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StillKen Music presents a Night with Keko on 2nd December
Budding hip hop head, music enthusiast and promoter, Kane Matovu is making strides within Hip Hop under is yet to be tested Still Ken Music imprint. This Saturday Still Ken Music presents an intimate night out with Keko at Liquor Shade. After so many years without seeing the singer, rapper as a headliner – this…
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Fasie talks about how the “All Femcees Hip Hop Cypher” came about
And years later she is still excited about the project and the potential it had
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Recho Rey’s Transition: A Sexy Conscious Branding and Marketing Effort
Today, a musician’s image is everything. Quality branding is therefore vital to becoming a successful artiste. Branding is the process of developing a strong, identifiable perception of an individual. It is a complex process that involves diving into an artiste’s identity to determine what characterises them. Branding is successful when it clearly articulates the intended…
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‘The Queen of Ugandan Hip Hop’, Kekotown is back with “Light Years”
In the early 2010’s to about 2016, Kekotown was a force to reckon with a face of Ugandan Hip Hop and a motivation to most female rappers and as many call her “Queen”, she is likely responsible for the careeers of most female rappers in the game right now.
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EVEN WHEN IN RETIREMENT keko Town is still being nominated in awards
AFRIMMA recently nominated Keko this for the Best Female Rap act. This new was received with mixed reactions by most Ugandans since the rapper has been off the grid for a while. Says alot about her influence and her time yes? Keko hasn’t been engaged in the Ugandan music scene for about 3years now. Before…
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Rewind of the day: “Competition is Dead” – a career defining posse of the 2010's
Competition wasn’t actually dead when the historical “Competition is Dead” dropped; it just escalated at the time – this was a time camps came up and the future of Ugandan hip hop would be shaped. Some of the rappers who featured on the 15 minute track (likely one of the longest UG Hip Hop tracks)…
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WILL HIP HOP BE UGANDA’S BIGGEST GENRE IN 2020?
At the genesis of Hip hop, the worldwide appeal wasn’t foreseeable, but now, almost 50 years later; it’s impossible to imagine a planet without hip hop and rap music. On the Ugandan scene, hip hop has been described as a “wanna be” genre, with radio and television presenters not [most of the time] playing hip…
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Tucker has released his Vroom EP – Stream/Download now
After days of teasing and anticipation, Vroom!! EP is officially out. Tucker has finally put out his second full-length project. He hinted on the EP on the “Clean Edit Freestyle” and mentioned possibility of an LP. On Vroom he guest features long time friend and collaborator Blixxack, Keko, JB, Pryce, just Geo and others. Samurae…
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Moses Radio’s Influence on and Contribution to UG Hip Hop
The past week has been a dark week in the history of Ugandan music, entertainment and performance arts. As a nation we lost an icon who touched, soothed and inspired most. An influence that did great so fast and yet steadily for ten years. Moses Sekibogo (1985 – 2018) aka Moses Radio (R.I.P) breathed his…
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2017 UG Hip Hop Awards Winners full list
The second run of the UG Hip Hop Awards happened last Thursday 14 of December at Golf Course Hotel. The competition was stiff and in most categories the results seemed more dramatic, unexpected and quite shocking. Another brick was added on the UG Hip Hop house. Below is a full list of winners and the…
