On the 2nd of October 2004 we’ll be exploring the future of funk as well as the freshest of 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s hip-hop, funk and soul noise at the Independent Armchair Theatre in Cape Town. From the root to the fruit. Read on to download the flyer and for the full schedule including battle information…

Afrikaans Hip Hop group Kallitz have been booked for an unprecedented six gigs over only two days, playing in and around Cape Town on Friday, 24 September 2004 and Saturday, 25 September 2004. Kallitz manager Alexander Gregori comments: “This is really a first. I don’t know if it’s the summer season starting or Kallitz’ demand rising or both, but requests to book the band just kept pouring in. I had a chat with the band, and we decided that six gigs over just two days is about as much as the guys can take. So we even had to turn down some requests. It’s crazy.”. Read on…

Timeless-Works Music Presents “The Primary Lab Report“. This compilation consists of 30 tracks from 20 artists. Those who are not within the Bloemfontein area can e-mail Child @ childakapoet@yahoo.com if you would like a copy.

2nd October at the Oriental Plaza in Cape Town (opposite the Good Hope Centre) go check out our local hip hop heads killing the mic, from 9 pm til mic down, 15 bucks at the door.

Tru’s debut 18-track album ‘Nomadsland‘ is out now on CD. If your local music stockist doesn’t have it, ask them why! Buy a copy and help Tru continue his rise to stardom and keep them major labels wondering why they always the last to know. Mail Order: Email us at rap@trusenz.com and we’ll send you ordering details. The CD costs R110 which includes postage and packing (inside South Africa only).  For more info check out the Bio or his website.

Southern African Female Emcee DAYZE is back with a follow up album entitled ‘TruthSeeker’, a hard hitting, thought provoking album which awakens the mind to activism and protest…

Greetings, my name is Bakari Adeyemi I am putting together a compilation of Pan-African Hip Hop/Spoken Word Artists who focus on conscious lyrics. We are looking to get a representation of African people from all across the Diaspora. We currently have entries from the US, South Africa & Angola…

Afrikaans Hip Hop group Kallitz, whose debut album ‘die ding ruk mal’ recently reached Number One on the SA Rock Digest SA Album Charts, have been invited to write their own bi-weekly column in one of Cape Town’s best selling newspaper, Die Son.

If you stopped by the Ecko Clothing tent at the MAGIC Convention in Las Vegas (Aug 30-Sept 2), then you probably got your hands on the advance of the new Love Unlimited Volume 4, mixed by the one and only DJ G. Brown.

When the music explosion jumped off in St. Louis back in 1999, no one could expect the city would stake its claim as one of the world’s hottest hip-hop spots. In fact, the critics, haters and backstabbers never really even gave St. Louis a second thought, passing on Nelly and the Lunatics as some country bumpkins with sing-song nursery rhymes devoid of actually meaning and plausibility…

New on the underground scene, straight outta New York, USA, comes SoundINK. So far, the artists on SIK are none other than CX Kidtronik, Heat Sensor, Kamachi, King Honey, Muttamassik, Team Shadetek, Viktor Vaughn, and our very own Markus Wormstorm. Read on for more details and up and coming releases…

Thursday, 4 September 2004. Unam Radio 97.4. featured a double battle with X-rate Vs Kannibal and Mc Ekks Vs Lethal Ammunition of which we have on video tape. Read on to find out what went down….

Shaheen Ariefdien (ex Prophets Of The City) will be a guest speaker at the NJPAC2 during November 2004. Read on for the detailed programme…

The compilation features a wide range of artists from across South Africa and a special guest appearance by DJ JS-1 (Rocksteady Crew, Ground Original, DJ for Rahzel). Compiled exclusively by AfricasGateway for Cape Flats Uprising CC. For ordering details and more info check it out here.

The debut album ‘Die Ding Ruk Mal‘, by Afrikaans Hip Hop group Kallitz, is Album of the Month in the October 2004 issue of FHM Magazine, which is on sale now. Rating Kallitz’ offering “the fastest, funniest, illest rhymes we’ve heard this year”, FHM graces ‘Die Ding Ruk Mal’ with five out of five stars, proving that Afrikaans Hip Hop can also successfully find it’s way to ears of English speaking South Africans…