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Latest blog posts from AfricanHipHop.com
Go tell your mama: hip hop not dead
Sometimes it's good to see things in perspective. The little man in this video (Lil' Jojo from Nigeria doing his 'Mama oyoyo') was not even born at the time people first started saying hip hop is dead, so why should he care? Lesson learnt: the new generation may see things differently, but they... Read more...
Published 2 days ago
Le show du pays about to kick off
"Come back from Babylon, back to the roots": in the case of Movaiz Haleine, the duo gets together from France to Gabon for the sixth edition of their annual Show du pays which traditionally brings together their local fanbase. In Libreville, the open-air seafront stage Gabon Expo will be played... Read more...
Published 7 days ago
Bamako City Breakers & Michael Jackson (1985)
Michael Jackson about to be 50... are we really that old? Let's go back in time, 23 years to be precise - Mali, West Africa where the Bamako City Breakers used the monster hit 'Billy Jean' to perform a bit of playbacking and dance moves that remotely justify the name 'breakers'. At the same... Read more...
Published a week ago
MTV Africa Music Awards
While MTV Africa (also known as MTV Base) has made Joburg, SA their home two years ago, until recently the channel didn't yet reward talent across the continent by way of an awards ceremony. And with the mysterious situation surrounding the South Africa-based Kora Awards where awards entries went... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
The Bubble Gum and Hip Hop divide is growing
The oldest conflict known to seperate mankind? Hardly, but the perceived gap between hip hop and bubblegum pop does have some history. In Tanzania it's played out mostly along the line between bongo flava and hip hop, or between 'commercial' versus 'underground', while these words do not... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
WAPI in Ghana: hip hop resurrected
For some time now the hip hop community in Ghana has found itself living under the thick shade of the premier genre of music in the country, also known as hiplife. You donĀ't hear or read about hip hop anywhere in the media, this has led the foot soldiers or hip hop heads to practice their art in... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
M.anifestations from an African Rebel (interview)
Ghanaian emcee M.anifest has been representing from the US for nearly a decade now. In the past 2 years his tracks have started to make waves, among others through African hip hop radio where 'Africa represent' was one of our favorite user uploads since we started the radio site in 2005. We spoke... Read more...
Published a month ago
So you think you can dance?
20-year old Comfort Ogheneruro Fedoke (Nigerian parents, born in Texas but calls Lagos home) is competing in 'So you think you can dance', a popular tv show on American tv. Watch her dancing to an old school electro tune by The Egyptian Lover and judge for yourself: will she make it to the... Read more...
Published a month ago
Township Funk
This devastating tune from dj Mujava is about to be released worldwide on the renown Warp Records (and This Is Music Records for the UK). Despite high expectations (and opportunities like the Tsotsi movie soundtrack), kwaito and related music from South Africa has not yet led to a worldwide craze... Read more...
Published a month ago
African hip hop radio: new 3-hour English show
After a long absence, during which we worked hard behind the scenes on the upcoming site changes and started a local version of African hip hop radio in Dutch, the African hip hop radio team is back with monthly updates and new presenter Amal. The July 2008 show is filled to the brim with the... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
Digging in West-Africa
Hip hop culture, as we know, has made a major contribution in unearthing obscure funk and soul music from the 1970s and 80s. Numerous jazz musicians have rebuilt their careers over being sampled by A Tribe Called Quest, Gangstarr etc. The art of digging for rare records that came to life in the... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
Matatu hop - way back when...
Anybody who visited or lived in Kenya in the early 90's? One thing that you won't be able to erase from memory is the abundance of matatu's, the preferred and cheap public transport. The mini buses that tended to take way more people than they were supposed to were also instrumental in the spread... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
