By Bongani Dube 15 July 2023 MBABANE: Fresh from winning Best International Artist in the BET Awards 2023, the current African biggest artist Burna Boy is headed to South Africa for a one-night only date. Pic: Burna Boy performs at Essence Festival in Durban. Photo by Bongani Dube, 2017. Burna Boy will perform at the massive FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on the night of September … Continue reading Burna Boy SA show set for Gauteng, 9/23
Asibemunye (We are one) is a song by the Eswatini Artists Ensemble, a pool of over 20 artists from the Kingdom of Eswatini, brought together by the Eswatini Arts & Music Association (SWAMA) and the Association of Christian Artists of Eswatini (ACAESWA). It is a song of hope amid distress, stress, anxiety, poverty, and disease. Continue reading Eswatini Artists Ensemble – Asibemunye (lyrics)
Eminem dropped new album last Friday, and it is set to earn him a historic record – 10th consecutive Number 1 album on the Billboard Hot 200 Albums charts this week…. Continue reading Eminem’s 2020 album set to break a prestigious record
By Bongani Dube (@djtizalami) The first Essence Festival in the Southern Hemisphere was hosted in my favourite destination in South Africa: Durban, on November 8 to 13, 2016. To say it was a blast is an understatement. It surely lived up to (and perhaps matched) the US standards; where the event originates from. The event was attended by the world renowned motivational speaker, comedian, and … Continue reading Reliving the 1st Essence Fest Durban in pictures
By Bongani Dube (@djtizalami) By now you should have heard that the Prodigal Sonz, which some of us in the Swazi arts sector had considered to be the ‘Last Group Standing’, finally bowed down to the inevitable gravitational forces of disintegration, albeit amicably so – as they would like us to believe, marking perhaps the final straw that broke the camel’s back to (Swazi) Hip … Continue reading Prodigal Sonz’ demise last straw for Swazi Hip Hop groups (2007 – 2017)
No one throws mega parties at the Vodacom Durban July like Durban Tourism does, and this year was no different. I was privileged to be hosted by Durban Tourism once more, in what could possibly be my best #VDJ experience thus far. Using my #Canon650D camera, I managed to capture these amazing pics of performers at the Durban Tourism marquee at the #VDJ2017. Continue reading Durban July 2017: Up-close pics of artists at the Durban Tourism marquee/stand
R’nB Diva and American global sensation Beyonce dropped a surprise new single ‘Formation’ last week, a day before she joined Coldplay and Bruno Mars to perform at this year’s Super Bowl half-time show, and fans and critics have since gone on overdrive in adoration of Bey’s artistry. . Endless reaction videos from all over the world have since proliferated the net, yet it’s been very … Continue reading Exclusive: Beyonce – ‘Formation’ video, finally on youtube. Watch it here.
This track showed up trending on second place on twitter, South Africa region. Download, listen, and rate it on our poll above. Here’s the download link: http://www.datafilehost.com/d/c2f11569 Continue reading Track ‘Bonang’ trends in SA. Download and rate it here:
My Top 10 hip hop songs from the 90s (mainstream) My late brother (’cause that’s what I called him, and everyone who knew us – his friends and mine – actually thought we were siblings, yet truth is; he was my nephew – my sister’s son) Charlie is the one who introduced me to hip hop in the 90’s. I remember, back then, he used … Continue reading My Top 10 Hip Hop songs from the 90s (mainstream)
Listen to #Composure by AKA here: (NB: Explicit content) https://soundcloud.com/hwing_net/aka-composure Listen to #Dust2Dust by Cassper Nyovest here: (NB: Explicit content) Continue reading #Composure Vs #Dust2Dust – VOTE NOW
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