Artist Spotlight

“Your favorite new-age rapper prolly follows to study my lingo,” 25K boasted on Pheli Makaveli, his 2021 debut that introduced him as Pretoria’s raw and unfiltered narrator. On Pheli Makaveli, 25K declared himself Pretoria’s hometown griot, unflinchingly chronicling a...

Loatinover Pounds broke into the South African hip hop scene in 2022 with his hit single “Sosh Plata,” initially featured on his project “Hood Misunderstood” and later remixed in October 2022 with 25K and Thapelo Ghutra. This infectious track...

An artist that had dreams of being a comedian, Lowki The Great's seriousness on the booth doesn't reflect his class clown acts in High school. Describing himself as the full package, Lowki demonstrates his prowess on his new album...

I like to call Nino Fresko “The Fresh Prince of Bethlehem”—and you might wonder why, but my reasons are solid. To begin with, his name, “Nino Fresko,” translates to “Fresh Boy” in Spanish. And if that isn’t fitting enough,...

Bremersdorp’s Star: How Amarii Channels Home and Heart in Music Through Uniquely Fusing Pink Hues and Heartstrings with Trap BeatsMy first encounter with Amarii's music dates back to 2019. I vividly recall the moment when my close friend, the...

Eswatini born rapper and hip hop artist Oriiginelle has at long last dropped her joint EP with renowned South African producer Soduh Beats. This comes after Oriiginelle had been teasing the release of this project all along as she...

Written by St. Bervon powered by Vibelab for Hiphop AfricaThe Kenyan music industry is in safe hands now more than ever. In Hip Hop, the industry is experiencing a new world order spearheaded by artists and key players who...

Award-winning Kenyan polymath King Kerby is gearing up to shake the music industry with a blockbuster single titled “Niko Order”. The single officially kicks off the run to the ‘Saba Deluxe’ album : Also termed as the Disc B to...

Touted as one of the firebrand emcees in Kenya's contemporary class of rap, multi-nominated rapper Groovy Jo is a unicorn. Having churned out two dogged EP's that have stuck her name in every relevant rap conversation in Kenya at...

Michael Carpenter stylized as CAP, has yielded an informidable reputation as Kenya's Urban Music golden child. Grossing a laudable catalog with placements that across Kenyan Hip Hop tastemakers from Kahu$h, Boutross, Wakadinali, Timmy Blanco, to saccharine R&B stars in...