“I was just trying to create something that sounded like hip-hop, but on a house tempo” is how DJ Lag tried to articulate his sound on our first meeting at his mother’s house in Clermont four years ...

When it comes to gqom music, the genre is mostly dominated by Durban-based producers and artists. However, Cape Town now has its shining star. From Khayelitsha, Ed Harris burst on to the scene this ...

After being taken to good schools where their parents have had hopes of having them become accountants or doctors, Distruction Boyz' Thobani 'Que' Mgobhozi and Zipho 'Goldmax' Mthembu chased gqom, and ...

While it looks like gqom is the one genre of music that every Tom, Palesa and Maria claims to be able to do, only a few people can make successful hit songs in the genre and TDK Macassette believes ...