As part of The Music Industry Incubator workshop series, we invited artist manager Jack Mashala (Mas Musiq) to fly in from South Africa to have a 1 on 1 conversation with Phil Chard on how best to build a brand, what managers should be aware of and what artists can do to work with their management to build a revenue-generating brand.…

This week The Music Industry Incubator hosts Aurelia J. Schultz who is an international copyright expert with 15 years of experience in African Copyright. She earned her BA in Religious Studies from Carroll College and her Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville. She began her legal career at Creative Commons where she wa…

This week we had artist, event promoter and content creator Game “Zeus” Bantsi to talk to us about his creative journey and how artists can come out of the pandemic with their best foot forward while also putting safeguards in place to ensure their careers are not completely derailed by unforeseen circumstances“It really breaks my heart that we hav…

The first of The Music Industry Incubator workshops kicked off on June 9 with Zimbabwean-born superstar producer Mr Kamera. In our chat, we covered a lot of topics that would be incredibly helpful to Zimbabwean musicians of all kinds. An edit of the conversation can be played and downloaded below. We also have detailed timestamped notes and resourc…

Mutsai Musa has been running the creative incubator, Quiet Riot Media for 15 years. Quiet Riot Media has consulted for both international artists and large entertainment companies on intellectual property and copyright management, paying attention to protecting income streams and generating long-term revenue for creative projects. Recent clients in…

Munya Chanetsa is a well-known music executive and founder of M.O.T.I with more than 10 years of A&R and licensing experience. He has worked with mobile operators, CAPASSO and Sony Music Publishing amongst others. He has also been a featured presenter on music copyright at leading forums and conferences in South Africa, Angola, Uganda, Ghana, Niger…

RayDizz is one of Zimbabwe's leading DJs and performers who has graced the stages of The Ministry of Sound, Marquee Las Vegas, Big Brother Africa, Vic Falls Carnival, HIFA and opened up for some of Africa's biggest stars.In this conversation he shares his advice on how young DJs can get started in the industry, build a brand, what equipment to use …

In this episode of the AHHB Podcast we speak to South African DJ, Producer, rapper and accomplished IT Consultant Trompie aka Beatmochini aka Bleksperm. In our chat Beatmochini speaks to us about his career that has spanned almost 2 decades. From starting out in Pretoria to working with Khuli Chana on a SAMA winning album, getting his first gold pl…

In the first episode of the relaunched AHHB Podcast Phil Chard speaks to South African director Kyle Lewis.Read the full feature articie, here : https://wp.me/p3OahZ-6MSBy Point Black Africa

Welcome back to the African Hip Hop Blog podcast. In what is possibly our biggest episode to date we have interviews with Solo, Riky Rick, Cassper Nyovest and Nasty C! Yes all four artists on 1 incredible 2 hour long episode. Sit back recharge your data and enjoy as we discussed Solo's album Dreams.B.Plenty before Cassper discusses his journey, fil…

Africa's finest Hip Hop Podcast is back again with another incredible episode filled with 65 minutes of quality content from across the continent. This week Phil discusses Nasty C's album release and it's implications. He also speaks to Cap City's PDotO who shares an exclusive announcement about his much anticipated and repeatedly delayed debut alb…

The African Hip Hop Blog Podcast is back with another episode that was custom made to satiate the hunger of our true Hip Hop head fans. This week Phil speaks to Ghanaian rapper M.anifest for an in conversation focusing on his new 14 track album Nowhere Cool.Phil and M dot chop it up about the creative process behind the album, the production and th…

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 AF…

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…

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 interviews our #FeatureFridays winner Kweiks, who shares details of his career and how he overcome a life threatening accident to pursue his musical …

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 …

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 form…

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…

The AHHB podcast is back once again with another incredible episode filled with news and music from across the continent. This week we plat 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 Di…

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 ab…

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, sla…

After taking a week off due to unforeseen circumstances (the movers bundling my equipment with the “stuff I don’t really need” box) we are back with another episode of the AHHB Podcast. This week we have another highly entertaining episode featuring music from Kiss Daniel, Gemini Major, Akan, Worlasi, Phyno, N’veigh, Blaklez, PDotO, Ras, V-Way, Ros…

The African Hip Hop Blog podcast returns with another incredibly entertaining episode lined up with news, interviews and music for the AHHB faithful. This week Phil plays music from Cassper Nyovest, Stanley Enow, C-Real, Boolz & Ricky Rick. He also digs into the vast AHHB vault and plays interviews with Kid X, Mr. Beef and BKKid X speaks to us abou…

The best African hip Hop podcast is back with what could be our best episode to date. In this episode Phil features music from Reminisce, Alikiba & MI, Ice Prince and DJ Switch.Phil also speaks to Jabba Man fka HHP in an open conversation where Jabba shares his frustrations and his new outlook on life. Look out for the full interview to be in a doc…

In this week’s episode of the African Hip Hop Blog podcast I sit down with South African rapper Blayze, for a live review of his new offering The Ladies Night EP. We discuss what went into the making of the project, the emotional roller coasters that inspired it, industry politics and Caitlyn Jenner.In the news rundown we also discuss Da L.E.S, Nas…

After going back to the drawing board and spending countless hours in a dimly lit room combing over a multitude of permutations, the African Hip Hop Blog Podcast is finally back and better than ever. This week Phil Chard shares music from AKA, M.anifest, E.L, Runtown, Priddy Ugly and Jnr Brown. He also interviews Reason to find out what its like t …

Fresh off the release of her new single BUA The African Hip Hop Blog sat down with Pretoria's Rouge to discuss her career thus far and her plans for the futureBy Point Black Africa

The African Hip Hop Blog recently down with South African rapper Gigi LaMayne to discuss her new single Jungle Fever and the controversy surrounding its release which resulted in a heated call in to YFM a few weeks back. We also discuss her upcoming album which is set to drop in early 2016. She also shares how she linked up with Shayzar and how her…

While Kwesta was putting the finishing touches on his third album, DAKAR II – the AHHB caught up with the K1 rapper in studio while he as recording to listen to the unreleased material and talk about the album.In the interview Kwesta also discusses his first single Nomayini , the infamous open letter to 5FM, chasing success, and his plans for his b…

Last week I got a chance to sit down with Reason a day after he released his extremely controversial “Reazus Christ” image on social media and two days before he dropped the bare-all track The Realest Verse Ever.In our almost thirty minute chat we discussed the reasoning behind the use of the image and how Reason now handles such outrage now that h…

Yanga has enjoyed an incredible rise into South Africa’s Hip Hop mainstream over the last 12 months. After introducing himself as skilled writer and director to the masses on AKA’s Run Jozi, the Eastern Cape native has gone from strength to strength.In our sit down interview we discussed how he entered South Africa’s Hip Hop scene. To my surprise I…

The African Hip Hop Blog got a chance to sit down with Reason to discuss his controversial Reazus Christ image, "The Realest Verse Ever", Audio High Definition and how he has handled his increasing reach and fame.By Point Black Africa

The African Hip Hop Blog sits down with South African DJ Ms Cosmo to find out why she left a steady job to become a DJ, her thoughts on the industry and much moreBy Point Black Africa

The African Hip Hop Blog sat down with UK reggae and Hip Hop legend Rodney P, Marques (Zimbabwe) & Mile(Zimbabwe) after their impressive performance at Shoko 2014By Point Black Africa

In the first ever AHHB podcast we talk about Sarkdie's assive win at the recently held MTV MAMAs, Cassper Nyovest and E.L.By Point Black Africa

The African Hip Hop Blog sat down with Hip Hop Pantsula before his Shoko 2014 performance to discuss his music, African language and culture and much more.By Point Black Africa