Head of the Gqom Oh! label, Nan Kolè has been undertaking a massive project over the past few months. Allying with Rome-based radio station Crudo Volta, Kolè has been travelling around South Africa, ...
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook South Africa (as I covered in a previous profile of House producer Black Coffee) has cemented its ...
In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...
Gqom is the simmering sound straight from the streets of South Africa. A cutting-edge movement, now making its way around the globe and over the airwaves thanks to characteristically budget, broken ...
A few songs into her set, Sho Madjozi asks her performance deejay to “just throw a beat and I’ll see what I can do.” When the beat, a hard-hitting gqom instrumental, is eventually given to her, she ...
Vic Mensa is one of hip-hop's more knowledgeable artists, so it should come as no surprise that the Chicago rapper is always looking to broaden his horizons. On Friday (Dec. 29), Mensa hopped on ...
State OFFF demonstrates how there is "gqom everywhere" for this spine-tingling edition of The Mix, and tells Megan Townsend about how trading on his 'Hard Currency' helped him bring an array of global ...
The entertainment for Saturday's Nedbank Cup final between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates will be headlined by some original Durban genre, GQOM! Take a look... Gqom music resides in the heart and ...
Music fans are in for a treat as award-nominated producer DJ Lag returns with his latest mixtape, "Southside", which dropped on November 14. Affectionately referred to as "The King of Gqom", DJ Lag's ...
A South African man has gone viral on social media for his striking resemblance to global pop sensation Justin Bieber The man's entertaining video showcases his carefree personality and flair for ...
It has been three years since the passing of Big Nuz member and gqom pioneer Mandla “Mampintsha” Maphumulo, and social media users have again taken to their platforms to remember the late star.