In The Beginning (CP – 08.09.2009)
Late in 2009, I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to write a column for City Press' City Pulse, which is what the entertainment and lifestyle supplement was called - it is now called 7. It is always interesting for one to go back and revisit thoughts and ideas expressed and, as a...
Sway Brings UK Blackstars
Sway Dcypha has been carrying the flag for Ghanaians at the forefront of UK hip hop for some time now. His mixtapes are legendary and his relationship with Akon's Konvict Muzik was, in my eyes, supposed to truly launch him onto a full global stage. This seems to moving slower than hoped but Sway...
Win Public Enemy’s Apocalypse 91
In Johannesburg, next week, is an event that is momentous and will go down as one of those life-defining moments. Public Enemy will be performing at the Alex Theatre in Braamfontein on December 3rd & 4th. They will be in Cape Town on the 7th and 8th of December. The Public Enemy South Africa...
PayPal x / FNB Developer Challenge
One of the frontiers of technology today is app development. Most mobile phones can call out and receive calls, so where the attention now is continues to be on the development of applications that satisfy the multitude of needs and wants that we have. Also, as more and more of us get online, our...
What Do You Know About Breakin’?
I just had to post this. This clip was posted on my Facebook timeline by 'a friend'; it brought back so many memories. And, lately, I've been doing a lot of reminiscing, particularly in terms of music, but also with film. In 1984/85, in the small city of Maseru, Lesotho, a small b-boy...
Kobi Onyame’s Inner City Lights
Ghanaian / UK-based hip hop producer and artist Kobi Onyame was the first artist I profiled (He Said, She Said - June 2009) when I started my Wordpress blog. Part of what I wanted to do with this space was to share some of the music I came across, whether mainstream or not, and Kobi led the way....
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Sway Brings UK Blackstars
Sway Dcypha has been carrying the flag for Ghanaians at the forefront of UK hip hop for some time now. His mixtapes are legendary and his relationship with Akon's Konvict Muzik was, in my eyes, supposed to truly launch him onto a full global stage. This seems to moving slower than hoped but Sway...
Win Public Enemy’s Apocalypse 91
In Johannesburg, next week, is an event that is momentous and will go down as one of those life-defining moments. Public Enemy will be performing at the Alex Theatre in Braamfontein on December 3rd & 4th. They will be in Cape Town on the 7th and 8th of December. The Public Enemy South Africa...
PayPal x / FNB Developer Challenge
One of the frontiers of technology today is app development. Most mobile phones can call out and receive calls, so where the attention now is continues to be on the development of applications that satisfy the multitude of needs and wants that we have. Also, as more and more of us get online, our...
What Do You Know About Breakin’?
I just had to post this. This clip was posted on my Facebook timeline by 'a friend'; it brought back so many memories. And, lately, I've been doing a lot of reminiscing, particularly in terms of music, but also with film. In 1984/85, in the small city of Maseru, Lesotho, a small b-boy...
Kobi Onyame’s Inner City Lights
Ghanaian / UK-based hip hop producer and artist Kobi Onyame was the first artist I profiled (He Said, She Said - June 2009) when I started my Wordpress blog. Part of what I wanted to do with this space was to share some of the music I came across, whether mainstream or not, and Kobi led the way....
Loxion Kulcha Going Back To Its Roots?
Loxion Kulcha is a pioneering South African brand, growing from the urban streets to penetrate all aspects of South African society. They were the model for so many young urban brands today. Started in the late '90s by Wandi Nzimande and Sechaba Mogale, the first products to be sold - out of the...