In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...

Explore how Dankie Boi, Blacks Jnr and GoldMax are redefining gqom music with their latest album 'New Wave', a vibrant ...

With his infectious energy and commitment to authenticity, Dankie Boi is not just a DJ; he is a pioneer of a new gqom wave, ...

Gqom music—a sound emanating from the South African city of Durban—has been on the come-up for a while now. Appropriately for a sound that is both impactful and subtle, gqom's road to success has been ...

Vic Mensa is one of hip-hop's more knowledgeable artists, so it should come as no surprise that the Chicago rapper is always looking to broaden his horizons. On Friday (Dec. 29), Mensa hopped on ...

Gqom is a strain of South African dance music that wears its influences like passport stamps. U.K. funk, African polyrhythms, and the dizzying basslines of Chicago house have come together in a sound ...

Last month's System Focus column on emerging African and Afrodiasporic networks featured Angel-Ho, an artist bringing ballroom and other U.S. club flavors of black and gay origin into new and ...

The Incredibles discuss their latest track, “Shibilika,” which features renowned artists DJ Tira and Blaq Kiid.

The film is named after the taxi drivers who ferry revellers across Durban while pumping out dance music. Italian label Gqom Oh! and Rome-based radio station Crudo Volta have collaborated on a ...

South African Gqom superstar Babes Wodumo visited her late husband, Mampintsha's, gravesite. She shared a personal letter to ...

It seems that getting back to winning ways has lifted the often-temperamental Bidvest Wits coach Gavin Hunt's spirits as he was seen dancing and cutting shapes in the dressing room recently. Have you ...