nominations announcement last nigh and ...

"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...

Nang'uPapa Action. This time he comes to us in the form of Le Paris, a singer, rapper and producer from Tembisa. He's rolling with Stilo Magolide who ...

Lalela! We're coming in guns blazing right now. Itsotsi By Nature is putting their best weapons forward. This fight is lyrical though. That's the only...

I'm putting you onto this so you see that Eric Bellinger is not just a cover artist, but that he can stand his own too and more than excels in his own...

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...

Trigga finna have a buzzing 2017. He promised his next album Tremaine some time in "early 2017" but in the meantime he's dropped the third installment...

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

"Hi sir, ma'am, what would you like to try on our menu today?" Wash your hands as we enter the food space with this here cookery by Cape Town's Timo ...

The most talked about song finally hits the social world. AKA and Anatii are back in studio together and ten fingers on the bible this is how the SA...

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...

Going into 2017 like ...... YEAH DAT WAY A video posted by ltido ???????? (@ltido) on Dec 27, 2016 at 12:41am PST Hello, 2017!!! Are you rea...

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...

Yo get Scoop on the phone. Yo tell him that OG Chase B is kicking it with Its The Real Podcast and they're talking about his tour life with Travis Sco...

I just love the visual technique used in this music video. Manu and Team really picked dope visuals to match a track that should have gotten more love...

T-Pain is adding to the number of rappers who've been showing up for Haiti this year as he ropes in Zoey Dollaz, who is of Haitian heritage, to vibe o...

Well ain't this something. The boys flip the script all the way to the opposite end of their current hit black Beatles to talk to about the experience...

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

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

Issshuuuuu! HOL' UP! HOL' UP! The Kid drops a freestyle and a video for his Young M.A OOOUUU take. This is for the fans who've supported him all year...

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

Tropicana jig have you living correct with Stilo Boet Tropics and King EISH, Riky Rick. Shukumisa sees the fellas minding their best business with a w...

You can expect to watch Manu WorldStar and Luna Florentino's Yewen music video next week Monday. Judging by the trailer that Manu sent me the music vi...

Last week Friday while everybody else was gearing up for the weekend, Makoya Bearings and LaMadrina were in the lab cooking something. It is not to sa...

Good vibes only! Anatii delivers the visuals for his smash Tell Me featuring Omarion which they shot during the #ARTIIFACTTour a few months ago. It's...

Good vibes only! Anatii delivers the visuals for his smash Tell Me featuring Omarion which they shot during the #ARTIIFACTTour a few months ago. It's...

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...

Here's a taste of what Omarion and Anatii were filming a few months back during the #ARTIIFACTTour. The video is due tomorrow so our hearts can surviv...

The Kid's growing on a lot of us right now. Kid Tini dropped his 18 piece mixtape Coming Of Age earlier this year and he's been in many conversations ...

What a fitting performance for this track, especially given the nature of its origin. The Hamilton Mixtape is finally out and I swear the producer of ...

I love the place where New Perspective's Crazy comes from. This slow jam is dedicated to all the women out there going through some pain but still man...

Ey yo! JUELZ SANTANA IS BACK! It's official. Jules has surfaced recently after a long musical hiatus with his Up In The Studio Gettin' Blown freestyle...

This is some wavey music. Vicci Martini teams up with Louw for the Pressure Remix a snare fleeting joint with some dope patters in the back. I love it...

Haters have become an important part of our culture. Because where would we be without the haters huh? Well, Sphe has a cool story to tell on how hate...

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

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

Psychedelic is a producer from the 021. He is mad nice with the production. I actually heard some of his unreleased material and let me tell you, this...

We saw them do a joint campaign for the Hype Freshman 2017 voting poll and they won. Now, after having worked together for so long, on so many other t...

We couldn't stroll past this gem. Static Selektah is on duty for the soundtrack of the A3C Festival in Atlanta and he'll be showcasing some remixes of...

Look, we can't ignore the magnitude of what it is for an independent artist, a rapper at that, to go on a national tour for most of the year. I mean? ...

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

Taken off their collaborative album Family Business, Trademark Da Skydiver and Young Roddy come through on Options reflecting on their come up journey...

So while we await the drop of Nasty C's Bad Hair Extensions album this Friday, he's shared a clip on his Instagram of what looks like a music video fo...

Smoke DZA rewinds time by doing Hands Of Time out in Minnesota reminiscing on things he'd like to do in the joint. We see him merging visuals of that ...

HE'S BACK! Don't count Juelz out of the running in 2017 yo! He announced a forthcoming album in the works and he drops the visuals for his Up In The ...

IT'S HERE! Finally. We shared some shots and clips of Bragga shooting the video for this piece and we love what we see. I particularly appreciate that...

Bobby Ray takes Christmas to the hood where Santa even pulls out a gun on him 'cause he owes him money. HILARIOUS. Nonetheless, this is not an actua...

It's Reason Season and I believe we gave you the forecasted weather conditions for this here day! We said to expect showers All The Time partly clo...

Yo'll remember the last time we Ashanti and Ja Rule on a track? Timeless things. Hip Hop and RnB's best duo reunite for a track taken off broadway mus...

This is amazing. So a collective of creatives from Chicago called 119 Productions are huddling up to present to the world a project titled Countdown 2...

Welcome to the MTV Base Mic Check cypher featuring the coveted A-Team. Ishuuuu! Shout out to DJ Switch one more time! Let's get to these rhymes thou...

Damnit! It's only about 6 seconds. Bragga has us on a leash yo! We saw her shooting the video over a month ago and I think the drop of the music video...

Hey now! I had to share some of this black boy magic with you. Well, the black girl magic counts too. Justine Skye collaborates with Africa's golden b...

Sheeesh, when was the last time Juelz Santana actually dropped some new work? Crazy. He's still in form on Up In The Studio Gettin Blown, a freestyle...

He's not King Kotini for play-play. Riky Rick has been shifting the landscape in music and fashion throughout the year and so it's only fitting the he...

Eish! It's Reason Season and it can't be such a time without a perfect forecasting of thunder showers, All The Time. Let's give you a heads up for t...

I'm really loving Termanology's subjects of focus on his album More Politics. They're personal, intellectual and quite reflective, which is my kinda v...

BalconyInterview: @TruhitzSA & @StiloMagolide_ On The Type Of Music He Makes x Touring With @smashis BalconyInterview Pt. 2: @StiloMagolide_ Tells ...

The story about this song came about is very moving. Touchline survived a near death experience and he vowed to himself that for as long as he's Still...

In the second part of our conversation with Stilo Magolide, we go deeper into the experience of being on tour. He talks to us about dodgy promoters, h...

We were On The Ground at the #SAHHA2016 nomination announcement last week Friday and we had an exciting chat with Saudi about his style. He also let u...

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

We sat down with Mr Jig himself, Stilo Magolide, as well as his familia Truhitz. Now, let's start you off with who Truhitz is, he just produced Stilo'...

We caught up with the bubbly NinaHastie (one word), PSYCHE! about being announced as the new host of the South African Hip Hop Awards alongside Batsil...

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 ...

Fresh off the drop of their much anticipated final album, also a first from them in 18 years, A Tribe Called Quest shared a lyric video for their soci...

Manu and Sandy are no strangers to SlikourOnLife. We have been following the journeys of these two homies for a while now. Let me tell you a quick sto...

We're facing the drop of the last ever album by A Tribe Called Quest and ahead of that and their promotions of a live performance on Saturday Night Li...

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

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

We thought we'd bring this clip out for all the Motswako lovers as we gear up for Maftown Heights, but also just in time for the South African Hip Hop...

Make way for the boys! Right now, we're buzzing from DrumzBySandy's joint Saucy to which he dropped the video to recently, but guess what? He's on pro...

"If Donald Trump win the spot then we back to the basics..." This song couldn't be more opportunely timed. America is looking like a slow fire right ...

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...

Please don't panic, Fanatic's got you fam. Man, how does DreamTeam manage to be so summer cool each time? DJ Fanatic saw the vision and he tags the...

Yeeerr! I'm really feeling this track bra. Venda rap makes my heart smile. TiaN comes through on this one with MainEvent asking all the real dudes to ...

DJ Fanatic announced yesterday that he's dropping his next single featuring one of your favourite cliques from the coast, DreamTeam. This after we las...

Now this is impressive. Kxng Blu, who produced Ginger Trill's current smash Swaggaphobia, comes through with a music video for a track he dropped just...

After the lengthy hold up with his album MC4 and it being leaked before it's proposed release, French Montana decided to take it out as a mixtape inst...

For all the heads, A Tribe Called Quest is releasing their final album after 18 years of silence. They've revealed the album cover for their sixth and...

The king of Ghanaian rap, Sarkodie has dropped a single titled Politics and he addresses the subject matter in his native language, Twi. He does this ...

The smash is here! It all sounds like a mad beach party to be honest. And with Stilo Magolide being Mr Tropicana, I can't be faulted. I mean, just cav...

OMW! I am actually fighting back my tears. No gas. It's more than just the song. These visuals are amazing. Seeing the police officer being the one sh...

Please believe me when I say that I actually played this EP again when it ended. It's refreshing. I can't quite box it, ironically. Tia Black is a ver...

Shout out to DJ Smokes for this dope montage. He did a dance fusion remix to Supa Mega's One Time hit and he's got the visuals for it now too. How oft...

B-Sting got a new smash and it's titled Everyday. Hot off the success of his previous joint Remedy he comes through on this one tagging Daddy Longstem...

Imagine a world where the kotini is brought to the tropics for a shaking? RIGHT THERE! Yes. That's precisely what we're in for this Friday when Stilo ...

I give to you a young producer from Cap City who tags along Dedrick and Neffew on this bass heavy joint. It's definitely something to bop your head to...

Reporting live from Andretti 10/30, the 10th mixtape that Spitta has dropped this year. Can you even fathom this work ethic though? Fresh off the Sept...

I can't stop smiling! The amount of fun that is being had in this video is too much for my heart to witness! The comments section is BUZZING with hype...

Boolz is back with a new EP titled Money MotivHated. I love the title of this EP but love the sound even more. Boolz is really punching above his weig...

Kenyan quartet Sauti Sol will be flying the continent's flag really high when they tour the United States of America. The recently crowned "Best Group...

Your fave, DJ Smokes is at it again, sprinkling some magic onto Supa Mega's One Time hit. On this remix he gives it what he calls a 'future dancehall'...

Slow clap! Just wow... The camera angles on this music video carry the whole purpose and intent of it. We see YG going through a police car chase alo...

We got another one from Zimbabwe, this time we head to Bulawayo City for Vinnie The King with Thousand Miles. Now, you have to understand that scourgi...

So Scrambles 4 Money is hosting their PPV battle this weekend which will see 16 battles of emcees representing 5 countries battle it out. You need to ...

Dedela abantwana! This fresh trio from Mpumalanga come through feeling like Yeezy and doing everything they do according to the protocol required of p...

Ay yai yai! Spring/Summer 2016 is on smash bakithi! Hit after hit, after hit, Mzantsi is furious right now. Here's a cooler from Mawe2 featuring Briga...

Tory Lanez dropped two loosies titled Time which is a track about love and being a sad boy. Look No Further is vibes and is all about kicking it with ...

This is such a dope video. It's all about the detail and the minor visual effects here and there. Rockie Fresh comes through on Still Watching flexing...

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Music transcends all borders, all genres sometimes and that's precisely what we can anticipate on this one. Yup! DJ Tira is currently rendering an Afr...

Ladies and gentlemen of hip hop, I present to you We Make Better Music Than You, a mere statement. Lemme fill you in. This is the beginning of a new e...

WHERE ARE THE BABES?? I really don't know why L-Tido is asking us these questions because it's clear that they are all in his music video. This guy br...

A$ton is commenting on the 100 Days, 100 Nights killings in South Central, Los Angeles on this one. He manages to add a very chilling effect of some h...

Drake has once again shattered the music streaming record books. It was announced that One Dance is sitting on 880 million streams. The previous recor...

This KZN duo featured on our underdog feature months back and now they're back with their official debut single, Overtime. They've grown since their t...

L-Tido's visuals for his latest single Bana Ba Kae is expected to drop tomorrow and to keep us company in our excitement, 'cause you know Tido never d...

DJ p.H is on a fresh new wind. Homie just joined 5FM and now he's pulling this call-all-the-neighbours-out tune from his kitchen. We posted a video of...

So PDogg (from PalmTree Paradise) called me last week Friday telling me he will be in Jo'burg with PalmTree and I was like "that's dope, y'all should ...

@BigStar_Live - Understand @KwestaDaKAR ft @DjMaphorisa x @Deejay_Buckz x @okmalumkoolkat - #Mayibabo @StiloMagolide x @YoungstaCPT - #PoseLikeS...

"I feel like it's something different. I call it Afro Fusion. It has all kinds of music. It has the Afrobeats, it has the house music. Everything just...

I'm retiring this year for real. But I do have one or two films that I made commitments to earlier, before I announced my retirement. Apart from that,...

While the fans are screaming for an album from the Sean Don, he keeps us lit, and quite literally so on this one featuring 2 Chainz. A few weeks ago, ...

Let's continue looking at artists I feel have taken the bar a notch higher in defining success in the SA Hip Hop scene. I'm talking about setting inte...

The days of radio, television and publication media reaffirming your popularity or your arrival status have passed courtesy of a new generation of art...

Demmet! I would turn right around the door if at all I was storming out if Tiller sang this chorus to me. So beautiful. After going platinum with his...

Last night Riky Rick had an impromptu chat with his cotton eaters. The cotton eaters asked King Kotini everything underneath the sun. They wanted to k...

Last night Riky Rick had an impromptu chat with his cotton eaters. The cotton eaters asked King Kotini everything underneath the sun. They wanted to k...

Let me fill you in on the fact that apart from this here EP, Sci T already has another EP on cue to drop once this one picks up weight. Now that's wor...

It's always a movie when the Jigiest, Stilo Magolide is in the mix. He tags with The Cape & Good Dope flamethrower YoungstaCPT to give you the visuals...

It's always a movie when the Jigiest, Stilo Magolide is in the mix. He tags with The Cape & Good Dope flamethrower YoungstaCPT to give you the visuals...

Taken off his Kairi Chanel album, named after his daughter since he recorded it while she was still in he mother's womb, Dave comes through with visua...

"I guess all I'm saying, anybody can be somebody" Well, damn! Ain't that something? I like this kinda flossing. It's almost healthy. Curren$y's not ...

@DJCapital90 Chats To @DjDimplez At #ARTIIFACTTour @YoungstaCPT x @GanjaBeatz x @Slikouronlife Freestyle @DJCaptital90 Chats To @DreamTeamDBN At...

@DJCapital90 Chats To @DjDimplez At #ARTIIFACTTour @YoungstaCPT x @GanjaBeatz x @Slikouronlife Freestyle @DJCaptital90 Chats To @DreamTeamDBN At...

"A Seat At The Table, Beginning Stages" is a look at the early days of Solange's songwriting, jam sessions, experimentation, collaboration, and the ex...

This is dope. The brotherhood between Correy C and Cozz' crew is pretty admirable and they tag up for this one, which is produced by Meez they're affi...

Hahah! Isn't DJ Capital such a ball of entertainment? He chats to us about being part of Anatii's tour and how the world is coming to us for a change,...

Move aside for the A Team bathong! Miss Pru ain't finna mess with none of us as she churns another star studded anthem titled uGesi featuring Emtee, S...

We caught up with the fellas backstage at the #ARTIIFACTTour this past weekend courtesy of DJ Capital and they gave us the low down on their current w...

Look, summer 16' just got interesting I say. What is this? Pheuw. DJ p.H is set to drop this scorcher next week sometime. Till The Morning features DA...

"The only way you can speak to the youth today is through this thing of ours that we love called hip hop" Spot on grootman! This is only three years ...

"The only way you can speak to the youth today is through this thing of ours that we love called hip hop" Spot on grootman! This is only three years ...

"Real G's move in silence like lasagne." This is often the case with K.O who is not much of a talker but a doer. The skhanda king is onto the next o...

Damn! This boy is mad talented. He went ahead and animated the lyric video for his smooth track Funny How taken off his You're Absolutely Right EP. Th...

Sheesh! If you missed either of the #ARTIIFACTTour dates, then we would like to extend our deepest condolences to you. But you know we got you. Peep t...

Sheesh! If you missed either of the #ARTIIFACTTour dates, then we would like to extend our deepest condolences to you. But you know we got you. Peep t...

Can we first acknowledge the fact that this man dropped 9 mixtape this year?! SHEESH! My Man is the last track off his recent Andretti 9/30 mixtape. T...

Loving Cape Town's eclectic Miss Celaneous on this feature. Maftown rapper Cagey's definitely growing his network and connecting hoods with this joint...

#ARTIIFACTTour supermega at the building @akaworldwide best performance of the Tour pic.twitter.com/r1jzoA76oz— Nelson Dlamini (@NelsonNkosie) S...

#ARTIIFACTTour supermega at the building @akaworldwide best performance of the Tour pic.twitter.com/r1jzoA76oz— Nelson Dlamini (@NelsonNkosie) S...

This is taken off a soundtrack album titled The Birth Of A Nation: The Inspired By Album which is a musical accompaniment of a historical drama set ar...

Music for the soul! Apollo Brown and Skyzoo have a joint album titled The Easy Truth, and this song featuring Joel Ortiz was the first to drop earlier...

When I saw this on social media I got excited for a few reasons. One of the reasons though, is that AKA x Anatii could do such amazing music if they c...

Fresh off their 90951 drop, the boys bring out the visuals for their Hit-Boy featured track Play Action. Refreshing take to a hip hop music with a gym...

We caught up with Omarion ahead of the #ARTIIFACTTour with Anatii which kicks off tomorrow in Jo'burg and he spoke to us about the progression between...

The noise on Omarion's presence in South Africa for Anatii's ARTIIFACT Tour is increasing by the moment as the pair prepares to perform live for SA m...

The noise on Omarion's presence in South Africa for Anatii's ARTIIFACT Tour is increasing by the moment as the pair prepares to perform live for SA m...

Taken off her Bragga EP, Nadia has shot a music video for Don't Cut It which is the only solo joint off the work. I applaud that she's shooting a vide...

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...

This is that sit-down-and-let-your-elders-speak type music. Taken off his All Or Nothing: Live It Up mixtape, Lloyd calls on fellow New Yorkers, Prodi...

Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you The Overdub compiled by Jo'burg producer MustBeDubz consisting of some of the dopest hits of the past year. Sh...

Kendrick Lamar was the only hip hop act at The Global Citizen Festival in New York's Central Park this weekend. KDot made a dramatic entrance to his U...

Here's what the team at Vth Season has to say about this weekend's squabble between Tshiamo and Black Coffee: "The Vth Season confirms that one of ou...

Shu! Young M.A's ego must be roof high by now. Her joint's been hailing remix after remix from Nicki Minaj's Pinkprint Freestyle to Meek Mill and The ...

@ANATII - He Talks His International Connects & How His Approach Is When Meeting Internationals BalconyInterview part 2: Anatii Gives Lessons On Au...

Shot in the streets of Cape Town, Youngsta and Stilo have dreams of being rich only to wake up to a reality in the Cape Town hoods. Their hustle conti...

This is prolly the most awesome tech news I have seen in a while. So, Tinder is a dating platform that allows you to find a date or potential hook ups...

This is prolly the most awesome tech news I have seen in a while. So, Tinder is a dating platform that allows you to find a date or potential hook ups...

A-Reece continues his love story after having dropped the video for his single Mgani last week, which has been getting a lot of love on radio. This ...

"My circle is so small I call it a triangle/" Awe Youngsta. The video for this neat cut is finally here after we saw him filming it months ago. Youngs...

He brought you the joint, now watch as Deceptikon gets a visit from a beau who tickles his fancy in the video for his latest single. I can appreciate ...

Sheesh! This is so special. Danny debuted this during an interview on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show where he goes on to explain the song and why his ...

In part 2 of our chat with Anatii, we continue talking international connects but he opens us up to what he's really trying to do. Anatii's trying to ...

In part 2 of our chat with Anatii, we continue talking international connects but he opens us up to what he's really trying to do. Anatii's trying to ...

We take you back to 2014 when Anatii sent us into a frenzy over him working with our favourite music locksmith, DJ Khaled. We see them here rocking ou...

We take you back to 2014 when Anatii sent us into a frenzy over him working with our favourite music locksmith, DJ Khaled. We see them here rocking ou...

We take you back to 2014 when Anatii sent us into a frenzy over him working with our favourite music locksmith, DJ Khaled. We see them here rocking ou...

We take you back to 2014 when Anatii sent us into a frenzy over him working with our favourite music locksmith, DJ Khaled. We see them here rocking ou...

One of the nicest joints to come out of Rustenburg, featuring an all Rustenburg line up. Can't Go Back embodies the spirit of a Rustenburg come-up kid...

As we wait for Breezy's Heartbreak On A Full Moon, here's a track featuring a heartbreak kid, Bryson Tiller, which is actually a rendition of Guordon ...

We had a chance to sit with Anatii on the #BalconyInterview and he talks to us about his international affiliations to how they became collaborations ...

It's on the waaaay, it's on the way! We've been following the journey towards the Fuego mixtape set to drop 24th October 2016 and we've heard the musi...

It's on the waaaay, it's on the way! We've been following the journey towards the Fuego mixtape set to drop 24th October 2016 and we've heard the musi...

I've noticed how Tip's latest music has been aimed at addressing the racial prejudice that Black Americans continue to face, particularly when innocen...

We all know by now that many DJ tracks are a collaboration between the DJ and producers. On this massive collabo after Cassper and Vigi were not seein...

It's hard to believe how much space there actually is in this whip. Isaiah and crew cruise along the city and even past a car wash while puffing, sipp...

Breaking news. WTF have now unveiled the artwork for their collab with MrCashtime. AmaTrophy drops tomorrow at 1. Peep the press release after the ju...

It was just yesterday when we hit them up backstage calling them out on their choreography blooper while performing. Fast forward to today, Trey, Saso...

One can never really know the cost of another man's dream and in this reflective video Shane wears his heart on his sleeve and keeps the visuals to a ...

With his BlankFace LP out, Q shows us another side of him with this new look in a video featuring Miguel and the sultry-voiced Justine Skye where they...

With his BlankFace LP out, Q shows us another side of him with this new look in a video featuring Miguel and the sultry-voiced Justine Skye where they...

Tech just announced that his next album The Storm is set to drop on December 9th, with that he dropped 3 tracks and this particular one is so lethal! ...

This ISM Beats production sees the mysterious Atlanta artist team up with Ty and Gotti to give us a trappy joint with that sing-along factor. 24hrs ju...

The Boy Doing Things dropped the video of this sweet ode to that special one who's been with you van toeka af tot-tot. The video follows the story of ...

Scoop finally gave in and joined the Insta universe. Going with the name theonlyscoopmakhathini which should always be in CAPS BY THE WAY. SCOOP ANNO...

Dearly beloved, Anatti's album is out now. I have been bumping it on ITunes and sonically it is there. We have waited a long time to taste the artisti...

Dearly beloved, Anatti's album is out now. I have been bumping it on ITunes and sonically it is there. We have waited a long time to taste the artisti...

Our favourite DJ from the US does it again, this time bringing us a SuperNova blend of AKA's hit One Time. It was his birthday yesterday, but he bless...

What a relevant conversation that DJ Switch is having with DJ's Dimplez, Zan D and production crew Ganja Beatz. He's always been about unity and pulli...

This one is for your day ones. Leezy raps about people who stick with you through and through and how he'll take them with him to the top. This infect...

All the way from Swaziland, S/O to Tiyas for this alternative track featuring Ice Prince who lays down a pretty dope verse. ...

All the way from Swaziland, S/O to Tiyas for this alternative track featuring Ice Prince who lays down a pretty dope verse. ...

Last month's underdog entrant B-Sting wasted no time in doing the video for his mellow joint Remedy. While we're just getting into its groove, he take...