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Nana NYC Releases “One Nation” on Ghana’s Election Day
In honor of Ghana's elections, New York-based Ghanaian MC Nana NYC teamed up with award-winning Ghanaian star Samini for a reflective moment they've titled "One...
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Das Racist Is At The Big Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell In The Sky
Maybe we all felt it in our bones. Das Racist was too intellectually incandescent, too chemically unstable, too weird to last. After releasing their long awaited, and...
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Things Get Weird with Comedic Rap Super Troupe Three Loco
If some hip hop music today leaves you laughing, at least Three Loco is doing so intentionally. The new comedy hip-hop supergroup, comprised of Houston's ridiculously...
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RANL, Queen of the Virtual Rap Barbies?
Words by Dexter Thomas.
Nowadays, everybody wants to play Barbie.
Every week, it seems like there's some new female artist with pink hair, donning doll clothes. I...
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Throwback Thursday: Roots Manuva – “Witness (1 Hope)”
In other non-related British news, Roots Manuva is back, and he's penning an opera, a comic book and an autobiography as to how one Stockwell-bred lad came into his own...
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Speech Debelle Reveals “Live For The Message” Video And Refix
Speech Debelle just shared a new video for "Live for the Message" off her sophomore album Freedom of Speech, released this year. The clip is as stripped-down and...
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Afrikaans Is Dead
“Afrikaans is dead” – or so proclaims our favorite Afrikaans rapper, the inimitable Jack Parow. Afrikaans, of course, is the Dutch-derived language spoken widely in...
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Adam Tensta, Sweden’s Great Hip-Hop Hope
Ok, Sweden. You’ve already proved that you're the best at music. You secretly run the pop music industry. You have all the dreamiest indie rock girls. You have the...
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Jogja Hip Hop Foundation: Ancient Indonesia Flows Through Real MCs
The Jogja Hip Hop Foundation was founded in 2003 -- a time when Indonesian gamelan culture and hip-hop couldn't possibly make sense in tandem. But now that hip-hop has...
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Like Dust? Shystie’s Got that Gold…
London-born Shystie is like a fine wine that gets better with time. The 29-year-old MC has fermented her talent throughout the eight years that she’s been grinding on...
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Artist of the Week: Kobi Onyame
Ghana via UK MC Kobi Onyame took our Artist of the Week poll by a substantial margin. Looks like his fresh take on conscious hip-hop found its mark. Congratulations,...
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SA’s Kwesta Chills With Kid-X In “Boom Shaka Laka” Video
Joined by Kid-X, up and coming Johannesburg MC Kwesta serves up his bi-lingual wordplay with side of glitz in his new video. It's packed cheeked to jowl with luxury cars...
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Kobi Onyame’s Green Green Grasses Wins
Name: Kobi Onyame
Where He’s From: Ghana via London, now based in Scotland.
When He Started: 2000
Genre: Eclectic hip-hop
Most Similar: DELS, Smiler
There...
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99Feet High & Rising: Epik High’s Tablo Talks Success
Words Amy Andrieux. Interview Suyeon Kim.
By the end of 2009, fans of Korea's most talked about hip-hop group found themselves totally confused. Not only was DJ...
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With “Is What It Is” Ninjasonik’s Telli Remembers DJ Mehdi
Ninjasonik is known for their raucous shows, but on "Is What It Is" we get to see a slightly different side of one half of the duo. On this new one from from Telli...
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Tego Calderón: Rapper, Revolutionary, and Original Rooster?
In 2005, when reggaeton first came to a car stereo near you following the breakthrough success of Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina,” Tego Calderón was one of the first major...
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Soul Electronica: Decoding Rudimental’s Blueprint
Amir Amor, Kesi Dryden, Piers Agget and DJ Locksmith are the four members who piece Rudimental together, east London’s latest chart-topping export. The music producers,...
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Native Creatives: 10 Artists Representing Indigenous Youth Worldwide
A Tribe Called Red/Photo courtesy of the artist
Starting October 30 and running through November 4, Aboriginal Music Week will go off in Winnipeg, Canada,...
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Angel Haze Addresses Childhood Rape On New Track
"Parental discretion is advised."
That's how Angel Haze begins her new track "Cleaning Out My Closet," off the upcoming CLASSICK mixtape, due out this Thursday. She...
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Chile Hip-Hop Duo KTR: 15 Years and Still From the Future
Name: K.T.R. (Rapper Ka and DJ/Producer Patoxhea)
Where They're From: Santiago & Linares, Chile
When They Started: Solo: 1997, Duo: 2003
Genre: electro...