Quick question, what did you do on your 21st birthday? Better yet, do you remember your debut single? These are questions that come as a result of ...
We would like to start off by wishing the K1 GOAT a very happy birthday, many blessings and may his star continue to shine bright. Kwesta and Thabsie'...
Story behind this song. It was supposed to be dropped a week before the release of Cassper's album Thuto with only Riky and Cassper, but Riky wasn't h...
I just spoke to Junior De Rocka so it's official we can drop this leak. No artwork or proper mix but we'll work with this. Click here to read the st...
It's finally out y'all! We've been waiting for this doccie to drop and we finally get to peep it after it premiered on the British Channel 4, now it's...
Hov and Ye are apparently still beefing and this feud had recently inspired a new doccie called Public Enemies: Jay-Z vs Kanye. You guys remember how ...
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...
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...
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...
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?...
What a beautiful gathering it is when music takes precedence and artistry is shining brighter than this scenic sunset on JR's balcony. Kwesta, who jus...
What a glorious weekend for SA Hip Hop, and maybe even for justice in the music scope as a whole. Leading up to the SAMAs we saw that people were skep...
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...
What are are Makwa and DaKAR up to now? And if you can't tell by now when a new single is being cooked, these are the signs: multiple posts with a sim...
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 ...
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...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Music is a therapy. It heals, moulds and rebuilds. Music feeds the soul and Kanye West uses this medium to bleed a brand new version of J. Holiday's 2...
Kwesta drops off the moving visuals for his DaKAR II love dedication featuring the gorgeous and talented Thabsie. The music video for Ngiyaz'fela Ngaw...
Kwesta has shared a visual for his DaKAR II banger Kokotela featuring Yanga and Kid X with no warning whatsoever. Or did we know? I doubt we saw this ...
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...
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....
I can tell you now, you never espedet these sounds from all 4 of these joints. Just wow. I cannot begin to elaborate the maturity, the universalism (i...
What you know about making the ground shake? Well, Rap Lyf got you covered in those lessons as they prepare to drop not one, or two, and not even thre...
Kwesta is lyrical and always delivers some of the best wordplay in the game, he also tells stories pretty well and knows how to pour his heart out. Ng...
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...
We caught up with the Rap Lyf familia Kwesta, Kid X and TLT, as well as Reason backstage at the South African Hip Hop Awards to chop up our Top 10 Mos...
We were On The Ground at Kwesta's merchandise launch last week and he took us through how he managed to get his range stocked by international brand N...
It's December 1st and that means we get to tap into the MTV Base roundtable conversation about who are the Top 10 most rated artists of 2016 according...
It's December 1st and that means we get to tap into the MTV Base roundtable conversation about who are the Top 10 most rated artists of 2016 according...
What is happening with Yeesuz guys? Is he well lately? So Kanye West paused yet ANOTHER concert performance to rant. He went off at "radio" for not ...
Teach this man how to turn up bandla! Taken off his Siyaphanda Mixtape, Siya Shezi drops West as a prelude. On this one, Siya Shezi's comically admi...
Issshu! Are we flexing or what? And what fusion godliness is this production? Now this is colourful music. I'm hearing mad synths, rock elements in th...
"If that album is not nominated in no categories, I'm not showing up to the GRAMMYs," "As artists, we gotta come together to fight the bullsh! they'v...
Call him what you like but Kanye knows how to hit at people's heart strings. For Kim's 36th birthday, Kanye presented her with an emotional and specia...
I'm guessing this is what it has come to Presidential Rollie boy, Africa's not a jungle... Ya neh. Last night Kanye stopped the music whilst on tour ...
@BigStar_Live - Understand @KwestaDaKAR ft @DjMaphorisa x @Deejay_Buckz x @okmalumkoolkat - #Mayibabo @StiloMagolide x @YoungstaCPT - #PoseLikeS...
I like this newly formed group, No Panty, comprising of Bodega Bamz, Joell Ortiz, and Nitty Scott. This is their first visual Hola off their new Wests...
This the perfect get away scene that we all dream of. A high speed chase with bikes in your Porsche, to a sexy escort in a Maybach then to a speed boa...
Zane Lowe drops an exclusive from Juicy J featuring Kanye West. Kanye doesn't drop any verse on this piano driven joint but he leads the chorus. All...
So Ye said Cudder has been the most influential artist in the past 10 years. Does this mean the beef is over? I'm so confused. He went real emo duri...
When Mayibabo dropped last week, the streets went berserk. Soon after that DaKAR announced the #MayibaboDance challenge on his TL and boom, we got to ...
Nah fam! You can't expect Yeezy to stay mum over Cudder's swipes at him. During his live performance of "I Don't Like" in Tampa, Florida, Yeezy's bloo...
Just three days ago DaKAR dropped this infectious tune featuring Okmalumkoolkat, DJ Buckz and Maphorisa, much to the excitement of many judging by the...
Seems like Yeezy is stacking up his artists roster at G.O.O.D Music. He snatched the mic, as only he know how to, at the G.O.O.D Music pop-up show in ...
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Kwesta finally drops his single with Okmalumkoolkat, Dj Buckz and Dj Maphorisa. I can tell you that this was personally my nex...
Even though Ye forgot about dropping a Teyana Taylor album, at least he remembered to including her in his video for "Fade". Can we please discuss for...
Ye held a secret art show in Los Angeles where those “Famous” nude bodies were on display. Kanye wasn’t able to make it, as he was in New York prepari...
THE WHOLE ENTIRE FUCKING PABLO POP UP SHOP BY @DondaCreate HAPPENING IN CAPE TOWN FRI,SAT,& SUNDAY. FUCKING GOOD LORD. THANK YOU @kanyewest— s...
This ???????? track ???????? has ???????? all ???????? the ???????? Kwaito ???????? flavour !! I won't lie, it took me back a bit. Cassper on the ch...
This ???????? track ???????? has ???????? all ???????? the ???????? Kwaito ???????? flavour !! I won't lie, it took me back a bit. Cassper on the ch...
For the grown and sexy wanting to have a good vaarb and stuff of that nature. Shuuu the women on this video are a lot mate, watch the video after the ...
Like am so naar right now why ruin a great thing heh, guess Kanye West couldn't help himself by jumping on Desiigner's latest hit "Timmy Turner". De...
Yeezus ambitions have reached an all time high, from restructure the music industry’s streaming services, Mr West also wants to run for president. Plu...
Just when everyone thought it was just going to be normal weekend with no drama, Mr Kardashian had other ideas. Kanye took it upon himself to disclose...
Kanye took the opportunity of the 'Wolves' video to launch his collaboration with fashion house Balmain. This video was a dope merger where Hip Hop an...
The Land, an independent film by first-time director Steven Caple Jr., follows four Cleveland inner-city teen friends – Cisco (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.), J...
Your favourite DJ on the decks has got something in the oven. I don't know when it's going to be ready but when it is ready, we'll be ready with 'em o...
Your favourite DJ on the decks has got something in the oven. I don't know when it's going to be ready but when it is ready, we'll be ready with 'em o...
I knew there was reason behind this cold front, like hell froze over and smacked us all upside the head. Never thought I would see the day where Amber...
Putting aside his pending battle with Taylor Swift, Mr West got on his model steez for the new fall/winter (Summer if you are living in the Southern a...
Through the ups and downs, the good and bad times share endurance on Kwesta in believing music will always be his ultimate savior. Mino ft TLT is dope...
Do artists say every song is their biggest single? Well this was almost two years ago when Kwesta was pushing the first Dakar and he felt Find A W...
An on going drama between the West's and Taylor Swift over her approving/disapproving the infamous line about Taylor on "Famous" "For all my Southsid...
Mr Beefs drops a suprise joint with Reason, Kwesta and BlakLez and the plan is to continue forward without quitting hence the title of the song. Strea...
Dj Sliqe taking it to the streets with "Mercy" featuring his missionaries Riky Rick, Reason, Kwesta and Thaiwanda. No one is safe, peep the video afte...
Morale, Gigi and Kwesta use "Korobela" (term meaning love potion) figuratively as Hip Hop women, man in Gigi's case, gave them "Korobela". All about h...
Random chat amongst friends is what I can describe this interview. Wireless Festival backstage as the setting, Tim Westwood sat down with Vince Staple...
Damn Damn. BurnaBoy visted Tim Westwood studio to light one up x crack a mean wavvy free. Burna just took his time with this free x its so dope. Its s...
This is like the RnB re-up ! To whoever hooked up this beat get 100 G Points ! If you didn't like the original because of its's RnB status, give this ...
Cassper packages the verses that have opened a lot of doors for South Africans as Sway's says at the end of the interview. This is Same Chair As Kan...
We’ve only just begun. Introducing the next chapter: adidas + @KanyeWest. pic.twitter.com/kSHPqD6xzj— adidas (@adidas) June 29, 2016 After ...
This is a remix joint that Consequence did with Kanye a while ago. Consequence only released it now and its so dope when Kanye was still a come up a...
Listen it might not be the high definition video that you might see on Tidal but people out there are cracking every code just like Kanye created wa...
Remember when Kanye had that huge public launch of the Life Of Pablo he showcased a game inspired by his mother? Well he dropped the official trailer ...
Kwesta is so wavy at the moment. Ngudu x his double disk album have done the most in terms of culture. Seeing that we are celebrating I decided to ask...
Congratulations to Kwesta for achieving not one, but two, Gold certifications, for the album DaKAR II, as well as Gold single certification for his sm...
Kwesta's just cruising smoothly with things lately. Homeboy dropped the "Day Ones" video on Trace 2 weeks ago and it is now officially live on VEVO fo...
Kwesta's just cruising smoothly with things lately. Homeboy dropped the "Day Ones" video on Trace 2 weeks ago and it is now officially live on VEVO fo...
We caught up with the deep voiced duo Kwesta and Kid X on the red carpet. Kwesta was there to support Kid X and also to hit the stage later on. X pr...
Credit: Rap Genius 1.New York City on my birthday, June 6th, 2014 I had that first meeting with Hov, plus I brought out the whole team I drank that ...
Im not sure how the new Schoolboy Q is been received in the world but I havent seen this single on the charts. I thought it was cool not really hit ...
Not sure about the homeboys pink hair but this video is dope. He dropped this one yesterday so make sure you peep it after the jump. Ntukza is not lis...
Last week Dj Switch was premiering the NowOrNever video at Cantare. Now already that should tell you something is wrong when the concept of the video ...
DJ Switch drops the video we been waiting for and damn, the video fits perfectly with the track. Brilliant concept. Peep it after the jump. ...
Download Over Here Dj Sliqe and Tweezy are back once again with a new smash feauturing industry big names like Riky,Kwesta and Reason. Thai plays ...
Damn this was a year after Biggie passed. Jayz was still on his way to superstardom thats how long ago this tape was created. Damn the beats still...
Ah no ways. I can already tell this track is going to be outta this world. You can't tell me a track with Riky, Kwesta, Reason & Thai's voice ain't go...
Kanye West takes his rant to the Ellen show and puts some dope sht in it.All on I know his jumping from one topic to another and Ellen is just quie...
One of the most lyrical track to drop last year is getting a video. Peep the pictures from the gram that dropped yesterday.Looking forward to seeing t...
SPHE & Naves have released on behalf of their hip-hop side this time around, and it's one featuring heavyweights. You honestly can't go wrong with Rea...
Schoolboy Q drops a new single with Kanye West this one is dope nice way for Schoolboy Q to make a comeback. ...
Last week in Durban I asked Scoop what he thought of Ian Connor and he said "My dude Ian Connor is necessary in these streets. The culture needs this"...
This video is clearly from a rich n*gga who comes from a bloodline of riches. This video is just wealthy. Gahddamn ???? *StankFace ...
Kanye West has a telephonic chat with Steve Harvey. He talks about his inspiration, Wiz Khalifa and his first close to gospel single Ultralight Beam...
I mean its only right that the biggest track in the states allows for the artist to drop a free right? Well thats what Desiigner did on Tim Westwoods ...
Jovislash did it last week and now he creates a video of Kwesta's Ngud'. This is the unofficial remix straight out of Alex. ...
While Kwesta was signed to us I made the mistake of being judgemental of his situation when he was about to have a baby. The track Ngiyaz'fela Ngawe...
Yanga been busy in studio and he keeps showing up on other peoples joints while he builds his EP. We talk about him hating on Kwesta in the beginnin...
The last episode of Kocktails With Khloe airs on Wednesday and Kanye and Kim are closing the show.Peep the teaser....
When Nas and Jayz had beef Scarface dropped an album and featured both of them on it. It was publicised like its the first album with Nas and Jayz t...
Pop needs to come alive in SA. This track is too smooth, and of course Kwesta's effortlessness is impeccable. Too wavy. ...
The next single from the DAKAR album. I saw some pictures earlier on this way with AKA and Kwesta. I think we might see also see a video for this ...
A$AP Rocky brought out Kanye during his Coachella 2016 set. Kanye on the day performed "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 which is one of the dopest track...
We signed Kwesta 9 years ago and he's only reaching his prime now. It seems the theory that it normally takes ten years to break is proven. We talk ...
Kwesta tells me that Malum never wanted to jump on Mayibabo cause he never liked it and also talks about the number of studios that this album was...
So Yanga the rap dude used to work for us at Buttabing but what we never knew is that he had rap aspirations. I mean we talked about it when I first...
If that means I gotta be like what everyone else be like/ I don't want to be liked. Later he added, most artists aren't appreciated in their own time/...
You know our conversation with Kwesta was real cause we go back. He kinda got into him groove when he went his own path and I was just curious what ...
Make sure you make your way to Bahamas in Kwa-Thema this Saturday and get turnt up in support of Kwesta's hit single "Ngud" reaching 1 million views o...
Andre 3000 talks about the possible Tribe Called Quest and Outkast album that never happened. Kanye crashes the funeral with out an invitatio...
You know this post is about WizKid and Dj Maphorisa.These singles are only available on iTunes. You can hear the African influence on One Dance featur...
Kwesta x Cassper Nyovest "Ngudu" music video just hit 1 million views on YouTube. I don't know about you but this is dope considering the fact that Kw...
Dj Switch just dropped the single Now Or Never and he is a competitive cat so we had to ask him which verse was his favourite. Now Or Never featur...
As promised the homie Ntukza drops a brand new joint featuring Kwesta. This one is called Illa. When I saw the title I thought they were playing wit...
Haven't heard Danny Brown in a minute he joins Westside Gunn on Bodies Of Fairfax. This guy sounds like Action Bronson which is a problem cause Acti...
Ntukza is serious about making a comeback its not more than two weeks and already he's dropping a new single with the man of the moment Kwesta. Looko...
The king of African rap Kwesta, Who just recently released his much anticipated hip hop album #DAKARII, Which in his own words is the greatest work he...
The king of African rap Kwesta, Who just recently released his much anticipated hip hop album #DAKARII, Which in his own words is the greatest work he...
The track drops tomorrow morning and if you missed it on MsCosmo's show this past Sunday here some lines to hold you down till tomorrow. ...
"New project with 2 Chainz and Wayne dropping this Friday." This is what Kanye revealed via his Twitter account. Peep the tweet after the jump. The t...
Ye cant be stopped with his perspective and so he continues atleast this was a twitter rant. This song is basically his rant....
It makes you feel like it should of been longer right?...
The funniest oke does it again. BOOM - Parody tweets. Okay Wasabi took to twitter this morning after Kanye West's tweets and decided to ask not Mark...
Kanye West finally dropped his album yesterday and this is one of the stand out joints on the albums. I've only listened to it once and I liked Hi...
OVO Sound Radio happened again last week and the OVO firm dropped this new track by Skepta titled "Ladies Hit Squad" featuring Double E x ASAP Nasty. ...
Damn these videos are so dope. Seems like everyone from the Kardashians x Cudi x Pusha were having fun. Its a celebration yo. Peep the videos from #...
I spent the wee hours of the morning following the #YeezySeason3 stream from Tidal live at the Mecca , Madison Square Garden that is. The place where ...
Beats 1 Radio show OTHERtone, hosted by Pharrell and Scott "brokemogul" Vener just dropped this awesome Kanye West tribute mix seeing that today is Ka...
Well Kanye is a big deal and this is a little documentary where his legacy is discussed. I remember listening to this guy for the first time and I h...
To keep it real with you I liked all of Kanye album titles Switch,Wave or whatever he had this one is doesnt move me. For an artist thats always talki...
No plans of releasing a joint album from X and Kwesta yet. Kid X is definitely working on something new for the year and tells us the general plan f...
Because Swish WAVES dropping soon. Peep the exclusive interview he had with Bog Boy where they discuss all things SWISH x Wiz and more after the jum...
The man that started the word Wavy gives his take on Kanye West titling the album Wave and Wiz Khalifa defending him. ...
Statik Selektah drops a new joint with Westside Gunn, Conway, Your Old Droog, & Termanology. The beat is what champion hip hop beats are made from. ...
Nowadays artists dont say much about their collaborations until the song is ready or released. One of the reasons I guess is to keep the surprise elem...
I first heard the term "Waves" when Metro Boomin was interviewed by Elliot Wilson on his Rap Radar Podcast. Basically waves is an energy, a feeling th...
A new version of Kanye's Black Skinhead has hit the net and it features La Flame x Miley Cyrus. As we wait for SWISH to drop this should keep us going...
Morale cant be stopped on he has been dropping singles and videos consistently from Lotto to Korobela. The homie cant be stopped. Stream and download ...
Everything is in reverse on the brand new video from Kwesta and Cassper Nyovest. An exclusive drop on our site and we'll drink to that. If you dont ...
New music from Kanye West after Kim Kardashian dropped the advert on her social media page that we should expect something. This one also has a bonu...
On the 12th of October we dropped this story that showed 15 seconds of Kanye auditioning for American Idols. Well now we actually found the full clip ...
One of my favourite track on Pusha-T's Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude.No Kanye on the video but still dope either way. ...
Smashis - Simelane Smashis finally dropped his mixtape on his birthday. It was a dope tape but the timing was so wrong in my opinion. You could of ea...
Download Here Tomorrow Reason and Kwesta host their first stadium event at Huntersfield. They call it the #ReasonKwestaChristmasEve. If you dont ha...
Kwesta just dropped his top charting single "Nomayini" on the net. 24 hours ago the single was trending on iTunes so i guess it makes sense that we wa...
Make sure you get yourself to this event. Its going to be the biggest youth event in the East. Show love and party at a different place this year....
Make sure you get yourself to this event. Its going to be the biggest youth event in the East. Show love and party at a different place this year....
The story here is that Rae Sremmurd's Pen game is not as it seems and that Mike Will Made It writes their lyrics for them. This statement was made by ...
"I am a cassanova x swagger nova with serious money sonny see you getting funny money you Trevor Noah" Oh boy. South Africa stand up x Mpumalanga x C...
“Imagine if da Vinci or Michelangelo or Galileo were asked not to think of anything except for the one thing they first became famous for. So da Vinci...
I think its the first time I have seen an artist drop a video of his album before the actual album is sold to the public. Well while we wait for Kwest...
Smashis finally drops the video for Nigh and Da y with featuring Cashtime partner Kid X and scheme Kwesta. It look like they weren't at the same pla...
KO is in London doing big things. Peep the interview with Factory 78 where he talks SA Hip Hop x Beef x early days of Teargas with MA E x Ntukza Wa...
Lyrically is Kwesta underrated? Who does the rating? He talks about his collaborations with AKA,Cassper Nyovest,Yanga and Kid X. ...
The album is dropping on digital in two weeks and you can get the physical copy in three weeks....
Put everything into this album... The most draining experience anyone could endure. It's well worth the wait for DaKAR II... It's almost o...
The track is a smash. Kwesta really brought it on this one and at this rate I can't wait to hear Dakar 2 bro. The visuals on #Nomayini really compleme...
Dot Com drops a new track with the homie Kwesta and ofcourse the woman on his arm Nadia Nakai. Nice chill for the summer make sure upholile when you...
Kwesta had a listening session last week and we caught up with some of the people that worked on the project. Ganja Beats tell us about the process ...
I must say this video is on another level. With minimal talking Ye takes you on a journey of his season 2 Yeezy collection and all things grey, bage a...
Kwesta drops a surprise Friday track this evening. Download the K1 God over here....
SAHOTTESTMCs season is in effect and these are the freestyles building up to the show. You best be ready for it....
Why did Kanye release this on Soundcloud x not Tidal? Is this really an exclusive from Ye? Who knows hey. Also I wonder if we will ever hear Swish in...
Yesterday we dropped the track today we drop the video. Is it real or all a dream? You'll have to watch the whole video to know what Im talking about....
Straight out the oven P Dot drops the brand new video from his tune Move Over. Yup like every remix it has a gang of ninjaz....
Yo Obama is so cool though. He will be sorely missed when his term in office is over....
Since everyone battling to bring back their careers nowadays I decided that I join the committee. Check out this one on one with Kwesta all for fun no...
Its a long interview so make sure you ready for the ride. Kanye talks about music criticism, classicism, racism and the works. Will this be another q...
This track was dropped earlier this year on Hot 97 and is only seeing the day of light now. ...
