As a pioneer of Durban Gqom, he has been a driving force in the genre for over 20 years. With a career spanning decades, he’s known for his commitment to nurturing emerging talent. He has consistently ...

Gqom (pronounced Gome) is a blistering variant of South African house which finds its roots in the coastal city of Durban. Like lots of the home-brewed genres of music in South Africa and beyond, a ...

Vic Mensa is one of hip-hop's more knowledgeable artists, so it should come as no surprise that the Chicago rapper is always looking to broaden his horizons. On Friday (Dec. 29), Mensa hopped on ...

The thing about music is that it evolves beyond the location it was established in or its brainchild. Take Hip Hop for instance, it was founded in the mid-70s in Brooklyn, New York, by black youth, ...

He started off playing and producing hip hop music in 2008. From being his rapper cousin's DJ, Lwazi Gala found himself producing beats for Msawawa around 2010. About a year later, he heard a gqom ...

As African music continues to gain international traction, digital platforms focused on regional genres are attracting ...