Just as I thought it, DJ Tira gave voice to my random thoughts. Why are there so many “boyz” in gqom music? There are the Distruction Boyz (sic) and then there are the Rude Boyz. Sure, DJ Maphorisa is ...

Last month's System Focus column on emerging African and Afrodiasporic networks featured Angel-Ho, an artist bringing ballroom and other U.S. club flavors of black and gay origin into new and ...

Before amapiano we had gqom. What a time it was to be alive. A newer take on kwaito that was interwoven with elements of House music, this genre and its proponents had the nation in a chokehold but ...

The service cites the explosion of African electronic genres including afrobeats, amapiano and Gqom as a major driver behind the increase. By Katie Bain DJ mixes from Africa have tracked massive ...

South Africa (as I covered in a previous profile of House producer Black Coffee) has cemented its place as one of the world’s most innovative producers and exporters of dance music. By now, the ...

The pulse of Durban’s streets has hit the global stage once again with the release of “New Wave”, a 16-track album crafted by Dankie Boi, Blacks Jnr and GoldMax. More than just a collection of songs, ...

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 ...

Mlethwa Majola, aka M_Square, is into gqom and amapiano music on his latest single. The Booysens maskandi artist, Mlethwa Majola, aka M_Square, has ventured into gqom and amapiano music on his latest ...

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 ...

Omagoqa’s latest EP channels the sound of Durban’s underground across eleven unruly productions. We find out more about how it was made When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

It was joy for me to hear one of Ghana’s female “Jewels” in music, Becca, known in private life as Rebecca Akosua Acheampomaa Acheampong, who has stayed relevant for over 13 years release “No One” ...

He started off playing and producing hip hop music in 2008. From being his rapper cousin's DJ, Lwazi Gala found himself producing beats for Msawawa around 2010. About a year later, he heard a gqom ...