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• Guest wrote a new blog post: Kwaito star Brown Dash Dies   1 week, 2 days ago
  

  RIP Brown DashSOUTH African kwaito star Brown Dash died today (Wednesday 09 May 2012), according to friends.
  The singer, who was born Siphiwe Mpamile, was 33.
  The ‘Puff n’ Pass’ star had been unwell for several years. He spent three weeks in hospital last year after being diagnosed with pneumonia and had liquids drained from his [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: Hai Wena, Waar Was Jy - Where Has It Gone?   2 months, 1 week ago
  

  Remember Old Skool Kwaito As most people in South Africa who fell in love with the genre are reminiscing and asking what happened to the beloved music we know as Kwaito, I , an American who has been listening to this proudly South African genre for about a decade and has been asking the same [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: A Chat with Black Coffee - Kwaito Is Still Around   3 months, 4 weeks ago
  

  Black Coffee at the South African Music AwardsFrom the unkempt townships to the swanky Durban clubs, the music preference in South Africa is the same – mzansi house. Mzansi house music has been slowly brewing at the base of the continent for some time and is now filtering into clubs and radio stations all over [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: FACT! DJ Black Coffee Rocks Durban   5 months ago
  

  Dj Black CoffeeMore than 10,000 people came to Durban to witness the popular DJ Black Coffee and a 24-piece orchestra as they set the Moses Mabhida Stadium alight on Friday night.
  The talented DJ astonished a lot of people who didn’t know what to expect from the show, since he was doing something that has [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: Don’t miss Channel O’s legendary Top 20 this December   5 months, 1 week ago
  

  Tiwa at Channel O Music AwardsThe Channel O Top 20 is a highlight of the year for music fans and in 2011 promises to be the best television entertainment of the festive season.
  To keep viewers guessing about whom will take the highly coveted number one spot, the Channel O Top 20 OF 2011 is [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: Big Boys, Big Music, Big Nuz   5 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  “Where is kwaito?’ “Kwaito is dead!” and “Who is Big Nuz?” are just some of the placards that appeared as part of the video for Big Nuz’s biggest hit, Umlilo.
  It has been two years since they released that video, and they find themselves still trying to address those questions and concerns.
  The group – made [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: King P Really Can Do It Better!   5 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  King PAn emerging Soweto-based producer always believed he could do better than the big names in House music – and has proved it by winning Channel O’s latest DJ search, Think You Can Do Better? In association with Sheer Sound
  Kgosi Prince Chauke – known simply as King P – has beaten off strong competition from [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: The Dogg Makes Kwaito All His   6 months ago
  

  Mshasho Power: The Dogg Receiving His AwardKwaito may have been born in SA, but it was a Namibian artist who scooped the “Most Gifted Kwaito Video” title at the Channel O music video awards on Friday - the third time a Namibian has won it in the five-year history of the awards.
  It was a Best [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: African Music Celebrated At star-studded 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards   6 months, 1 week ago
  

  Most Gifted Video of The Year: Zakes BantwiniOn a night that a host of live performances celebrated African music at its most electric, young, gifted artists from Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Namibia, and Uganda were named winners at the 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards, brought to you in association with Hyundai.
  Host and [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: The Countdown to African Music’s Biggest Night has Begun!   6 months, 1 week ago
  

  Dineo MoeketsiThe 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards, brought to you in association with Hyundai and presented by South Africa’s Dineo Moeketsi and Nigeria’s Banky W, will be broadcast LIVE on Friday, 11 November at 21:00.
  It will be preceded by a one-hour V-Entertainment Channel O Music Video Awards Red Carpet special hosted by Siyabonga [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: Kabelo’s Immortal Music   6 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  Kabelo Immortal CoverKabelo “Bouga Luv” Mabalane has come to be known as transformation man.
  He went from being TKZee’s “chubby cheeks” to completing the Comrades Marathon six times.
  He also went from being a cocaine addict to being involved in the church. Now, with his seventh solo album Immortal – Volume 1, he intends to change [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: African Talent Set to Ignite 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards   7 months ago
  

  South African Hip Pop Artist: AKAA stunning line-up of hot, contemporary African talent is set to ignite the LIVE broadcast of the 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards, driven by Hyundai.
  Taking place on Friday 11 November, this year’s event features everyone from hotshot South African newcomer AKA to established Mozambican artist, Lizha James and a [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: AYOBA! The Real Kwaito is Back with EES & Mandoza   7 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  Mandoza and EESHaving spent the last eight years using his German roots to represent Kwaito in Europe, Namibian born artist EES is no beginner. In fact, he is quite the opposite. He has been nominated for the MTV Europe Rookie Award (2008), has won the MTV Africa Listener’s Choice Award and was voted Namibian Artist [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: Download Kabelo’s ”Can’t Kill Me Now”   8 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  The “K” In TKZee: KabeloHe makes up one third of the still hugely popular TKZee and his solo endeavors have been just as successful. Kabelo “Bouga Luv” Mabalane has just released his new track called Can’t Kill Me Now and he has made is available to download for free until tomorrow night. Be sure [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: 2.5 Times The Music - Spikiri   8 months, 4 weeks ago
  

  Spikiri - King Don FatherThe sight greeting me on arrival at the Kalawa Jazmee studio was a pleasant surprise. Tokollo and Spikiri are listening to a track and laughing together. I stare quietly, marvelling at the chemistry between the two.
  They look up and see me. Hugs all around, before Spikiri laughs: “Dis m**********r [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards down to the wire!   9 months ago
  

  2011 Channel O Music Video AwardsIt’s down to the wire for Africa’s hottest artists and music videos with the just-released list of nominees in the 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards driven by Hyundai!
  This time around, the only Original.African awards feature multiple artists with two or more nods - making it an open field [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards Nominees   9 months ago
  

  2011 Channel O Music Video AwardsThe nominees for the 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards were announced at Taboo in Sandton ,late last evening.
  Here is a list of the nominees. Truly representative of tracks that got us “grooving” this past year.
  Below I have the Artist,Video Title and the Voting Code :
  Most Gifted Male Video
  D’Banj [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: Doing It Best for His Art’s Zake   9 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  Zakes BantwiniThe idea was to highlight the two biggest stars in South Africa at the moment – Professor and Zakes Bantwini. The synchronicity is perfect. Both Durban artists, both riding the crest of popularity, both very talented.
  But when the country’s biggest kwaito artist didn’t bother turning up for the interview twice in a row, I [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: Why C.9ine are Fast Becoming Supersonic Icons   10 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  One argument why kwaito has slowly evolved into mzansi house is the need by artist to capture an international audience; more importantly though is the great response and support the mzansi house scene has received locally.
  The response has been so good so much that new artists have been groomed specifically to fill the musical needs [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: Kwaito Superstar Launches ”The Deception”   10 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  The Dogg Namibian Kwaito star, The Dogg, is launching his ninth album, The Deception which will see him bring in South Africa’s self proclaimed Queen of Bling, Khanyi Mbau and Kwaito star, Brickz, for a performance in Windhoek.
  The launch is expected to feature local musicians, including Jericho, Gal Level, Catty Catt, Fresh Family, KaniBal, D-Naff, [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: South Africa’s Most Explosive Dance Crews   11 months, 1 week ago
  

  The Presenters: Hirayama and KayembeThe search for South Africa’s best dance crew explodes into action this June when Masters of Rhythm airs on VUZU, presented by Lalla Hirayama and Fred Kayembe.
  The first episode in this heart-pumping reality series debuts on Wednesday 22 June at 19:30. Join the Masters of Rhythm (MOR) team as we [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: SAMA Awards 2011 Winners: Professor’s Kwaito Hit Scoops Top Award   12 months ago
  

  In the Middle: Professor, looking more like a general that the Professor from the University of KJThere were shocks and surprises at the 17th MTN South African Music Awards 2011, held for the first time at Montecasino.
  Last year’s SAMA Awards saw Durban kwaito group Big Nuz dominate the awards, this year another kwaito artist Professor [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: L’vovo Still a Big Hit on Continent   1 year ago
  

  L’vovo Performing at Metro AwardsHe might not be as popular as he used to be, but kwaito artist L’vovo Derrango is making waves in neighbouring countries
  This weekend L’vovo will begin a tour of Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.
  L’vovo said his new album, Irrisistible , which is not doing well locally, is “selling like hot [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: Kwaito Is Not Dead, It Has Evolved   1 year ago
  

  Kwaito Is Not Dead, It Has EvolvedI had a debate with some Facebook acquaintances last week on the thrilling subject of Kwaito music because a friend of mine had a status update that said there are no longer Kwaito instrumentals because if you muted vocals on the music we hear lately under that specific [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: 17th Annual MTN South African Music Awards (SAMA) 2011 Nominees   1 year, 1 month ago
  

  17th Annual South African Music AwardsWith a lengthy judging and auditing process due to the record-breaking amounts of entries received from albums released over the past year, the results brought celebration to the SA recording industry once again.
  The premium glitzy venues La Toscana and Beira Alta Restaurant in Montecasino played host to this years star-studded [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: Rowick Deep ”Unleashed”   1 year, 1 month ago
  

  CD LaunchFirebrand club Dj and house music producer, Rowick Deep has dug deep into his soul for inspiration to unleash one of the most definitive house albums of 2011.
  The album is fully vocals, and features the cream of local and international vocal talent, including RJ Benjamin, Auriol Hays, Maxine Bennett, Che Cherry, Kay Ice queen, [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: Be part of the story with Channel O’s O-Sessions   1 year, 2 months ago
  

  Channel O - O SessionsThe Original.African channel is at it again with the launch of O-Sessions - an intimate music concert featuring SA’s leading artists. It’s the artist’s story through their words and music.
  Channel O is giving 50 loyal viewers per show a chance to be part of the story as some of the industry’s [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: DJ Tira to bring Durban flare to Channel O’s Celebrity Bassment   1 year, 4 months ago
  

  Dj Tira One of the most respected DJs in the club deejay scene will set the decks ablaze on the next Channel O Celebrity Bassment mix on Friday 21 January at 18:00.
  Mthokozi Khathi better known as DJ Tira formed the deejay duo Durban’s Finest together with Dj Sox in 2004. They were the team [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: Big Nuz Win Best Performance at MAMAs   1 year, 5 months ago
  

  MTV African Music Awards (MAMA) Lagos, 11 December 2010: Congolese artist Fally Ipupa, and Nigeria’s 2Face led the winners at the third edition of the MTV Africa Music Awards with Airtel (MAMA), each taking home two trophies at the music awards ceremony at the Eko Expo Hall, Lagos on 11 December 2010.
  Nominated in four separate [...]

• Guest wrote a new blog post: Exclusive Teargas 101 explodes onto Channel O   1 year, 5 months ago
  

  Teargas Live 101 2010 has been Teargas’s year, no doubt! Now the gold selling multi-award-winning hip hop outfit will be performing in your lounge through a live performance to be aired exclusively on Channel O.
  Teargas 101 Live premieres on Monday 13 December at 21:00 in South Africa and 22:00 for the rest of Africa on [...]