Author: Frank Ntambi

The voice of the people can come in many different forms. Expression itself is one of the few tools an artist still has the possibility to fully control. In our current fusion era of music, its wholly natural that the ways that we once expressed our hip hop as a blend of spoken word and […]

Hip-hop music and culture is a chiaroscuro of social consciousness and mainstream commodification, a chameleonesque art form that adapts to every environment it encounters, a personal saviour and communitarian mobilizer born out of a disenfranchised youth movement in the post-industrial urban nightmare of America’s neglected ghettos. Hip-hop music, like jazz, is an improvisational art form that […]

Rapper Pappy Kojo believes he’s the only artiste actively involved in Ghana’s hip-hop music scene. According to the ‘Green Means Go’ rapper, the Ghanaian rap scene has been kept alive by his presence in the industry. ”Just imagine Ghana music without Pappy Kojo..just imagine that. like I add up to catalogs. you know I add […]

It’s no secret that rap music in Uganda, and across the world, is predominantly centred around men (with women often being reduced to accessories in music videos). Over the last decade, however, the Ugandan music industry has seen a rise in the number of fearless female rappers challenging societal-norms and leading the scene with unique […]

Visual art has been tied to hip-hop culture since its inception, and initially manifested itself most clearly in the form of graffiti and fashion trends. During the genre’s first decades, notable hip-hop practitioners whose work crossed the boundaries of music and visual art included Fab 5 Freddy, Rammellzee, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.  More current examples of […]