The 31st annual South African Music Awards crowned the crème de la crème of the music industry at the Gallagher Convention ...

Last year we saw a hint of what was to come. This year, however, we’ve had the genre’s promise come to fruition, blossoming to legitimately rival Afrobeats as the most popular sound in Africa.

Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa — The song’s called “Revolutionary House” and it’s gone viral. But its creator is difficult to track down. It takes several probes on Twitter, a lead from ...

Some Nigerian fans will remember him for dazzling fans with his smooth flows in the early 2010s and for his many influential guest appearance notably among which is his commanding verse on AKA's 'Run ...

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...

Explore the dynamic South African music scene of 2025, where artists like Jazzwrld, Thukuthela and Zee Nxumalo not only ...

Through the University of Fort Hare, Akhona Ndzuta receives funding from the NRF. Apart from the song’s omnipresence on the sound systems of a cross-section of socio-economic neighbourhoods across ...

This piece originally appeared as part of Rolling Stone’s annual Hot List, in the July-August issue of the magazine. At Afropunk’s 2019 New Year’s Eve festival in South Africa, DJ Moma was scheduled ...