Month: May 2022

Zulu Mkhathini is a creative polymath who really has done it all and makes anyone feel like they could do more with their lives and their time, to be honest. 

With a striking latest album – that took four years to complete and was then subjected to a bit of a rocky release because of Covid-19 – he navigated an unorthodox release campaign like a pro and continues to reinforce the project by telling a very personal story.

From disappointing loved ones and then making good with an ethic that screams “do better”, Zulu is walking the road that few even know how to find, let alone wear it thin. 

Outro Song: Asambe  – Apple Music

Set List:

Uniform feat. Tira – Apple Music

Dream Team – What’s Your Name – Apple Music

Draining – Apple Music

Shakata – Apple Music 

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DJ Lag is frequently described as a gqom pioneer – helping shape and usher the drum-heavy sound to the forefront of South Africa’s dance music scene. 

Always looking to break new ground, his latest album employs a broader palette fusing amapiano, Afro-house, and Afro-tech – and slowing down a few tracks that he’s seeing as a bit of shift in the genre, calling it gqom 2.0.

From hearing his music in a taxi for the first time, to that first trip up to Johannesburg, to touring the world, DJ Lag seems to have taken it all in his stride, one giant leap at a time. 

Outro Song: DJ LAG feat Babes Wadumo and Mampintsha – Apple Music

Set List:

Let’s Do This – Apple Music 

3 Step Culo – Apple Music

Ice Drop – Apple Music

Portland – Apple Music

Drumming – DJ Lag and Moses Boyd – Apple music

Something Different – Apple Music

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DJ Ready D is a bona fide hip hop legend and one of the longest-serving scratch artists in South Africa.

As an integral member of Prophets Of Da City, a group who are widely credited as having SA’s first rap release, he built a thriving career over the years as a hip hop DJ and turntablist and radio & TV Presenter – while also working closely with communities to develop youth programmes for educational upliftment.

This is of course Deon Daniels, better known to all of us as DJ Ready D. 

Outro Song: Ghoema Ghoema Ghoema feat. Youngsta CPT – Apple Music

Set List:

F.N.T.P – Prophets of da City – Apple Music 

Blood, Bullets and Pigs  – Prophets of da City – Apple Music

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For our 100th episode and the start of Africa Month we chat to a South African rap powerhouse whose lyrical flexing is world class, a lady who has unapologetically blazed her own trail, preaching empowerment and taking names on whichever stage she steps. 

From the moment the country heard her hot, on point rhymes it was very clear that a new kind of hip hop star was born and her career has been equally as interesting to follow as it unfolds.  

From her humble hard working roots through to finding her own form of spiritual enlightenment that very often sought to buck the status quo, Gigi Lamayne is blazing a trail that you best don fire protection to keep up with. 

Outro Song: Mashonisa feat. Busiswah x Makhadzi – Apple Music

Set List:

Fire – Apple Music 

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