Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many, at first, ...

A musical movement in Africa reshapes hip-hop. Nov. 9, 2007— -- A quick Google search of the phrase "HipLife" pulls up a surprising 78.8 million hits. But what is it? A fad diet? A new self-help ...

Reviewed by Luis Gimenez in African music (Grahamstown, South Africa) 9 (3) 2013, pages 192-195. Reviewed by Caroline Mose in Journal of African cultural studies (London) 25 (2) June 2013, pages ...

Two brothers have been charged with the murder of South African rapper Kiernan Forbes, popularly known as "AKA", following their extradition from neighbouring Eswatini. Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande ...

BARCELONA, Spain — On a recent afternoon on a hotel rooftop, rapper Sho Madjozi was twirling one of her candy-pink plaits and talking through her signature style. These bright extensions were inspired ...

Asika agrees that without the African blueprint, aspects of rap in hip-hop culture would cease to exist. “The music that the Black Americans have generated is music coming from their original source ...