Ugandan rap seems to move more quickly than virtually any other style of popular music; blink and you’ll miss a whole slew of promising new artists. We listen to as much as we can, and we’re always coming across new favorites, so we decided to put together a list of 10 newer rappers that really […]
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If you are a fan of Uganda`s GNL Zamba, then you will surely like Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, otherwise known as Vector Tha Viper; both men have a lot in common when it comes to rap style. A poet, songwriter and enterprenuer, though Vector is as well a highly prolific music producer. Vector is in the league […]
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The music industry in Kenya was heavily built on fusion of traditional instruments and bands. All this included a lot of singing and so in many ways, rappers did not have a platform. With the rise of clubs, clubs accommodated live bands which again closed the rappers out; I am pretty sure people were not […]
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Ugandans have established their extraordinary talent for creating music and providing entertainment over the years. Rappers played a significant role in advancing the music business to where it is today and have successfully carved out a successful industry from it. The state of hip-hop in Uganda has been the subject of numerous discussions on social […]
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It is no longer a secret of how USA based Ugandan Socialite and entrepreneur Juliet Zawedde aka Boss Bae romantically moved on from ex husband Aurelien Guiembert and hooked up former Ugandan National team Basketball star Jonah Otim and these two fresh lovebirds have publically expressed their love and affection including Juliet buying Jonah a […]
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In 2020, Uganda artist GNL Zamba released an album titled the “Spear Album”, which is a collection of stories of the past, the present, and the future! According to GNL Zamba, this album calls for unity and a spiritual awakening of all the tribes of the earth to recapture a higher consciousness around our shared […]
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Young people in Nairobi use Sheng, an urban, youth sociolect that mixes English, Kiswahili, and ethnic languages and shares many features with slang, to forge a new, hybrid identity. Sheng signifies the negotiations and struggles of youth’s identity project. The institutions of family, church, school, and popular media present Kenyan youth with different possible identities. […]
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In a country where we lack adequate resources to track the commercial success of the music we consume, we are forced to rely on the popularity of songs in clubs, raves, and large gatherings to measure what a hit song is. However, there has been an alteration in our music consumption dynamics—thanks to a pandemic-ridden […]
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It is no doubt that the second week of the year is a bright one for media personality Shiela ‘Salta’ following the announcement of having joined NRG radio Kenya. The former presenter of “527 on Urban” shared the good news of inking pen to paper through her Twitter account where she disclosed that she will be […]
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will announce the host for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2025 on February 10, 2023, President Patrice Motsepe confirmed. Guinea were chosen as original hosts for the bi-annual tournament nine years ago but were stripped off rights after being behind in preparations. At the moment, six nations have […]
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