Lucas Henshaw

Last year a video went viral on Nigerian twitter where a you g Nigerian was playing a Roddy Ricch song and incorrectly attributed it to Lil Durk and said the Yoruba phrase, "trap l'anje" meaning "Trap is what we...

Few months ago Jesse Garba Abaga, brother of Nigeria's biggest rap export Jude Abaga released his first single since returning from a music hiatus. Hip Hop Africa takes a look back at Jesse Jagz 2013 hit 'Redemption,' the song...

NOTBENJAMIN is a multi talented South African rapper and music producer who started out as an event planner in his highschool. The rapper who shares a physical resemblance with East Rand rapper Shane Eagle, began his career by hosting...

Coming off his newly released EP 'Thought It Was Over,' Brakan-born Amapiano Artist Toss is dropping a new single with SA rap veteran K.O, as he shared a picture of himself and the rapper together in the studio.K.O hasn't...

Olamide Adedeji, also known as Baddo hopped on a Yanos song titled 'Amapiano' and said "watch me rap on this beat," and boy did he glide. While gearing for the release of his sophomore album just barely a year...

Freshly off his collaboration with legendary American rapper and actor Ludacris, and shooting a video for the song in Miami, Blaqbonez took to Twitter to announce that once he's back in the country he will take 100 of his...

On the backdrop of the recent debate in SA hip hop circles about the bigger and more influential rap collective between TWC and Cashtime, fast rising South African lyricist Touchline admitted to Zingah on the latter's podcast that he...

Cassper Nyovest began the trend of celebrity boxing among artists in South Africa, as a first a means to soar against and settle the beef with his late arch-rival AKA, (RIP SUPA MEGA). AKA backed out of the fight...

In 2015, Ambitiouz Entertainment launched with Soweto raised trap superstar Emtee as their frontman. Fast forward almost a decade later, Pretoria has become one of the bubbling centers of South African Hip Hop with Mashbeatz providing the background sound...

A week ago Emeka teamed up with veteran American rapper Ludacris to serve a clever flip of Bill Withers' 1977 hit 'Lovely Day,' into a modern take of a love interest who no longer takes care of the artist's...