Kabza De Small Leads 2026 SAMA Nominations With Five Nods
Kabza De Small is heading into the 2026 South African Music Awards as the frontrunner, picking up five nominations and putting his album Bab’Motha right at the center of the conversation.
Wande Coal Claims His Crown on Fourth Album ‘KING COAL’
Seventeen years is a long time to hold a reputation, but Wande Coal seems unbothered by the weight of it.
Diana King’s ‘Shy Guy’ Certified Platinum in the UK
Nearly three decades after it first dropped, Diana King’s “Shy Guy” just picked up a platinum certification in the UK, and the timing is a quiet reminder of how long this song has been living in people’s ears.
Blvk H3ro Sounds Alarm Over AI Training on 77 of His Songs
Blvk H3ro isn’t just raising an eyebrow at AI, he’s calling out what he sees as a deliberate system designed to cut artists out of their own earnings.
Buju Banton Headlines UBS Arena New York on July 18 with Skillibeng, Lila Iké & More Just Added
Buju Banton just made his July 18 UBS Arena show in New York a whole lot harder to skip.
Ziggy Marley Announces Full Dates for Joint Fall Tour with Gov’t Mule
Ziggy Marley just dropped the full schedule for his upcoming fall tour with Gov’t Mule, and the pairing alone is enough to raise eyebrows in the best way.
Nigy Boy Is Taking Club MECA on August 6 and He’s Not Playing About It
Nigy Boy just made it official — he’s hitting Club MECA live on August 6, and the announcement came straight from the artist himself with the kind of energy that tells you this one’s been building for a minute.
Lauryn Hill Receives BET’s Living Legend Icon Award as Marley Children Lead Tribute
The moment that probably hit hardest at the 2026 BET Awards wasn’t the big names or the spectacle — it was Zion Marley performing a reggae-inflected version of “To Zion,” the song his mother Lauryn Hill wrote specifically about his birth, while she watched from the audience.
Ziggy Marley Is Calling for the Next World Cup to Go Back to Africa
Ziggy Marley didn’t just congratulate the continent and move on. After nine African nations made history by advancing to the Round of 32 at the FIFA World Cup, he used the moment to push for something bigger, calling on FIFA to bring the next tournament back to Africa.
Shane O and Complex Ricki light up the summer with ‘Different Ways’
The buzz started long before the song dropped.
After teasing snippets of Different Ways on social media, rising dancehall star Complex Ricki watched anticipation snowball into one of the hottest conversations online.