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Ish Kevin drops anticipated mixtape, ‘Trappish2

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Ish Kevin drops anticipated mixtape, ‘Trappish2

Renowned Rwandan rapper and lyricist Kevin Semana, popularly known as Ish Kevin, made the announcement on his social media pages last month that his second mixtape would be released soon.

As promised, the ‘Amakosi’ hit maker with the help of One RPM, a music distribution company, released his long awaited project on Friday, March 25.

The seven-track mixtape came out with features of big musicians locally and internationally including Yannick YMK, pioneer of Kinyatrap, Kivumbi King, Confy, and Ycee.

Speaking to this publication, Ish Kevin described this mixtape as a game-changing project which explains the struggles and challenges young musicians face in Rwanda, as well as showcasing the vision they have for the future.

He described upcoming artistes as ‘amaraso mashya’ loosely translated as ‘fresh blood’, noting that if given a platform and support, they are capable of raising the Rwandan flag in places far and beyond.

“If you play tracks like ‘Generation’ and ‘Game Changers’ on this mixtape, you clearly get a picture of what we as Trappish gang are doing, and our vision to take Rwandan music to another level. This is a game-changing piece because after dropping it, the streets and the whole music industry won’t be the same anymore,” he says. “It’s just the beginning!” Ish Kevin adds.

‘Trappish2’ is a continuation of the previous mixtape, ‘Trappish1’, which had bangers like, ‘Waki Waki’ and ‘Waramutse Rwanda’ that made Ish Kevin a household name in the country.

To Ish Kevin, rap can fit in any genre of music which is why he produced ‘Trappish2’ in different styles of music like drill, trap, and afro-pop.

Asked about his concert which was cancelled last week, Ish Kevin notes that he is still seeking justice and if all goes well, he will organise another event to celebrate the release of his new mixtape.

Some of the tracks on this project like My Year, Clout, Generation, and Aho Turi are already trending on local airwaves and streaming platforms in Rwanda.

Other songs on Trappish Mixtape2 include Ndi Rasta, Power, and Game Changers.

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Blxckie and A-Reece Top Spotify Albums List

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Blxckie and A-Reece Top Spotify Albums List

Mzansi hip hop sensation Sihle Sithole, popularly known by his stage name Blxckie, has just met another milestone to add under his already well-decorated belt. Blxckie received a plaque from Spotify for topping the most listened SA hip hop albums list, with 8.4 million streams on his ‘B4NOW‘ album. The Durban rapper, singer, and songwriter is closely followed on the list by Pretoria super-lyricist A-Reece, for 5.7 million streams on his 2021 mixtape, Today’s Tragedy, Tomorrow’s Memory.

Blxckie and A-Reece sit comfortably atop the list compiled by the Swedish streaming service, and they are trailed by former Ambitiouz entertainment rapper Emtee, whose third album ‘Logan,’ has amassed a total of 3.4 million streams.

Emtee’s inclusion on the list is a great feat for him after his depression-induced hiatus and label battle in 2020 and 2021.

Next on the list are  ‘Pheli Makaveli’ by PTA rookie 25k, with 2.3 million streams under its belt, closely followed by what many consider to be the best Mzansi rap album of 2021, ‘heaveN caN waiT: thE narroW dooR (vol. 1)’ by Pretoria duo, A-Reece and Jay Jody as Blue Tape on 1.9 million streams. Pretoria seems to be running the SA hip hop scene at the moment, alongside eThekwini.

Further down the list are Kwesta’s ‘god guluva,’ Lucasraps‘ ‘031 to the World,’ Priddy Ugly’s ‘SOIL’ with 907k, 809k,  and 707k streams respectively. At 6076k  and 555k streams, ‘You’re Welcome‘ by AKA and Costa Titch, and ‘Product of a Praying Mother’ by Wordz, cap off the list.

Who was the surprise inclusion, who do you think is missing on the list?

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Blxckie to Open for Earthgang in Switzerland

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Blxckie to Open for Earthgang in Switzerland

American hip hop duo Earthgang, announced their Biodeghettable Tour to promote their latest album later in the year. The tour will consist of a North American leg starting in spring, and a European leg later in the year. The group made up of Johnny Venus and Doctor Dot confirmed that South African rave of the moment Blxckie, will be going on tour with them.

Blxckie has been the hottest thing out of South Africa since Braai, the whole of last year, and this year, this is just another feather on his proverbial hat. Blxckie recently sold out his Botswana tour, released an EP  and videos to support it, and he just received a milestone plaque from Spotify.

Blxckie will play supporting act for the Dreamville duo for the first time at their Lausanne show at Les Docks on Friday, November 25, 2022.

Which other African rapper would you like to see on such a big world stage, as Dreamville Fest and Camp Flog Gnaw will be coming up later in the year.

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KJ Spio shares the inspiration behind Sarkodie concert on Dubai desert

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KJ Spio shares the inspiration behind Sarkodie concert on Dubai desert

Sarkodie recently took on the Dubai desert, making him the first African artist to host a full concert in the UAE desert, made possible by CEEK, an award-winning developer of premium social virtual and augmented reality experiences.

According to KJ Spio, Creative Director of CEEK, the virtual concert was inspired by the visuals of Sarkodie’s smash hit song, ‘Illuminati’.

He said “The inspiration for the virtual concert came from the Sarkodie music video ‘Illuminati’, which he shot in the desert a few years back. So that was the original inspiration for it and that’s why we even started the virtual concert with that song. It is also to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ‘Rapperholic’, which was the second album from Sarkodie. I think that album has had a major impact on Sarkodie as far as his live performances are concerned.”

Sarkodie took to the desert under beaming sunlight, opening with ‘Illuminati’, leading into ‘Rollies and Cigars’, he continued his charged performances, right through to finishing with ‘Adonai’ which is taken off his Sarkology album.

“The highlights for me were definitely how quick the CEEK team came through. They flew people from America. Big shout out to ‘Big Cap’ he was super instrumental in getting us some people on the ground. Another highlight I will also say was just seeing a kind of a striped back performance from Sarkodie, just him and the music in the desert, without too many distractions. I think that was that was very special,” adds KJ Spio.

CEEK are ushering in a new era of entertainment, with a mission to empower creators with the tools needed to generate new revenue streams. With the virtual reality headset CEEK simulates the communal experience of attending a concert without leaving the comfort of your home. It allows fans to engage with artists in ways that they have never been able to before.

You can have a front row experience for Sarkodie’s Rapperholic22 in the desert via www.ceek.com , the 360 VR experience can be viewed via CEEK’s virtual reality headset, you can also access the Sarkodie experience in 2D via your laptop and phone.

Blxckie Seems to Live in the Studio as He Shares New Snippets

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Sihle Sithole, the hottest thing in South African hip hop at the moment, popularly known as Blxckie never rests. The KZN emcee must never leave the studio as he just shared two new snippets on his Youtube Shorts, via his Youtube channel. One of the songs unofficially titled ‘Cheque’ was shared alongside another untitled one and both snippets are fire.

Blxckie is doubtedly the most hardworking artist as he has shared dozens of snippets on Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube in 2022, and the year is less than three months old.

There have been snippets that have fuelled rumors of a Blxckie and A-Reece collab and a Blxckie and Emtee collaboration. These are all coming right after Blxckie’s Botswana Tour, the release of his 4LUV EP in January, and a video for ‘Your All,‘ a single from the EP.

You can watch one of the snippets on Youtube below.

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Nota Throws Shade at Shane Eagle & Nasty C on Twitter

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Nota Throws Shade at Shane Eagle & Nasty C on Twitter

Controversial South African label executive and public figure Nota Baloyi, who is known for his hot takes on the South African music industry is back at it again. Nota’s latest antics are directed at his favorite targets; English rapping Nasty C  and Shane Eagle. A-Reece and Stogie T and Cassper Nyovest escaped Nota’s 140 characters of critique this time.

Baloyi who was Kwesta’s manager for more than half of the emcee’s career took to the blue app to disagree with Shane Eagle’s ”independent artist” claims, after the release of Shane’s sophomore album, ‘Green.’

The East Rand rapper tweeted, ” do it on your own so nobody can ever say they put you on,” in celebration of dropping his second independent album earlier this month.

Nota then replied with ”kids never take advice from someone who is still faking it  hoping to make it.” The Shade did not come as a surprise to fans  as everybody already knew Shane has never been in Nota’s good books, for sounding ”too American.”

Another Nota blacklisted rapper who sounds ”too American”  is Nasty C. The Durban emcee also caught some heat on Jack Dorsey’s app. Junior Ncgobo released a new single titled ‘Can’t Imagine‘ last Friday, which saw him returning to his lyrical and hardcore rapping ways.

A fan tweeted, ”y’all bullied Nasty C into rapping again,’ to which Nota from his handle @lavidaNOTA replied, “Nah, Blxckie does it best, Nasty C must just continue podcasting because his rap career is declining…”

Nota has always been of the opinion that Nasty C represents American hip hop and not ”authentic South African hip hop,” and should rap in isiZulu.

Do you think Nota is right, do you think Nasty C does not represent true South African hip hop?

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A-Reece Releases New Song to Celebrate Birthday

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A-Reece Releases New Song to Celebrate Birthday

Few days after Nasty C drops a song, A-Reece surprisingly does the same to celebrate his 25th birthday on March 27th, 2022. Long-time fans of the South African lyricist, popularly called The Slimes, are aware of the ‘Couldn’t Have Said It Better’ Series. Reece usually drops on his birthday.

Albeit nobody expected a new installment of the series in 2022, as Reece seldom announces his releases or makes a huge PR run for them prior to release, the slimes woke up to a pleasant surprise on the morning of the Pretroria rapper’s birthday.

The new song is called, ‘ Couldn’t Have Said It Better Pt.3,’ the third installment in the ‘Couldn’t Have Said It Better’ Series, it is a super lyrical showmanship wordsmithery that A-Reece is known for.

In the 2 minutes, 49 seconds song, Baby Boy is heard updating the fans on his latest moves, as he only relies on his songs and not Social Media to do this.

He talks about feeling blessed on his birthday, gifting himself the beat he raps on, his mother and brothers, his self-worth, and finally ending the song by announcing another release on October 21.

The release may be his long-awaited album, ‘Paradise 2: The Big Hearted Bad Guy,’ sequel to his debut album, 2016’s ‘Paradise. ‘Couldn’t Have Said It Better Pt1 & 2‘ were released on the rapper’s 20th  and 21st birthday respectively.

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Psycho YP Announces Two New Songs for the 31st

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Psycho YP Announces Two New Songs for the 31st

Nigerian new wave rapper, trapper, singer, and songwriter, Psycho YP has announced two new songs dropping on Thursday, 31st March 2022. The self-acclaimed Fresh Prince of Nigerian Rap took to his Instagram page to announce the double surprise package to his fans.

The singles seem to be a two-track song pack, with the first song titled ‘Midlife Crisis,’ and the other is titled ‘ WYDTM,’ featuring frequent collaborator and young prodigy Azanti.

The ‘Smoke 4 Free‘ crooner has not been very active in the music scene dropping his fourth music project, the sound switching ‘Euphoria‘ in August 2021.

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Rapper Psycho YP Bags Second Degree in the U.K.

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Rapper Psycho YP Bags Second Degree in the U.K.

24-Year-old Nigerian rapper Nicholas Ihua-Maduenyi,  better known by his stage name Psycho YP took to his Instagram page on the 23rd of March 2022 to announce completing his Master’s degree program at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

The Independent emcee was all smiled in the photos as a star-studded comment section which had the likes of Alpha P, Jaido P, Azanti, Alpha Ojini, Jamo Pyper, Jeriq, Efya, etc, congratulated him on the great academic feat.

The event has shed light on why the rapper has not dropped any new music in a while, as fans had no idea YP was still studying after bagging his Estate Management Bachelor’s degree from the same university in 2019.

Psycho YP has four projects in his discography; 2016’s ‘Lost in the Sauce, ‘2018’s ‘YPSZN,’ 2019’s ‘YPSZN2,’ and 2021’s ‘Euphoria,’ the latter deviating from his usual trap and Afro-Swing style to a more Drill focused sonic direction.

Take a look at YP’s graduation photos below. Do not forget to share this article with friends on all social media platforms.

Rapper Vector Sheds Light On His Beef With Reminisce

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Rapper Vector Sheds Light On His Beef With Reminisce

Popular Nigerian rapper and songwriter Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, professionally known by his stage name Vector, has opened up on his beef with his colleague Reminisce.

In a podcast with musician Jahbless titled ‘Jahbless Original Intelligence’, The ‘Angeli’ hitmaker revealed how the period when he had a beef with Reminisce in 2012 had felt like.

Recall that Vector recorded a song titled ‘Street Kitchen’ in 2012, and the first line of his verse seemed like beef to Reminisce, who later responded with a song titled ‘ATA.’

During the interview, Jahless asked a question how the period had been for Vector when this had happened and he replied;

“It really was nothing, it was like…. Remi, are you sure you wanna do this?”

Jahbless added by explaining how the indigenous Rapper reacted to his diss track.

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