On 27 November 2004 musical diversity and culture will unite to bring you GLO. The first of a new Day/ Night Music Festival series. The festival will be hosted at Tempo’s Sunset Beach and Entertainment Park and features an array of entertainment- which will include 10 Live Bands and 33 top South African DJ’s…

Since its birth three decades ago, Hip Hop has become the most popular musical genre in America. However, Hip Hop composers who use digital sampling are rarely taken seriously by mainstream commentators, and the diverse, yet tight-knit, community of Hip Hop producers is often overlooked by those who study Hip Hop…

Tablist, the World’s first and only magazine dedicated to Hip Hop DJ culture, proudly announces the release of its fourth issue: The Collector’s Mixtape Edition. The full-color quarterly has stepped its game up to 84 pages examining every aspect of the backbone of Hip Hop.

Fantastic Kill Entertainment in association with Fatbox13 presents Spoek Mathambo’s Voodoo Boogie Haloween Party. A mesh of fancy dress antics, live hiphop and turntablist jive…

Thursday October 21 saw the longest Cypha session to date. Why? Because there was mad drama in the house. What was supposed to be an all girls nite “out” turned out to be a heated discussion about the boundaries of music.

Bling Free, The Playground Jam, will be on the 6th November 2004 at the Albert Park Basketball Courts from noon. With live graffiti (open to all), live deejayin and b-boyin it’s the only real monthly hip hop event in Durban. Be there.

Nigerian four-piece JJC & 419 Squad like to ‘keep it real’ by fusing African rhythms, hip-hop and salsa, as well as mixing their native Yoruba language with English.

The Black Eyed Peas have confirmed their first ever performances in South Africa to coincide with the nation’s celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Democracy…

Emile YX? “Jansen” of Black Noise, African Hip Hop Indaba, African Battle Cry and Heal the Hood Project, has just completed his second book, My Hip Hop is African and Proud.

Triple Platinum rapper Chingy is joined by a stellar crew on his sophomore album, Powerballin’, which will be released by Capitol Records on November 16…

Kween was born Queen Chinyere Onokala in Enugu State, Nigeria. Her musical career started taking off in Nigeria in 2001 when she released a single called ‘Oluronbi’ which featured Nigerian Fuji star Pasuma Alabi Wonder.

A whole week of new local hip hop releases? From this week till 29 October, 2004 from 17h30 till 6pm stay tuned to 99.2 YFM as Harambe’s Bad Boy T, Lee & Sanza launch some of Mzansi’s most loved hip hop acts…

Twenty-four year old D’banj is a London-based Nigerian singer and songwriter, as well as a harmonica master and a charismatic stage performer with boundless energy…

MC extraordinaire Zubz is launching his highly anticipated debut, Listeners Digest in Johannesburg and Pretoria on Thursday 28th and Friday 29th October respectively.

With The Prefix of Death dropping soon, I noticed a lot of heads in general bugging on this upcoming release. So the Afronaut had to break his neck and locate this twisted individual known as Necro for an interview.