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

Controversial lekompo artist Shebeshxt, now incarcerated, surprises fans as Spotify's most streamed hip hop artist of 2025, ...

Well, 2024 is quickly drawing to a close. And what an eventful year it was in R&B/hip-hop and African music. No doubt still uppermost in the minds of many is the epic feud between Drake and Kendrick ...

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 ...

Nasty C’s music often explores themes of identity, social commentary, and personal growth, showcasing his storytelling ability and poetic flow. He continues to push the boundaries of South African hip ...

Cassper Nyovest talked about Hip Hop music in Africa, Kanye West and his third studio album. The rapper got talking about the alleged imitation of his floating stage design by Kanye West. Kanye West ...

A brand-new festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop music is coming to Ohio State Saturday. Ohio State’s School of Music and Department of African American and African Studies are set to ...

Hip-hop is a multi-billion-dollar industry and the world’s most popular music genre. Originating in the South Bronx in the 1970s by African American and Latino communities in response to industrial ...

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites American ...

A new musical blending contemporary hip-hop music and Catholic liturgy debuted Feb. 14-16 at the Lyke House, a Catholic Newman Center serving historically Black colleges in Atlanta. The "Hip-Hop Mass" ...

The story of hip-hop’s beginnings has been highly contested, but it begins in the Bronx on Aug. 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc’s sister, Cindy, is hosting a back-to-school party in their apartment complex, ...