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Costa Titch’s ‘Big Flexa’ Hits 5O Million TikTok Views

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Costa Titch’s ‘Big Flexa’ Hits 5O Million TikTok Views

Costa Titch’s 2021 hit ‘Big Flexa‘ has been doing massive strides since it first hit the internet and the airwaves. The single ushered in a TikTok challenge that spawned over 5,000 challenge videos. The single’s official video has accumulated over 50 million views on the short video sharing platform since 2021.

The internet has made so many stars in today’s entertainment industry but nobody has ridden the internet wave in SA hip hop like Uncle Vinny and Costa Titch.

Costa has ridden the wave to several smash hits including, ‘Nkalakatha‘ and its remix featuring AKA and Riky Rick, and a successful debut album ‘Made in Africa‘ and a Nota co-sign, all in his first two years in the mainstream.

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Youtube Algorithm Reports Maglera’s Verse is the Most Replayed Part on MashBeatz’ ‘Never Ride.’

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Youtube Algorithm Reports Maglera’s Verse is the Most Replayed Part on MashBeatz’ ‘Never Ride.’

Former TWC member and A-Reece collaborator Mashbeatz off the success of his joint mixtape with Pretoria newcomer  Thato Saul, recruited the Setswana rapper and Klerksdorp rapper, Maglera Doe Boy for another banger. The song is a trap song with recurrent violin and Cello sampled over hi-hats.

While fans call for a reunion between the Pretoria genius producer and old collaborator A-Reece, Mash keeps bagging wins, with this new viral hit.

The Youtube algorithm analysis has reported that fans replayed the ‘Bodega‘ rapper’s verse on the smash hit more than any other part of the song, since it’s upload to the platform. Maglera laid his very energetic performance on the second verse of the song and it has become a fan favorite.

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NOTA and Reason Respond to SlikTalk

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NOTA and Reason Respond to SlikTalk

Mzansi YouTuber Slik Talk recently made a video clowning, rapper and Amapiano artist Sizwe Alakine, formerly known as Reason. SlikTalk referred to the Motif records signee as a broke, failed rapper, this is just the latest of a slew of attacks from Slik to Reason over the years.

Famed South African podcast host MacG, asked Reason about his beef with SlikTalk in a 2021 interview and the brushed it off with a laugh and a few jokes.

After the latest attack, Reason made a video imitating and clowning SlikTalk and posted it, to much jokes and criticism on the internet.

Controversial, Music Executive NOTA dropped his two cents on the video, clowning Reason who recently released a song dedicated to his deceased loved one titled ‘After Tears.’ NOTA said Warner Music Group is incompetent for not promoting the song enough and the viral video of Reason clowning SlikTalk is getting more exposure than his latest song.

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Kendrick Lamar and Hip Hop Studied in Augusta University

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Kendrick Lamar and Hip Hop Studied in Augusta University

Kendrick Duckworth is no stranger to literary excellence and being a subject of admiration and study. The Compton rapper became the first rap artist to be awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 2017, for his fourth studio album, DAMN. The latest addition to his literary excellence achievements hat is a professor from Augusta University referencing his music as a case study in literature.

Kendrick’s poetic lyrical prowess has found its way from his notepads to the radio, then the Grammys stage, Marvel movie soundtracks, the Superbowl, and now the classroom.

Kendrick Lamar and Hip Hop Studied in Augusta University

Augusta University professor, Prof Adam Diehl, is incorporating hip-hop culture, lyrical analysis, and rap as a form of literature including the works of Kendrick Lamar. “The [Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers] tracks cover a vast array of topics — from vaccinations to transgenderism to cancel culture — but the unifying theme is therapy,” Diehl says.

About the rapper’s latest album Diehl had this to say, “As much emphasis as physical health got over the past two years, the pandemic was arguably just as bad if not worse for people’s mental health. Accordingly, this album goes into dark valleys in Kendrick’s and his family’s trials and traumas: child abuse, sex addiction, separation/divorce, deaths, etc. In the two years that society has been persevering through the pandemic, countless marriages and millions of lives have been shaken to their cores.”

Finally, he had this to say about Lamar’s legacy and the growth of hip hop as an art form, ”Kendrick Lamar is a big part of that acceleration, in 100 years, people won’t remember some big acts because popularity wears off, but they will still celebrate Kendrick [Lamar] because his work is excellent.”

This is coming not long after legendary Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco, who Kendrick is often compared to was offered a professorship to teach a class at MIT. Prior to this Jay-Z’s lyrics about the ‘stop and search’ legal rights, on his song ’99 Problems‘, was a case of study in a law school and affected changes in the ‘Miranda Rights.‘

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Travis Scott to Headline Day ‘N’ Vegas In September

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Travis Scott to Headline Day ‘N’ Vegas In September

American rapper, Jacques Webster, most commonly known as Travis Scott, has been billed as the headlining act of the Day ‘N’ Vegas Festival on Labor Day 2022. This will be La Flame’s first headlining concert since the tragic loss of lives at his Astroworld Tour concert last December.

The father of two who is famous for his violent, moshpit-centric concerts and high adrenaline performances was the center of huge media scrutiny when several death and injuries were reported after a moshpit turned into a life-threatening stampede while he was performing.

Several criticisms were directed at Travis and his team, and he was taken off several events and festivals he was billed to perform at. September 5, 2022, the rapper will make his first headlining appearance ten months after the tragedy.

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Blxckie, KIDX, A-Reece Get Best Hip-Hop Album Nods at SAMAS 28

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Blxckie, KIDX, A-Reece Get Best Hip-Hop Album Nods at SAMAS 28

Best Hip-hop Album of the Year nominees has been announced at the live telecast for SAMAS 28 nominations on Jun 7, 2022. A notable name missing from the list is Kwesta, who gave a superb offering on his last studio album, ‘god Guluva.”

The nominees for best hip hop album are as listed below:

1. KID X ‘Father of Zen’

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King X after dropping his long-awaited classic debut solo album ‘Thank Da King” at age 29 in 2019, the Middleburg native delivered’ Father of Zen,’  an introspective album about fatherhood and raising his daughter, Zen.

X’s first album in two years was released in 2021 to rave positive reviews. Below is the complete tracklist and Spotify link.

2. 25K ‘Pheli Makaveli’

25k’s impressive debut album that spawned the massive A-Reece collab ‘Hustler’s Prayer’‘also gets a nod, what an amazing way to start the Pretoria native’s sophomore year.

3. A-Reece ‘Today’s Tragedy, Tomorrow’s Memory: Mixtape’

After splitting with Mashbeatz, Flvme, and half of The Wrecking Crew, fans worried about the quality, especially sonically of Reece’s next musical efforts would be.

A-Reece took it to the next level by co-producing and executive producing the mixtape, ‘Today’s Tragedy, Tomorrow’s Memory‘ and delivered a classic performance with help from Stogie T, Belo Salo, and Ayanda Jiya as guest artists.

4. Emtee ‘Logan’

Logan has achieved surprising feats for the former Ambitiouz Entertainment artist, after having a slow commercial and critical reception in the beginning. Things are looking up for Emtee and this is just one of numerous wins for the album.

Emtee is no stranger to this category, having won it once before with his debut album ‘Avery,’ and ‘Logan’ is a very solid contender for the award this year.

 

5. Blxckie ‘B4Now’

‘B4NOW ‘is debatably the most likely to win this award this year, it has already set and broken countless records on its journey to becoming the most successful debut album in the history of the Mzansi music industry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKZ2ecC2RV0

The genre-fusing, era-defining album also contributed in garnering Somnyama 10 certification plaques in one year.

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25K Bags Best Newcomer Nomination at SAMAS 28

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25K Bags Best Newcomer Nomination at SAMAS 28

The South African Music Awards have announced their nominations list for other categories, in a live telecast on the morning of Tuesday, June 7th, 2022. This is just a day after the General categories nominees were announced the day before. Pretoria West indigenous rapper 25k has scooped up a nomination for Best Newcomer of the Year.

The prestigious category is for new artists who have made the biggest in the industry in their rookie year. 25K has had a successful debut year in the industry, and recently just received a gold plaque for his A-Reece collaboration ‘Hustler’s Prayer.’

The success of his debut album ‘Pheli Makaveli‘ will be going against  Thapelo Lekoane’s ‘Tapestry,’ Khanyisile Mthethwa’s ‘African Bird,’ Ncebakazi Msomi’s  ‘The 34th Psalm,’ Botanist Mr. Lemington’s ‘The Shift.’

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5 South African Rappers Make SAMAS 22′ General Category Nominations List

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5 South African Rappers Make SAMAS 22′ General Category Nominations List

Following his claims that he is the best rapper in Africa, A-Reece seems to be on an all-out mission of proving to the world that he is the best. He has been nominated for Artist of the year at the 28th South African Music Awards. Keep reading to find out the other four SA rappers who made the prestigious nominees list.

1. A-Reece

A-Reece SAMA nominations

The ‘Meanwhile in Honeydew’ rapper from Pretoria West bagged a nomination for SAMPRA Artist of the Year, a great feat for an Independent rapper who barely works on collaborations with the biggest artists from other more pop appealing genres like Amapiano, Gqom, Kwaito, House, etc.

This is coming right after Reece was nominated for Artist of the decade at the last South African Hip Hop Awards. Cassper Nyovest took home the Artist of the Decade plaque at the SAHHAS, while South African Afro-pop duo Blaq Diamond won the Artist of the Year award at the 2021 SAMAs.

2. Big Zulu

Off the success of his third studio album ‘Ichwane Lenyoka‘ (2021), which spawned three chart-topping singles “Mali Eningi”, “Inhlupheko” and “Umuzi eSandton”. Big Zulu scooped 7 awards at the SA Hip Hop Awards, and now the rapper has bagged a SAMAs nomination for the Best Music Video Award for ‘Umuzi eSandton’ featuring Lwah Ndlunkulu.

3. Emtee

Things have been looking up for Emtee after his label debacle with his former label, Ambitiouz Entertainment. Since dropping his long-anticipated third studio album Logan, in 2021.

The SA king of hooks will go against former record label colleague, A-Reece, for the SAMAs Artist Of The Year category.

4. Nasty C

Arguably the most successful song off his ‘Zulu Man with Some Power’ album, the International collab with Dreamville songbird Ari Lennox, ‘Black and White,’ has been nominated for Record of the Year at the 28th SAMAS.

What better way to celebrate the coming of his ‘Ivyson Army Tape’ than to scoop his third SAMA.

5. Intaba Yase Dubai

Two things are constant in the SA music industry; any artist signed to Ambitiouz Entertainment is bound to be screwed over, but they will always churn out some of the dopest talents and the biggest hits in Mzansi.

Less popular than the rest of the emcees on this list the rapper will face off against Big Zulu for the Video Of The Year for his song S’bali. The rapper has accused Big Zulu of robbing him of his royalties for their  KFC deal and Imali Eningi.

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Blaqbonez’ ‘Go Home’ Video does 108K Views in 48 Hours

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Blaqbonez’ ‘Go Home’ Video does 108K Views in 48 Hours

 Nigerian rapper Chukwu-Emeka George Akumefule a.k.a Blaqbonez  delivered a basketball-themed in-house video for his latest single, the Drill banger titled ‘Go Home.’The controversial and comedic Chocolate City Music signed artist popular for his versatile, and energetic style released the audio on Friday, June 3rd, 2022, and the video the next day.

In just over 48 hours the simple video which features a couple of Blaq’s inner circle and his manager has garnered over 8,000 views on YouTube and is trending at #14 for Music videos, an impeccable feat for a song that did not have a large budget roll-out or any pre-release hype.

The video version contains a portion of the song not on the audio version; a stripped-down lyrical rap bridge alluding to the song’s topic and Blaq’s position in the African best rappers’ conversation, spitting balsy lines like ”I’ve been the GOAT since I got signed to the previous GOAT,” referring to his move to Choc City being facilitated by rap legend, MI Abaga.

Blaqbonez go home

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Cassper Praises Emtee’s Performance on New Nasty C Snippet

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Cassper Praises Emtee’s Performance on New Nasty C Snippet

Don Billiato, SA rap mogul, Refiloe Maele Phoolo, most popularly known as Cassper Nyovest has showered praises on South African trap star and former Ambitiouz Entertainment artist, for his performance on Nasty C’s new snippet of a collab by the latter two.

Following the success of the Ivyson Army Tour, Nasty C is not slowing down and is about to release new music. The Durban, KwaZulu-Natal rapper announced on his Instagram that he was working on a new tape, the ‘Ivyson Army Tape,‘ and posted some snippets of songs to make the tape.

Cassper expressed his admiration for Emtee’s performance on the track titled ‘Born to Win,’ coincidentally the last time Nasty C and Emtee worked together was in 2017 on a song similarly titled ‘Winning.’

Emtee has gained notoriety for making killer hooks for most of the rappers in SA hip hop. Emtee and Cassper have both worked with some of South Africa’s hottest stars, but have never been in a booth together.

The closest they came to working together was when a session was booked for both artists in 2020 and Emtee never showed up, his phone also being switched.

‘Cassper stated that he would love to collaborate with the African Trap Movement pioneer, because he believes he possesses so much skill, Saying “I loved Emtee,” said Cassper. “I really wanted to work with him and I wanted to help him build back up again cause I think he is immensely talented.” Said Cassper.

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