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experience at the event for people to remember. Photo: Supplied

The Ascots promises a world-class Durban July experience — but is it Worth the Price of Entry?

Other marquees at the Durban July offer premium packages at significantly lower price points. What does The Ascots offer that they don’t?

Hip-hopping: The Back to the City Festival will take place in Johannesburg on 11 October. Photo: Supplied

Diary: Back to the City Festival; Babalwa Mentjies; A Protea Is Not a Flower

Your essential dose of art and culture

Redress: The rapper Nasty C recently released a new 16-track album titled Free

Living free: Inside Nasty C’s new era

Nasty C’s Free marks a new era of independence, balance and growth, showing the rapper beyond the beats, bars and bravado

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Conversations about genre and sticking out in a room full of people were moot for Riky Rick.
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‘We never die. We multiply.’ Tribute to Riky Rick on the first anniversary of his death

One year has gone by since the passing of rapper Riky Rick after taking his own life February 23 2022

Strings and Bling hitmaker Nasty C (Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images)
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SA’s 10 hottest hip-hop artists

With the music genre turning 50 this year, SA hip-hop is still one of the most streamed in the country. Here are the top 10 artists right now

One of the youngest artists on Coke Studio this year is MajorSteez, an up-and-coming hip-hop and R&B duo. Pihoto: Supplied

International award-winner Focalistc and young R&B duo MajorSteez to collaborate on Coke Studio

Coca-Cola announces the return of Coke Studio Africa, which will be teaming up with some of the best local talent

NaakMusiQ and Cassper Nyovest square off ahead of their Celeb City fight at Sun City this weekend. (Jabu Nkosi)

Loved and loathed: Why is Cassper Nyovest settling scores in the ring?

Unveiling yet another one of his entrepreneurial lanes, the rapper’s new boxing venture is proving popular but fans think it needs higher production values

Riky Rick and HHP will live forever because they left an indelible mark through their music. (Gustav Butlex)

Riky Rick: The last of a dying breed

Conversations about genre and sticking out in a room full of people were moot for the hip-hop star, writes Shingai Darangwa

The 10 best HHP songs ranked (+1 for luck)

Monster hits and expressive deep cuts from HHP’s extensive catalog, ranked from best to very good by Sabeo Mkhabela

Jabba performing at Back To The City festival in 2016. (Photo: Tseliso Monaheng)

Jabba: In pursuit of hip-hop greatness

Jabba was an an innovator who paved a lane and nurtured a genre, but he only ever wanted to be a Maftown hero

The local music industry can’t place the blame for its current state solely on the Covid-19 pandemic; it’s been in a mess for a while

The Samas fiasco and a moment of reckoning for South African music

The local music industry can’t place the blame for its current state solely on the Covid-19 pandemic; it’s been in a mess for a while

Busy: In one week, Abuti Fill Up launched an album and performed at the Moses Mabhida Stadium as well as at the Global Citizen Festival at FNB Stadium. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100
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Cassper’s filled up by his loyal Tsibipians

Belonging doesn’t come for free, but this Motswako heavyweight’s fans don’t mind paying the price

Team Africa’s Al-Farouq Aminu and Harrison Barnes of Team World. (Getty Images)

Africa Game more than a ‘spectacle’

An exhibition performance in Pretoria brought out the fans to get a taste of the real thing

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced an “extraordinary coronavirus budget” on Tuesday. (Reuters)

Slice of Life: Taste buds with Cassper

‘I don’t think I have a cooking style yet; I’m still figuring myself out’

Christopher Wylie is a whistleblower who formerly worked with Cambridge Analytica

The Dezemba 2017 festive holiday guide

Having a good time can be anything from wild parties, music and fine food to a yoga retreat or hiking on the peaceful Wild Coast

Snow collects on the Olympic Rings in Sochi

Robby Collins: The Son of Carol gets personal

Drawing inspiration from his personal experiences, comic Robby Collins is landing knockout punches to the nation’s collective funny bone

Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh mischaracterises and misunderstands contract law and the common law generally, the authors say.

Literary bent to hip-hop’s Democracy & Delusion

Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh’s dual release of a politically charged record and book was influenced by his father.

Hamas said Trump’s decision would “open the gates of hell” on US interests in the region.

For better or worse, SA rap has become all about the money

Dodging politics, the new struggle for local hip-hop artists is for freedom through material wealth

How social media shaped – and shamed – SA in 2015

From student protests to celebrity tiffs, Twitter made sure SA got their bite-sized outrage, rants and reflections trending, writes Sthembiso Sithole.

Entertainment news: Cassper Nyovest fills up the dome and Hlubi gets married

Cassper sets his sights on Orlando Stadium while Black Coffee guns for a Grammy.