Hip hop has come back in full force this year. In 2021, the genre huffed and puffed in its attempt to blow down the door that stood between it and mainstream relevance as amapinao once again ruled ...

It’s impossible to overlook hip-hop’s profound impact on the global music landscape as it celebrates its 50th year. Beyond its birthplace in the Bronx, New York, this genre has transcended borders, ...

The United Nations will host the first ever Global Hip-Hop Summit in South Africa tomorrow (Oct. 20) in an effort to achieve their Millennium Development Goals. The UN’s Millennium Development Goals ...

(CNN) — Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many, at ...

South African filmmaker Kurt Orderson’s “Apetown,” one of 20 projects selected for this year’s CineMart, the co-production market at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, describes it as a ...

He failed his exams and dropped out of school at the age of 16 to chase his dream. Now, Refiloe Maele Phoolo aka Cassper Nyovest, the biggest hip-hop artiste in South Africa lives large and has no ...