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South Africa Vs Hip Hop<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

South African hip-hop has grown leaps and bounds since it first premiered on South African shows, however, we’ve always had hip-hop elements sip into our homegrown music.<\/p>\n\n\n

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ProVerb – South African rapper, businessman, radio and TV personality.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Trompies from the Jazmee Records era would wear Chuck Tailor All Stars, bucket hats, and chinos resembling the ’90s hip-hop dress wear. East Pantsula is an exaggerated form of the crip walk popularized by Los Angeles gangsters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TKZee were huge fans of the Lost Boyz, which effectively had them re-establish the kwaito sound by incorporating hip-hop elements, giving it a unique sound and tempo, making the kwaito sound that we know and love today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As South Africans were freed from the oppression of Apartheid, they resonated with the stories and messages of the young black youth of the United States of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individuals and groups from townships such as Soweto, down to the Cape Flats were preoccupied by the genre coming from the ghettos of New York and Los Angeles, today you can still see the influence hip hop has on South African youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crawl, Walk, Fly<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first hip hop album in South Africa was \u201cOur World\u201d by the Capetonian hip hop group, P.O.C or Prophets of Da City which included DJ Ready D and Ishmael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was not immediately accepted within the mainstream because of the political rhetoric in the music, radio would actually outright refuse to play their music, even outlining Ghetto Ruff at the South African Music Awards (SAMAs) by charging the company over R200,000 to enter their music in each category for the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, here’s a funny story, the South African Music Awards which was the biggest awards ceremony in the country, first introduced the best rap category in 2001. Do you remember Zwai Bala from TKZee, then The Bala Brothers? If you don’t, I’ve managed to get you a little something by him below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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