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ICONIC: 4 Rappers who have remixed GNL Zamba’s “Koyi Koyi”
GNL Zamba is no doubt a celebrated rapper/Hip Hop artiste, poet and creative at large. We might not say so much about his business acumen before we speak of the music that most of us know him for. The stories, the riddles, myths, legends and culture he brought to Hip Hop that would some how…
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Here are 2019’s UG Hip Hop Ciphers
Have you been looking for that hip hop project that should have been popping or got you talking? Here is a list of some of top 2019 Ciphers that you might have missed or got little to no coverage from mainstream media as you might have thought. If you notice you didn’t know these cyphers…
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UG Hip Hop Cuisine: Here are Food Inspired lyrics from Pryce Teeba, Enigma and others
Have you ever thought of food references made in music and how metaphoric they tend to be? Do you think this makes hip hop even more literary? Being a dedicated foodie, I sat down to write and talk about my favourite food inspired lines. The thought hit me when I re-listened to Play01’s “Ova” -…
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All the latest releases from Pryce Teeba, if you didn’t take note
Pryce Teeba is busy building and reinventing himself day by day and it is a fact we have seen from the massive amount of music he has released and has been part of. April and May saw him drop music consecutively without giving us some time to process each release and also also telling us…
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MTN UG Hip Hop Awards Nominees Full List + voting codes & how to vote
Yesterday MTN Uganda unveiled the nomination list of the third MTN UG Hip Hop Awards, in collaboration with The Tribe UG and other stakeholders. The schedule of the awards ceremony switched last year and thus the awards ceremonies were moved up this year. To vote your favourite artist(s) see the full list below: Male Rapper…
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All 2018 Albums & Mixtapes plus where to get them
If you are reading this, likely the year is over or is coming to an end. 2018 has been an interesting year for hip hop most of the time. On a sad note: UG Hip Hop lost Mulekwa (R.I.P) towards the end of November. You might have missed some of these projects or you just…
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6 things every artiste should be aware of, the How-to and Why
Many rappers might not make debut yet due to the demanding and yet easy to get familiar with landscape of the industry. DO NOT take easy for granted. There’s a lot that goes in, to break out as an artiste; this might include learning how to use social media, something you have likely ignored. Many…
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Club Music Video Awards ’17 Nominees List out – Patrobas tops for Hip Hop
Earlier this morning, at a press conference at Serena Hotel Kampala. The nominees for this year’s Club Music Video Awards have been announced. A number of artist top the nomination list from other genres like Winnie Nwagi, Sheeba Karungi and Irene Ntale. Patrobas has similar nominations especially the Video of the year nod. Other names include Navio, Keya…
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Top Hip-Independence Day Playlist 2016
Happy independence to everyone! To all poets, rappers, producers, and everyone involved in Ugandan Hip hop and poetry. As we started doing this last year, on this independence day you might want to feel the goodness and rich UG- at least today! It might be had to come up with what you might want to…
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Baboon Forest Lists Down the Top 20 Ugandan Femcees
Baboon Forest Entertainment on Aug 3 took to their Facebook Page to share a list of Top 20 Female MCs out of Uganda and the list is not so far from any typical list that any one quite informed about the genre would make. The list has both new school acts (that’s Agee, Shirley, Ninja C,…