I got some free promos, exclusive underground UK hip hop to give away to all the supporters of Africa’s Gateway. I only got 6 packages that I can send, so send me your full postal address to heusdens@mweb.co.za and I’ll randomly draw winners.

Godessa, South Africa’s leading female hip hop trio, got their singles out on vinyl. All supporters of African hip hop, get your hands on this before it get’s sold out.

This week we speak to E. U. Umeh, who had previously worked for the infamous DogDay and Stray Record Labels. This is the second part of the interview where you will learn a lot about the music industry especially the promotions side.

This week we bringing you Sage Francis courtesy of our PE Hip Hop activist Rushay.  Sage let’s us know what’s happening in his life and some other crazy ish.

Haroon, a graf artist from Woodstock Cape Town, has contributed a lot to the South African graf scene. I met up with him while I was buying bread from Parkers Cafe in Woodstock. We spoke a bit about the history of Cape Hip Hop and about his work. Peep it!

This week we bringing you the micrAnots courtesy of our PE Hip Hop activist Rushay. They just released their latest offering “The Emperor and The Assassin”. Peep it.

22 Feb Winston Pub, Umbilo, Durban Hosts the cheap Lazy Maggots DJ crew (Cause, Lapse & MG Fresh) will once again being doing there 4 turntable demolition derby on the first sat of every month R10 entrance bboys beatboxers & emcees welcome so bring your weed & your markers. And lets get ready to rumble!

Check out this short interview we did recently with Big Squeeze. His album “The Senator” has just been released on Washington state’s number one rap label Bow Wow Records. Be sure to check it out.

Peep the run down of what happened at the Insanity’s Birthday Battle which took place on the 31st January 2003.  Check out the run down here.  Also check out the winners of the Beatbox, Scratch DJ and the Breakdancers.  Big up’s to Club Insanity and Levitation Magazine.  We got your back!

This week we bringing you Masta Ace courtesy of our PE Hip Hop activist Rushay. For those that don’t know Masta Ace is the genius behind Slaughterhouse! In this interview he talks about a few upcoming singles and even rugby! Peep it!

Sometimes we need to get rowdy and just interview some of the fine celebrities we have in South Africa.  This time we got in touch with Radio 5 DJ Zuraida Jardine and drilled her with some of our questions.  Peep it!

It’s difficult to ignore Celph Titled.  He has both produced and dropped shit alongside some of the many heavyweights in this hip hop game.  Recently we caught up with him to talk about his life, hip hop and plenty of other interesting things you’d never expect to read in an interview.  We seriously recommend you read this interview!

NEW INTERNATIONAL STREET DATE IS FEBRUARY 6, 2003 Santa Monica, CA – January 31, 2003 – As a reaction to bootlegging, piracy, and overall demand, the release of Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, the new album from Shady/Aftermath recording artist 50 Cent, has been changed to an international street date of Thursday, February 6, 2003.