Fashioning Modern Africanism

When someone is close to heart, its never easy to forget them. This week on the 22nd of June late SA hip hop star "Pro Kid" would have been celebrating his 39th birthday. A number of musician have come together before this in honour of Linda "Pro" Mkhize's memory. The recent commemoration is not short of being honourary. Dj Citilyts who is the PRO's younger brother has teamed up with Bless and Blayze to bring a smash hit which features his  legendary late older brother Pro Kid. This collaboration comes not only as music shared by artist, but a reflection of how Pro Kid tared the road he had paved. Many artists across the fort still sing their praises of this Soweto born Icon. This collaboration of Dj Citilyts along with Bless and Blayze, is an emphasis of the growth and how far South African Hip Hop has come. With the combination of the old and new wave coming together, this is surely worth feeding the ear. Dj Citilyts features Bless, Blayze and "no. 1

Max-Hoba’s signature AfroSoul sound has already earned the singer, songwriter and performer a devoted following, both in South Africa and internationally. Now this versatile artist is set to broaden his audience through his work with Paradise Sound System, a German-South African project that is playing an instrumental role in taking independent African artists to the world.   Listen Here Max-Hoba’s ability to move across different languages (primarily IsiXhosa, Sesotho and English) and musical styles (including traditional South African roots music) gives his debut PSS release a broad appeal that is only enhanced by his rich, deep, velvety voice. Lyrically, too, this gifted artist easily moves between the universal themes of love and togetherness, and socially important subjects that soundtrack the times in which we live – unity, tolerance and more.    Born and raised in the Free State mining town of Welkom, South Africa, Max-Hoba – who is also known as The Traveling Man – is a highly

South African alternative soul singer and songwriter, Bongi Mvuyana, is set to release her debut album, Dopamine, digitally on Friday, 22 May 2020, with a 3-song house remix package following closely after the album release, with remixes by acclaimed house DJs and Producers Culo De Song, Chymamusique and Kayrendasoul.   Bongi Mvuyana’s music off her highly anticipated album has garnered attraction as far as Nigeria and Norway. Her music has charted on stations such as Metro FM in South Africa and on Beat 99 FM in Nigeria which just goes to show how universal a language music truly is.   With Bongi Mvuyana’s global audience and latest releases with German-based distribution label, Paradise Sound System, releasing Dopamine digitally is a no-brainer, as her outlook is now to avail her music and message to the world.   “It has been a long journey creating this music and now the time has finally come to share it with the world. My music is influenced by genres spanning from South African an

Nolo was arguably one of the most loved contestants on Idols season 15 who made it all the way to Top 4. He was one of the artist’s fortunate enough to record a new single as part of the Top 4 artists. Listen and download from your favourite  platform HERE… “I’m quite nervous for the release of the song, since it is my first single, but all in all I’m excited for people to hear the song. Thank you for all the love I received during Idols and after” says Nolo. Nolo’s single titled “Nguwe” is an Afro soul track fusing old school elements with trending sounds, and the single is already receiving love on radio stations across the country.