May 25, 2022

Zulu Mkhathini is a creative polymath who really has done it all and makes anyone feel like they could do more with their lives and their time, to be honest. 

With a striking latest album – that took four years to complete and was then subjected to a bit of a rocky release because of Covid-19 – he navigated an...

May 18, 2022

DJ Lag is frequently described as a gqom pioneer – helping shape and usher the drum-heavy sound to the forefront of South Africa's dance music scene. 

Always looking to break new ground, his latest album employs a broader palette fusing amapiano, Afro-house, and Afro-tech – and slowing down a few tracks that...

May 11, 2022

Episode 101 and it is also Cape Town Hip Hop 101: Tecal talks to a bona fide hip hop legend and one of the longest-serving scratch artists in South Africa.

As an integral member of Prophets of da City, a group who are widely credited as having South Africa’s first rap release, he built a thriving career over the...

May 4, 2022

For our 100th episode and the start of Africa Month we chat to a South African rap powerhouse whose lyrical flexing is world class, a lady who has unapologetically blazed her own trail, preaching empowerment and taking names on whichever stage she steps. 

From the moment the country heard her hot, on point rhymes it...

May 2, 2022

Over at Texx Talks, we get a huge number of artists reaching out to us to highlight their amazing content, and because we plan our seasons quite far in advance, we often can’t accommodate requests to spotlight some of the amazing “up and coming” talent South Africa, Africa and the world has to offer. And so we...