For over two decades, Kalamashaka has played a pivotal role in revolutionizing the hip-hop scene in Kenya. In the 1990s, the trio of Paul Ngige alias 'Kama', Robert Mtumbai alias 'Roba the Oteraw', ...

Not many Kenyans seem to understand hip-hop as a dynamic cultural practice. Even some local artists who have been identified with such genre of music seem to be off the mark about what hip-hop means.

The late Kenyan hip-hop artist E-Sir, is set to be honoured by having a road named after him. The Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja made the announcement saying that one of the roads in South C will be ...

In Summary Hip Hop Republik, hosted by Curtis Wa Kijee a.k.a Kutizo Matatizo, won the Best Hip Hop Radio Show at the 2025 UnKut Hip Hop Awards. The category featured strong contenders, including ...

*Cardi B appears to have a Kenyan doppelganger named Nduta Mwega, who apparently goes by Sharon, and she has social media divided. Mwega took to social media to share a side-by-side photo of herself ...

Introduction / P. Khalil Saucier -- Part One: African noise : mapping African hip-hop from the East, West, and South: Rappin' Griots : producing the local in Senegalese hip-hop / Catherine Appert ; ...