We Blogging again.

We are excited to announce to all our fans that we will be blogging once again. We stopped blogging for the use of a paid for domain which at that time made sense. The truth is we had little control of the content and could not update it effectively. Moving from a blog to a website also meant that a lot of our artist could not get the promotion and support they needed. We apologize for the experiment but ask that we do not get stoned for trying.

The Hip Hop Cares South Africa blog is back. Our content will be refined and well thought out. The primary purpose will always be our charity work but we will alternatively use this blog for rigorous discussions and well spoken articles about artists.

Those we trusted to write blogs while we did not blog, prepare to blog again as we are here to inspire you too.

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Freedom or Fame - A breakdown

I recently discovered that Tuks is financially struggling and for some reason this was not news to my ears. The "bona fela” hit maker disappeared from the scene right after the drop if his album "Footprints". 2 years ago i met a guy who was trying to negotiate airplay with me for the whole album,this dude litterally wanted me to throw in 2 songs on every show i presented. If this was not a red flag that Tuks was majoring in broken finances then i must be an ignorant living being. 

The newspapers splashed this with full scale pictures of the Mahikeng originating star. I want you to note that if it was a mere album promotion they would have just had a corner picture of him but i will save that argument for another day. After the news shattered i found myself picking up pieces of an ex legend with Freedom or Fame trolling the background. BlackLez's bars locked me better and I for the first time heard his cry through the teeth of that whining beat. It was not about Tuks losing his house and car any more, it was far from my co-workers who grew up in Mahikeng who for some stinging reason where popping Champaign on Tuks' downfall. 

Blacklez's choice of beats could have not been better, I mean if you want people to hear what you saying why would go for big hats and over-rated 808's? The basic baseline and synth allowed him to rap at a pace that captures every feeling molded on every word. That "Thank you" Mama ad lib when the song begins had me thinking of Eminem when he cleaned his closet out. There is a paradox here is Lez's closet has already been cleaned out for him. He takes justified shots at MOVE magazine for cleaning his closet. Connect this with what is happening to Tuks right now, it would seem the media is holding every public figure hostage and the ransom is living a perfect life. Reason laments about this situation on the remix of the song. On his verse (Reason) he speaks about how he should have been warned that chasing your dream and inspiring people comes with such a hefty price. The pun lands right when he says “So i can choose to drop 10k when they ask for my 2 cents". The way I hear it , Reason feels like you not given options as a public figure and your finances are connected to this prison called the limelight. Freedom or Fame?

You could either be honest in your music or you could just be broke. Lez compares himself to a modern day Steve Biko right? How many artists have claimed to write what they like but ended up sounding like recylced garbage when the hunger broke through their lips? 

"I have learned to deal with lip like Beyonce" is one of the lines that tell you that this song goes beyond another rapper bragging about how "dope" he is. The line has connection to Jay-z, An artist who broke away from drug dealing life which offered him jail time and no freedom at and actually went into the music industry which offered him ...well freedom. The glaring parallels drawn by Lez's penmanship cannot be ignored. The freedom he speaks of here is not only social freedom but its finacail freedom too hence the dropping of struggle hero names in his verse. 

The freedom to break away from the stereotype of black fathers especially when no meaningful relationship exists between the mother and father. The truth will set you free right? Lez's confesses to being a dead beat dad in the opening stages of his daughter's life but now is mending fences. I am not sure if Reason's last line was sponsored or not but Pabi Moloi definitely heard it.

Prokid basically sums it up as he walks us through "a week with a hustler". We go out there working for money to impress "abo mama mia" while Umama is struggling, now tell me you do not consider that as modern day imprisonment?

I personally urge Blacklez to go around making remixes of this song with all the cats in the industry because i am sure they all have a story to tell on this particular topic.

I want freedom, I want fame, I want money ....is it all possible? Blacklez doesnt seem to think so. Unlike Reason, you have been warned.

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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - CRU MAYOR #HipHopCaresAwards2014

"Searching for the one???? lookie over here  its the flavor of year ."....

Kabelo "Cru Mayor" Eddy vowed in 2013 that he will be one of the trophy holders at  the Hip Hop Cares Awards 2014. He wrote on facebook that he aspires to win an award and release his mixtape "Memory Box".
Slamming around features here and there with some of Burgersfort's greatest artists,Cru broke into the scene with the hand of Melodramatik on the #PUSHtoTheLimit track(Shout out to Kaytzo).
Cru Mayor has a parallel Cassper Nyovest rise without the AKA opponent glory. Before Hip Hop Cares 3 he had squabbles with a certain King Marvel which he totally trashed on stage, As if that was not enough as a token of success the rookie accumulated a music video by Jack Topera for his song Cru is back which is a rendition of 2pac is back by Rick Ross.

The dreaded scribe went on to impress the hip hop community with his lyrical coherence on his song Mr President and hung up on the wackness on BGF Movement. Cru is bubbling like sodas on a truck and definitely deserved the title ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 2014.

You only get to be the new kid on the block once ....... 2015 is coming.

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MR PRESIDENT 

BEEN AROUND

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CRU IS BACK

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Facebook- Kabelo Cru Mayor Eddy
Twitter - @ItsCru_BGF

Visuals - Magoshi Photography

Ab-Stun

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Hailing from the misty mountains of Ga-mampuru , Sekhukhune born and raised Ab-stun made a decision to rap in his home language. The song is called Disoka Le Di peni , directly translated to 5 cents and 1 cents ,In metaphorical format it simply means money. Here the artist justifies why he should get money for his work. This is one the best Pedi rap tracks we have heard in a while ....Spread the link

Shout out to Gemini Tumor for the beat
This was Hip Hop Cares Records' first recording. Hope we did well. @HipHopCaresSA

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Issa Matthews - Tiye Ka Noluntu (FAN REQUEST)

ayt so one of  the people who liked our facebook page requested a track by ISSA MATTHEWS called TIYE KA NOLUNTU , well we managed to get you that track and others

 >> DOWNLOAD SAKANYUKA
>> DOWNLOAD TAKE OVER
>> DOWNLOAD IBALI LAM
 >>DOWNLOAD "TIYE KA NOLUNTU"
 >>DOWNLOAD "LOST"


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Ricky Rick- Nafukwa(Fok julle Naaiers

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Ricky Rick has been knocking on the door for some time , its was just about time we all caught on.
His new track Nafukwa took twitter by storm when the music video appeared on Channel. Boys n Bucks is a  trend , EVEN WE DID A TAXI DRIVER DANCE SALUTE AT HIP HOP CARES III

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Music Scene update : Hip Hop and Beyond

Every party or club you go to will likely jam CaraCara by K.O, After years of being in the shadows South African Hip Hop is finally taking flight.
The new trend seems to be mixing a kwaito song with catchy lyrics that will get people dancing , Early origins of this was when Tumi and Zubz released the Tz Deluxe tape which was a pure appreciation of kwaito music.
BlackLez followed suit with his Mdu remix of GibelaPhezKwendlu(Baba Ka Nomsa) on that Dont Be Scared joint. It wasnt long before Cassper did Doc shebeleza and around the same season CaraCara dropped. Duncan felt out so he remixed TsikiTsiki which has received luke warm reception.

Is hip hop really heading back to kwaito or is this just a phase ?  
In other news , our own 50 cent , Motswako Originator Khuli Chana received his twitter verification , It was later followed by AKA's verification. The first rap artist to receive such verification in south africa was GingerBreadMan, Now we really wanna know how twitter decides who to verify if Tumi and Proverb still have normal Twitter accounts.
Speaking of twitter accounts ? between the arrows and spears of the Cassper AKA wars , Slikour got his twitter account hacked on 6th of June 2014. According to what little evidence we have , the @Slikour account was hacked and it was changed to @GingerRapper , with a white guy wearing Britain flagged clothing.

Drama i say , lots of it dished and severed. Singer Teepee was abducted a few weeks back , his car was found smashed windows and he rocked up in the AM all roughed up. @SeanPages confirmed that he is safe and sound and he will be pressing charges. Teepee are you sure you dont know these dudes ??? Hmmm.

So you dont have Dstv or you were in a remote place and could not watch the MTV MAMA Awards?? ...well  here is a list of the winners.

MUSIC CATEGORIES

Best Male:
Davido (Nigeria) WINNER

Best Female:
Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)

Best Group:
Mafikizolo (South Africa)

Best New Act:
Stanley Enow (Cameroon)

Best Live Act:
Flavour (Nigeria)

Best Collaboration:
Uhuru feat DJ Buckz, Oskido, Professor, Yuri Da Cunha – ‘Y-tjukutja’ (South Africa/Angola)

Artist of the Year:
Davido (Nigeria)

Song of the Year:
Mafikizolo feat Uhuru ‘Khona’ (South Africa)

Best Hip Hop:
Sarkodie (Ghana)

Best Pop:
Goldfish (South Africa)

Best Alternative:
Gangs of Ballet (South Africa)

Best Francophone:
Toofan (Togo)


NON MUSIC CATEGORIES

Personality of the Year:
Lupita Nyong’o (Kenya) WINNER



Transform Today by Absolute
Clarence Peters (Nigeria) WINNER

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