Meet Msaki: The South African singer who should be the next breakout global artist to hit the charts

With a vocal dynamism that straddles house, jazz, R&B and folk, she deserves a high profile for 'Entropy,' her new EP with ...

Before N.J. show, South African star Nomfusi talks overcoming heartbreak, adversity and bad waitressing

Nomfusi sings South African township music, funk, soul, reggae and gospel. But you won’t catch her singing the blues, despite ...

Major League DJz take Afro House global with Miami Electronic Dance Music Awards nomination

Major League DJz, the South African twins, earn a prestigious nomination at the 2026 Electronic Dance Music Awards, ...
The Citizen

All you need to know about the 2026 Metro FM Music Awards: new categories, top nominees, and more

This year’s awards feature 21 categories, with more than 100 artists nominated across genres. Two new categories have been ...
The South African

Cito shares 30 years of WONDERboom, reinvention and musical evolution

Wonderboom’s Cito reflects on his music, the power of musical collaboration, digital evolution, and personal reinvention.
Vogue

African Women Were at the Center of Pop Music in 2024—Where Will They Go in 2025?

Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by ...
Los Angeles Times

Tyla won the first African music performance Grammy. Now, ‘I really want people to go deeper.’

It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...