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Watch Gyre confront himself in quest for safe spaces in Quarantine

FeaturesRifumo Mdaka29/06/20182
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Allow him to reintroduce himself: his name is Gyre. And his “Quarantine” music video does the job of normalising queer bodies in spaces If you ever get the opportunity to meet Gyre over several meetings, you may be struck by all the various energies he embodies. It’s not a display of fiction, it’s an amalgam…

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Donatella Versace made FAKA’s Amaqhawe the Versace SS19 soundtrack: Watch the full show

FeaturesRifumo Mdaka17/06/20180

Donatella Versace handpicked FAKA to be the soundtrack of the Versace menswear SS19 show and that’s all that matters in the world right now! There’s nothing more important than being black and queer right now. When Fela Gucci and Desire Marea announced that they’d been invited to the Versace SS19 menswear show, my initial thoughts…

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See AKA’s ‘Touch My Blood’ behind-the-scenes documentary

FeaturesRifumo Mdaka15/06/20180
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AKA takes us inside his mind and the creative process that produced ‘Touch My Blood’ AKA’s highly anticipated new third studio album, Touch My Blood is out today. To celebrate the release, the rapper and his creative agency, Beam Group have shared a behind-the-scenes documentary on how the album came about. The documentary is based on…

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Inside Zonke’s ‘L.O.V.E.’ listening session: Exclusive

FeaturesRifumo Mdaka15/06/20180
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To launch her newest album, ‘L.O.V.E.,’ Zonke hosted an exclusive listening session over breakfast. This is everything that went down Zonke is a self-admitted recluse. But she came out yesterday (14 June) to say hi to her friends, family and the press. We were all treated to a generous breakfast at the Emoyeni Conference Centre…

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In Oratile Papi Konopi’s Ene, masculinity is overexposed with nowhere to hide

FeaturesRifumo Mdaka10/06/20180

Oratile Papi Konopi links up with Gyre to create ‘Ênê,’ an exhibition designed to make men confront their masculinity I think it’s fair to say that the last place you can expect to find a gaggle of Braam kids on a Friday night is at an art gallery. But this gallery is different (it’s wedged…

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Nasty C drops two singles to show he’s King of the Jungle

FeaturesRifumo Mdaka01/06/20180

Nasty C is on his beast mode with ‘Strings and Bling’ pre-releases, “King” and “Jungle” As we wait patiently for Nasty C’s forthcoming second album, Strings and Bling, the Coolest Kid in Africa is whetting appetites with two new singles, “King” and “Jungle.” At 21-years-old, Nasty C is prime example of how to set your own rules….

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Sam Turpin unearths lost 2013 track, Submarines: Exclusive premiere

LatestRifumo Mdaka01/06/20180

We premiere Sam Turpin’s lost 2013 track, “Submarines” Early last week, Sam Turpin reached out to me about a lost track that he had recently rediscovered, called, “Submarines.” It was recorded during the Eternal Sentiment sessions and specifically for that album. It was later decided to release it as its own single. “Before I could, my…

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Emtee receives AU-AFRIMA delegation, attends calendar unveiling in Ghana

FeaturesRifumo Mdaka27/05/20180

Image: Supplied – Emtee in attendance at the 5th annual AFRIMA calendar unveiling on 21 May at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, Ghana Emtee receives AFRIMA delegation as the only South African in attendance at annual calendar unveiling Emtee was recently in Accra, Ghana to attend the 5th annual AFRIMA calendar unveiling at the Movenpick Ambassador…

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Watch Batuk’s Manteiga swim the ocean as a mermaid for Deep Ocean Deep

FeaturesRifumo Mdaka27/05/20180

Batuk sound the alarm on ocean pollution in the expertly crafted “Deep Ocean Deep” music video There’s this idea that mermaids are a foreign (read: Western) concept but anyone with enough melanin in their skin will tell you that that couldn’t be further from the truth. That’s why it’s so important that Batuk’s newest video,…

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Cassper Nyovest’s Push Through the Pain is a film noir story about doing whatever it takes

FeaturesRifumo Mdaka20/05/20180

With “Push Through the Pain,” Cassper Nyovest shows that you can work really hard and still lose sometimes If Cassper Nyovest’s Twitter timeline were converted into a song, it would be “Push Through the Pain.” “Half of the time it’s a war / I don’t know what’s going on / I knew it would rain but it…

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