The AHHB Podcast Featuring M.I Abaga & AYAT
by Phil Chard
The African Hip Hop Blog Podcast is back once again with 60 minutes of some of the best news, music and interviews from the African continent, and this week is a special show. Just know, just know. SPECIAL EPISODE ALERT! (Khaled voice).
This week Phil discusses Yung6ix getting shot at, Reminisce’s management situation, the 2016 MTV Awards and The AFRIMAs as well the best content from www.africanhhb.com.
He also interviews our #FeatureFridays winner Ayat to discover that he's not that new of an artist after all as well interviewing his personal Hip Hop hero - none other than the African rapper number 1, M.I Abaga. M.I is currently in South Africa preparing for his first major showcase and Phil suppressed his screams long enough to discuss M.I’s plans for new music and collabs as well as his outlook on African Hip Hop.
We also play music from Nadia Nakai, Cassper Nyovest and Octopizzo.
The AHHB Podcast Featuring Miikah & Priddy Ugly
by Phil Chard
AHHB Podcast V 2
Fresh out the oven here is another episode if the best Hip Hop podcast in Africa. This week Phil sits down with our #FeatureFridays winner Miikah , a 17 year old rapper who educates Phil on the meaning of big words such as nihilism, entropy and compendium while also discussing how messing around on Fruity Loops helped birth his NegativeXero EP.
Phil also gets hold of Angolan-South African Priddy Ugly for an engaged and insightful conversation about the rapper’s 10 year career, being signed by every major label and dance battles with his girlfriend.
The AHHB Podcast Featuring Kweiks, Kagwe Mungai & Takura
by Phil Chard
AHHB Podcast V 2
We might be slightly delayed but the African Hip Hop Blog podcast is back with another incredible episode. I can assure you that we are getting pretty damn good at the podcasting thing. This week Phil shares interviews our #FeatureFridays winner Kweiks, who shares details of his career and how he overcome a life threatening accident to pursue his musical dream. He then crosses over to Kenya to hear about the type of music made by Kagwe Mungai and why his mother is happy that he chose to pursue music and finally we hear from Zimbabwe’s Takura who just dropped his 5 track EP Stripped.
We play Riky Tyler’s new remix for Swerve featuring Tshego and Doto from Kweiks as well a brief discussion onto the serious accusations made by Julius Malema against South Africa’s Mabala Noise label. Enjoy !
The AHHB Podcast Featuring Yanga
by Phil Chard
The best African Podcast is back again with another incredible episode highlighting some of the best content on the continent. In this week’s episode I share an interview that I did with Yanga earlier in the year where we discuss his highly anticipated Touch Is A Move EP and his early days as a video director and editor for none other than Slikour and Studio Space Pictures.
I also play music from E.L., Nyashinki, DJ Towers, and a tonne of Ugandan artists for the End Of The Weak Cypher.
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The AHHB Podcast Featuring Rushay, Phlow & GZE
by Phil Chard
The best podcast relating to all matters African of the Hip Hop variety has returned once again. This week Phil gets hold of a true Hip Hop OG - Mr. Rushay Booysen of South Africa to discuss the state of the rap nation and track how far things have progressed over the years.
Phil also speaks to 2 #FeatureFridays winners GZE and Phlow. Where the former shares details of his upcoming album Hustlemania abs the latter shares the details of her introduction into Hip Hop.
We also have music from MarazA, KLY, Flo Dee, YCEE, Ice Prince, Jnr Brown and Well$
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The AHHB Podcast Featuring E.L, Youngsta, DJ Obi, And Poe
by Phil Chard
The AHHB podcast is back once again with what is undoubtedly our best episode to date, no really I mean it this time.
We have interviews with the world record holding DJ Obi to discuss his gruelling 10 day marathon set, we speak to Youngsta who is currently on tour in Europe having interesting encounters with groupies, we also speak to E.L about his two new singles and his BAR III release and finally we also speak to Poe about his new single I Want You.
In between all these incredible interviews we also have music from Kagwe Mungai and DJ Switch’s massive Now Or Never Remix that features Ginger Trill, Proveb, Proddy Ugly, Zakwe, Blaklez, BigStar Johnson, Pro, Reason, Siya Shezi, Shane Eagle, Kid Tini and Youngsta.
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The AHHB Podcast Featuring King Dizo, Ghana Rap Beefs & Racial Slurs
by Phil Chard
AHHB Podcast V 2
The AHHB podcast is back once again with another incredible episode filled with news and music from across the continent. This week we play music from Sarkodie and M.anifest as their lyrical back and forth heats up as well as music from Yung Swiss, Truey Donatello, Poe. The podcast also features an interview with our #FeatureFridays winners King Dizo after we discuss Cassper Nyovest’s appearance on Sway In The Morning in the USA.
The AHHB Podcast Featuring Karizma
by Phil Chard
AHHB Podcast V 2
This week on The African hip Hop Blog Podcast we switch u it up a little and I sit down with the winner of our recently launched #FreatureFridays competition – Zimbabwean born rapper Karizma. During our hour long chat we discuss his new single and video for Shisha Pipe as well as his plans for No Guts No Glory 3 before we delve into a discussion about the current scene in Zimbabwe and why Hip Hop is struggling to take off in the Southern African nation.
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The AHHB Podcast Featuring Solo, Rouge and Kwesta
by Phil Chard
AHHB Podcast V 2
Welcome back to the African Hip Hop Blog Podcast for another incredible and potent dose of high grade African Hip Hop music and news. This week we play music from R2Bees, VENGEmuzik, King Dizo, Blayze, Assessa, BETR Gang and Reason.
We also have throwback interviews with Kwesta, Rouge, and Solo, while also sharing news about album release dates, slap happy DJs, and ghost writing accusations.
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@africanhhb @PhilChard
Meet JayDogg Beats, The Cape Town Producer Working With Ice Prince, DJ Speedsta, DJ Dimplez And More
by Sabelo Mkhabela
JayDogg Beats is a producer from Cape Town. He is silently working with superstars – the likes of DJ Speedsta, DJ Dimplez, Ice Prince and more. His biggest production is “Bae Coupe” by DJ Dimplez featuring Ice Prince, Emmy Gee and Riky Rick.
In the interview below, he speaks about how “Bae Coupe” came about, how he got to work with all these stars, how his life has changed, money, his current projects and more. He also plays some of his new material. Listen to the interview below, and check out his SoundCloud page.
@jaydoggbeats