Winner of the Nationwide Urban Idol Search Competition and Critically Acclaimed Crown Princess of 2Step-Hip Hop Releases Her Debut Single – Man Dem…

In an impressive display of solidarity and commitment to inner city school programs, rap artists The Game and 50 Cent each presented checks totalling R1,2million today to the Compton Unified School District’s Education Foundation to bring back music and arts education programs lost years ago to state budget cuts. 50 Cent donated a R600 000,00 through is G-Unity Foundation. The Game presented R600 000,00 donation from Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records, and his own Black Wall Street Organization.

From the same filmakers who brought you ‘Scratch – The Movie’ comes the DVD Scratch All The Way Live. Featuring Mixmaster Mike, Z-Trip, The X-Ecutioners, The Original Jazzy Jay and Shepard Fairy. It’s coming April 19! Read on for detailed information and video clips…

“Seven Spoon is the fourteen year old daughter of the Spoons. Raised Uptown, Chicago, this eccentric teen spends much of her time observing the world’s hypocrisy and the “grown-ups” that nurture it. A smart-ass far beyond her years, she contemplates the comedy and madness that is humanity. Love her or hate her, she probably doesn’t really care … I bring you Seven Spoon.”

The name Martha Cooper has been appearing all over websites and magazines so I have wanted to find out more about this woman they call Martha. I mean there are a million Martha’s in the world but what makes this one so special? This woman was so generous to showcase her collection of photos that features basically everybody that was somebody during the golden age of hip hop. Her passion for photography has taken her across all borders and she just promised me that she will be setting out on her first ever South African safari in 2006. A.G will be there to welcome Martha to our seashores. Photography is her passion. Check out some exclusive pics that she was so generous to share with A.G…

Grammy Award-winning US rap star Ludacris is to headline at MTV base 100th LIVE! in Abuja, Nigeria. Sponsored by Nokia, MTV base 100th LIVE! is an exclusive concert to celebrate the launch of MTV base, MTV’s first pan-African music channel and MTV Networks’ 100th channel worldwide. Talented artists, 2-FACE Idibia, ASA, JJC & 419 Squad, and DJ Jacob will also perform at the concert place on 15 April 2005 at The Congress Hall, Nicon Hilton, Abuja, playing to an audience of up to 2,000 fans. Highlights from MTV base 100th LIVE! will subsequently broadcast on MTV channels around the world beginning on 20 May 2005.

On Friday a group of Maru-a-Pula students and young aspiring Hip Hop artists enrolled in “Rhyme Lab” a music workshop conducted by visiting American Christian Hip Hop musician, Michael Boyer II aka “Verbs” and formerly known as “Knowdaverbs”. Read the rest of it here.

“Afrobeat is a sound and a movement, music and a state of mind. It’s the joyous awakening of a continent from a colonial nightmare and the crushing realization that the nightmare isn’t over yet, anguish and happiness whipped together with traditional drums, cheap guitars, and even cheaper amps.” I came across this tight article about Afrobeat on the Pitchforkmedia website. Check it out here.

Fanya Kweli is an incorporation of youth in different sectors of Nairobi’s entertainment industry, majority from the slums and ghettos, whose internal fire is driven through the love of Hip-hop. The members of Fanya Kweli Inc feel Hip-hop is misunderstood and misconstrued by many and therefore feel obliged to shed some light and ‘truth’ to all, to open up the avenues and prospects for the hip-hop nation, that’s waiting to be embraced in all it splendor. Hip-hop, we feel is being marketed by multi-nationals to work to the benefit of their pockets. Although they have financial advantage over us, we on the other hand have people power globally and with networking ability to change the power of the status quo…

Pan-African broadcaster MTV base has appointed Computicket as exclusive distributors of tickets for upcoming MTV base 100th LIVE! concert in Johannesburg. Tickets for the star-studded, open-air event on 20 April will go on sale at Computicket outlets on Tuesday 5 April 2005, priced 100 Rand (plus booking fee)…

This is to confirm that the MTV base 100th Live! concert featuring Will Smith and Ludacris, will be held at the Ster-Kinekor Top Star Drive-In in Johannesburg on the 20th April. Ticket prices and distribution outlets to be announced early next week.