KFC partners with Stogie T, Touchline and Boity
“And, yeah. I’m here,” Boity grins at the camera. “It’s changed.” That’s followed by a manicured thumbs-up and a bite of the bottom lip. It’s a cute moment that serves as the ending to The Sobering’s video recap of KFC’s #TheWrapGameHasChanged launch. We’ve been hearing about how #TheWrapGameHasChanged from @KFCSA, so we went to Kentucky […]
Fete de la Musique returns to Newtown
Jackie Queens. Refentše Solo. Those are the people I am most excited about seeing at the annual Fete de la Musique concert. The free event returns to Newtown Junction on June 8. This year, there will be six stages and you can catch acts like the incredible Jackie Queens as well as Refentše Solo. Msaki, […]
WATCH: Ridin’ Round with Blinky Bill
By now, you know how much I love Elliott Wilson. I mean, he’s only married to the GOAT, after all. I digress. It tickles me to call myself Helliott Wilson for these interviews where I’m riding in cars with musicians. While this is no Car Test, it was a braai test of sorts. Kenyan artist, […]
WATCH: Religion and Rap
I know, I know, it looks like this has turned into a YoungstaCPT fan site. I suppose the kid has been working the press. The last time he was in Jozi, he and I spoke about his song, 786, and the links it has to Islam and parts of Cape Town gang culture. What do […]
On: 3T
“Can you believe the internet was down,” he asks me rhetorically as he sits down. He shakes his head. “But things like that always happen to me,” he smirks and then says: “The internet only went down when I arrived, they’ve never had that happen to anyone else.” If I were YoungstaCPT, I’d probably be […]
hdX: On Theatre on the Square
What makes for a potentially electrifying performance? Helen Herimbi hits up AKA’s Orchestra on the Square rehearsal to find out The Jozi sky is grey when I arrive. AKA’s band is standing in a circle on the street and I join them. The seem on edge. Nhlanhla, who takes care of the lighting and visuals […]
hdX: On Mx Blouse
“I thought I was just hungover and ignored the fact that I felt sick for a while,” Mx Blouse is telling me over the phone. I’m gobsmacked. They are giggling. “I was so sick. I got rained on on New Year’s Eve, at Afropunk. Then it escalated and they couldn’t figure out if I had […]
On: Tamia
Ahead of her South African tour, Tamia talks to Helen Herimbi about passion, penmanship and privacy “Umm,” she pauses to chuckle. “I’m not really a person who goes for overt gestures of love on a special day. I’m kind of into overt gestures of love on a random day. Just spending time together is what’s […]
On: YoungstaCPT
YoungstaCPT and his team are in the basement parking lot of a Joburg radio station. Teargas’ breakout hit, Chance, is not a song that would typically be played by this station but it is blaring through YoungstaCPT’s car’s speakers. I’m surprised to hear the rapper blaze this throwback tune but he insists he loves it. […]
On: Ishmael
“For maybe three years, I used to have these dreams of just dealing with my matric,” Ishmael Morabe tells me shortly after he’s sat down. The multi-talented artist who is simply known as Ishmael has just come back from a morning of visiting high schools to motivate the kids who are getting ready for exams. […]