The 10th annual edition of the Zim Hip Hop Awards is on and the nominees are out. This year the awards being held under the cloud of the Covid_19 pandemic are celebrating a decade of excellence and renewal with the emergence of new amazing talents.
Zim Hip Hop
The 22 year Holy Ten old music star in the making has been releasing hard hitting music which resonates with the lives of many Zimbabweans both from the uptown where hip hop has a lot of fanbase to downtown which is a core of Zimdancehall and this has helped him in widening and broadening his audience.
Bad Vibes, a hip hop Single by Crisswiss and The Dot featuring Lee McHoney, Vic Jita & Uno XO, produced by Rayo Beats. Directed by Keaitse Films. It is the debut single from their joint album Room 328: The Bridgeview.
Known for catchy, unrestrained and at times x-rated lyrics and revealing videos, Tricky J is back and this time teaming up with Tehn Diamond to remake the Zimbabwean classic song “Special Meat” originally performed by Callisto Nyamhute.
Zimbabwean hip hop has been struggling to gain public attention nationally from the core of the ghettos up to the uptown suburbs including the rural areas as well. One of the reasons that explains the failure of Zim Hip Hop to in finding a breakthrough is the lack of consistency by artists and the genre it self.
Zimbabwean Hip-Hop head, Chap Moreno, has become the first locally-based artist to officially collaborate with South Africa’s Nasty C and Tellaman. Chap Moreno, born Shingirai Louis Gwarada, is a Zimbabwean rapper, songwriter, and record producer reigning from Chitungwiza.
Zim rapper Asaph has landed the video of his fresh single Like So/Mhoroi on the premiere music Channel […]
The concert Zim Hip Hop needed the most. Rise of Zim Hip Hop was hosted by Zvigaba Foundation and Mukukuzvi events with support from FoodIcon and Zimpapers TV Network, the livestream concert was headlined by hip hop queens Kikky Bada$$, Tashamiswa, Natasha Muz, and their male. counterparts Crooger, Probeatz, Union 5, asaph, Tanto Wavie, Beav Vity, award winning Ti Gonzi, R Peels and DjAce FRVR.
Earground caught up with the new hip hop guy on the lock! Ndi Kacee Born Kudakwashe Clarence Madondo. Ndi Kacee a 22-year-old Zim Hip-Hop artist who is currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa where he is currently studying for a bachelor’s degree in Corporate Finance and Insurance & Risk Management at the University of Witwatersrand .
A month ago the Chitungwiza based Natasha Muz pulled an Uzi, fired a salvo in a coup that saw her reading the Queen’s Speech. The well thought and balanced EP is nothing short of amazing. Its potentially addictive and i hope the streets, club, and radio djs don’t sleep on this offering.
