As an artistic movement born in the Bronx, hip hop travelled the globe and took root in Nairobi, shaping youth culture and giving voice to stories of struggle and triumph. From the graffiti on city ...

For over two decades, Kalamashaka has played a pivotal role in revolutionizing the hip-hop scene in Kenya. In the 1990s, the trio of Paul Ngige alias 'Kama', Robert Mtumbai alias 'Roba the Oteraw', ...

A Kenyan photographer has created an imaginary supergroup of octogenarians Known as Kabangu, the fictional band has proven so popular many believe they actually exist They’re known as Kabangu, and ...

Nairobi — While the emergence of hip-hop music infused variety in the Kenyan musical landscape, it also brought about a generational divide, with the young and the old on either side. The result of ...

Introduction / P. Khalil Saucier -- Part One: African noise : mapping African hip-hop from the East, West, and South: Rappin' Griots : producing the local in Senegalese hip-hop / Catherine Appert ; ...

Kenyan hip-hop star Big Pin revealed that his iPhone 17 was allegedly snatched by a boda boda rider in Westlands Big Pin jokingly reacted to the incident on social media, asking the thief to return ...

Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Title on container: Hip-hop colony : the African hip-hop explosion. Narrator: Kangere Muthubi; performers: Bruce Odhiambo, Tedd Josiah, Eric Musyoka, ...