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Long-time coming: More than a decade into both their careers, Tellaman and Nasty C are releasing a joint album. Photos: Supplied

Nasty C and Tellaman have terms and conditions

On fame, friendship and a long-overdue joint album, Nasty C and Tellaman are exactly where they want to be

Upward trajectory: Nanette Sphesihle Nobethu Mbili Jolobe has come a long way from Durban where she was born and grew up listening to the R&B legends that would come to influence her later sound. Photo: Supplied

Nanette is going to keep showing up

With a deluxe edition of her latest album on the way and a milestone performance only days away, Nanette is ready to step into the next stage of her ascendancy

Stogie T’s Metro FM nod for ‘Four Horsemen’ marks a milestone collaboration bridging eras and reaffirming hip-hop’s respect for elite craftsmanship

Stogie T remains South Africa’s hip-hop crusader

Stogie T’s Metro FM nod for ‘Four Horsemen’ marks a milestone collaboration bridging eras and reaffirming hip-hop’s respect for elite craftsmanship

J. Cole announces Johannesburg return as ‘The Fall Off’ tour heads to FNB Stadium

A decade after his last SA show, J. Cole returns to Johannesburg with a chart-topping album and a tour billed as his final chapter.

It’s in the bag:
Sun-El Musician,
the artist whose
real name is
Sanele Sithole,
says he’s living
with the strange
emotional
whiplash of
finishing an
album. Photo:
Supplied

Sun-El Musician enters new chapter with ‘Under the Sun’

On Under the Sun, Sun-El Musician lets go of perfection, embraces risk and steps boldly into his independent era

Revellers: A sea of festival goers at the Kaytranada Milk + Cookies Joburg show. Photo: Supplied by Milk + Cookies

Gig Guide: Scorpion Kings to perform at Piano People SA debut, Made In Jozi NYE Festival with Shekinah & DJ Kent, WAV Festival redefining R&B and Soul, Gunna & Majid Jordan back in SA for Milk + Cookies Festival

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From left: Founders Kevin Reese, Chase Freeman and Gregory K Burton Jr. Photo: Supplied by Milk + Cookies.

More Than A Festival: Inside the Milk + Cookies Music Week Mission

Milk + Cookies Music Week returns to South Africa, thus cementing its status as more than a festival through its commitment to local talent and economic support.

Stogie T has been a curator with unusual instincts. On aNomy, Stogie T turns history, faith and inherited
trauma into a portrait of a country suspended between collapse and renewal.

Stogie T: ‘It’s all broken’

Stogie T’s aNomy captures the tension, cynicism and spiritual searching of life in South Africa, weaving history, grief and hope into vivid storytelling

Fun: YouthX Day at Constitution Hill promises a stacked line-up. Photo: Supplied

Diary: YouthX Festival, Routes of Sound at Spier Wine Farm, , Grave Injustice Exhibition

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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

Thandiswa references Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko, who was murdered by apartheid police in 1977, on her latest album.

The sonic soul of Steve Biko

Musicians have carried his ideology forward – but what would he make of today’s politics?

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

Hopeful moment: HHP performing at Back To The City in 2016. ‘What we saw on stage was a man seemingly winning the war; making progress in pulling himself out of the depressive abyss,’ writes Sabelo Mkhabela. (Sabelo Mkhabela)

The Portfolio: HHP’s silver lining at Back To The City

Jabba’s Back To The City performance in 2016 was a late-career triumph for the visionary MC, but its promise would prove elusive

Nasty C at Red Bull Studios. (Jonathan Ferreira / Red Bull Content Pool)
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Nasty C: ‘You can’t hide from me any more’

It’s been two weeks since the 23-year-old rapper signed a deal with US record label and hip-hop stronghold Def Jam. He caught up with the Mail & Guardian to let us know why the…