While Uganda remains a force to be reckoned with in certain fields such as athletics, tourism, agriculture and the likes, there’s little to be said about our music industry on the world stage.Over the past few years by the likes of Eddy Kenzo have made great strides and flown Uganda’s flag high. However, the local […]
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It has been long since we last heard an EP that blends a mixture of languages smoothly together yet still packed with quotable and related rhymes and metaphors. In comes the COMMUNION EP by Caution, Blaylock and Sayanide from HouseOvStone Productions. It’s a 6-song EP, with a general theme of togetherness, camaraderie and emcees breaking […]
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American legendary rapper Snoop Dogg arrived in Scotland last week and was met at the airport by a bagpipes player giving a rendition of ‘Still D.R.E.’ The rapper is currently on his ‘I Wanna Thank Me” tour of Europe, which has been rescheduled a host of times since its initial announcement in 2019. On Thursday (March […]
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Takeaway: Just like Hip-hop, Spoken word poetry is a rhythmic verbalization and embodiment of one’s innermost feelings, struggles and history .This is separate from other types of poetry because Spoken Word poetry is rooted in African American music and culture(Hip-hop); it is also an apparatus for the expression of the black experience. Now, last week, […]
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Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo is $20,000 (about UGX. 73,892,680) rich after winning the 16thUnited Airlines New York City Half Marathon on Sunday, March 19, 2023. The 22-year-old long distance athlete crossed the finishing line in 1:01:31 under cold and windy conditions. Country-mate Joshua Cheptegei scooped silver with a timing of 1:02:09 to earn $10,000 (at least […]
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Takeaway: In 1998, the Chicago Bulls completed a second three-peat, led by Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Phil Jackson. It was also the end of an era, as the Bulls management, wanted Jackson to resign. Bemused by the decision, Jordan played the final season of actual career, and retired for a second time, while etching his name as the greatest basketball […]
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Tumukunde Hannah Karema was on Saturday officially crowned the new Miss Uganda, beating off 20 other beauties to the crown. Tumukunde, from Nakaseke, belonged to the Central Region pool and came up strongest, ahead of her close competitors Ademun Whitney Martha and Premah Agwang who finished 1st and 2nd runners up respectively. Following being crowned, Tumukunde said […]
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Kanye West will not face charges in connection with an incident when he snatched and tossed a woman’s phone to prevent her from filming him. The G.O.O.D. Music boss was accused of snatching and tossing the phone of a woman he believed to be paparazzi. According to TMZ, the charges have now been dropped in connection […]
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