HIPHOP/RAP

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BUSINESS

How Hip-Hop Got Its Name

ip-hop — they were the first words on the genre’s first big hit, the Sugarhill Gang’s 1979 song, “Rapper’s Delight.” But at the time no one—not even the young kids who had invented the music, the dances, the rhymes, and the visual art of this burgeoning movement emerging from the Bronx—was calling it that. Hip-hop wasn’t hip-hop yet. That moment would come in September 1982, when a downtown reporter named […]

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DANCEHALL

Recreating America?: Why Most African Rappers Dont Sound `African`

Quincy Jones once said:   Ice keep doing what you are doing- man/Don’t give a damn those squares don’t understand/You let them tell you what to sing and what to write/Your whole career will be all over by tomorrow night!   -Ice T (Back on the Block 1989)   The mass media has ensured that the horrors of the Jewish Holocaust are deeply ingrained in our consciousness; however the equally […]

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DANCEHALL

Inside Tupac’s Last Days

The rapper's professional and personal life was at an all-time high when he was gunned down in September 1996. On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur was shot in Las Vegas; he died six days later. In the last days before his death, Tupac's life included creating music, filming a movie, activism, romance, and making plans for a future away from Death Row Records. Tupac's acting career was thriving Though best […]

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GOSPEL

MEET THE FIRST & ONLY EAST AFRICAN RAPPER TO BE FEATURED ON THE BET HIP-HOP AWARDS CYPHERS

Since 2007 The BET Hip-Hop Awards have been honoring the emcees, music, and artistry that keeps the culture we love moving forward and evolving. The ceremony’s rap freestyle series, “The Cypher”, highlights the lyrical ability, charisma, and stage presence of both hip-hop icons and emerging emcees in a traditional rap cypher setting.   Rappers have given some memorable performances throughout the years, with some artists making their mainstream debut in […]

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The Unprecedented Journey: How Ugandan Rap Has Created Entrepreneurs

Hip-hop in Uganda was born in the early-1990s in impoverished areas of Kampala amongst rampant unemployment, drugs, and other social injustices. As such, it was an unlikely candidate to grow and permeate mainstream Ugandan society. When hip-hop began in Uganda, people outside Kampala didn’t understand it. There was no demand for the “bizarre talking records,” as radio stations by that time used to call them. If anything, mainstream music institutions […]

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How did August 11 Become Hip-Hop’s Birthday? It All Started With A Party But What`s Its State In Uganda?

Hip-hop celebrated its birthday on Thursday as we previously posted on our social media handles. How do we know this? Date: August 11, 1973. Location: 1520 Sedgewick Avenue, Bronx, New York. A party held on this date and place 49 years ago today witnessed the birth of Hip-Hop, one of the most listened music genres in Turkey and the world. A PARTY IS CONSIDERED AS THE CIRCLE OF HIP-HOP In […]

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BUSINESS

Buganda’s Sovereignty: The 55 Kings Who Ruled After Kintu

Since written records didn’t kick in until 1862, the oral tradition served as a source of history. At least five different lists chronicle the stories of individuals said to have ruled Buganda Kingdom. In Buganda Gye Twasubwa (The Buganda We Missed), Dr Adam Nsubuga Kimala, basing on research by Prof Kiwanuka, lists at least 55 Buganda kings, who ruled after Kintu; from Seguku to Bemba. These, however, do not feature […]

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The Voguish Cultural Operation of Hip-Hop Among The Indigenous Xun and Khwe Youth of Platfontein, South Africa

Hip-hop is regarded as a “cultural” form because it contains the key elements and patterns of symbolic action and meaning that are deeply felt, commonly intelligible and widely shared among members of the hip-hop community. The culture of hip-hop incorporates four prominent elements: rapping (i.e. the oral), tagging or bombing (i.e. the visuals: marking the walls of buildings and subways with graffiti), DJ-ing (i.e. aural: collaging the best fragments of […]

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HIGHLIGHTS

The Late Legendary ” Nampeera Mulekwa” to be honored at the 2019 ‘ 256 Hip-Hop Awards’ with the ” I Am Hip-Hop Award “

His journey to the Ugandan music industry started in the late 90s; By then his original name ‘DENIS’ was his stage name not until 2002 when he came up with a name known to many ‘ MULEKWA Nampeera Mulekwa born 36years ago Died on the 28/11/2018 and he was laid to rest on the 29/11/2018 on the grounds of his ancestors. His journey to the Ugandan music industry started in […]

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