As the world marvels at Yugen Blakrok’s appearance on the Black Panther soundtrack, Helen Herimbi sits down with the Mzansi MC The last quarter of 2017 was a reaping season for Yugen Blakrok. Now the Eastern Cape-born, Johannesburg-based rapper who is signed to prolific independent hip hop label, Iapetus Records,...

Yugen Blakrok is her mother’s daughter. In reality, her mom is a butcher and on records, Yugen Blakrok can kill, cut up and skin rappers. “I used to come home to a blood-stained apron,” the Eastern Cape-bred rapper who is based in Joburg laughs. But with a critically acclaimed debut...