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Mzungu Kichaa
‘Mzungu kichaa’ (crazy white guy) has been an expression circling in the Tanzanian hip hop scene ever since a Danish rapper called Joker did a collabo with popular artist Mr II (Sugu aka 2Proud) back...
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Interview: 125 (Kenya)
Live with Shenzy / Voice of the Underground (VOTU) is an urban radio show based on hip hop culture, hosted by MC Shenzy, a Nairobi, Kenya based hip hop activist/ mc/radio host and co-founder of the...
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Tanzanian emcee in BET Hip Hop Awards cypher
America’s BET Hip Hop Awards pays tribute to Tanzanian hip hop: rapper Gsan of the group X Plastaz from Arusha, Tanzania participated in this year’s BET cypher among legends such as KRS One, Wale, Mos...
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OKOA Hip Hop – Tumechoka, a track speaking out against injustice
‘Tumechoka’ is is a hip hop collaboration done by various artists: Kidis (Tanzania), Silver (Mombasa), Ekori (Turkana), Skobo (Mombasa), Gasfyatu (Nairobi), Edu Mambo (Nairobi), Kevlexicon (New York)...
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Africa Represents at seventh International Hip Hop Festival
Text: The Black Noise Tendency Pics: Seth Markle From March 29th-31st 2012, artists, activists, educators, students and academics converged on the campus of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut...
View ArticleLuga Flow Army – Ejje lyo
Luga Flow Army is a group of five members from Uganda who started working together in 2011. They rap in Luganda, Swahili and English. Each member is a lyricist in his own right – Burney mc (2011 music...
View ArticleNew Cipher Video from the Trinity College International Hip Hop Festival
Every year, the Trinity College International Hip-Hop Festival brings artists from all over the world to represent hip hop and social activism together in Hartford, Connecticut at the Trinity College...
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Sauti za Busara: East Africa’s premier musical festival returns in 2017
East Africa’s most celebrated festival, Sauti za Busara—an annual multi-day music and arts event held in the Swahili coastal trading town of East Africa’s Stone Town—was forced to cancel it’s 2016...
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