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Takura does it as someone surely had to!
While the growth of Zim hip hop has remained stunted in the past five years – one factor that has remained constant for the past three years is the growth of award-winning rapper Takura.
While the growth of Zim hip hop has remained stunted in the past five years – one factor that has remained constant for the past three years is the growth of award-winning rapper Takura.
Since dropping his debut EP 'Stripped' in 2016, Takura has been one of the most consistent artist to come outta Zimbabwe from that period to date.
Could Few Kings be the answer to the long-standing question on whether hip-hop from Zimbabwe will make a national impact and an international breakthrough?
Any staunch hip hop fan will know that the crème de la crème of hip hop is always on the Shoko stage and this year is no exception.
Hip hop music is mainly synonymous with discourses of success, protest, gender, race, misogyny and misandry. But ladies and gentlemen, amazingly it has come to my attention that the hip hop community values ecology which is seconded by Royal Records and Team Legacy ZW, which is organising a clean-up campaign to be held in the CBD on July 8.
Former U.S President Barrack Obama once remarked, “The thing about hip-hop today is it is smart, it is insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.”
Junior Brown and Tytan have just released a new single titled 'Kalyf Kema Boss'.
Brilliant Mhlanga once said “in Zimbabwe any attempt to discuss ethnicity risks being labelled tribalism and divisive to a supposed united nation,” and if these discussions are persistently ignored, Zim Hip Hop will suffer a painful death.
April 8, 2016 will be remembered by fans of multi-award winning Nigerian rapper, Wizkid, as the day they were robbed!
Shoko Festival has opened its doors for artists to apply to participate at the 2016 edition.