Tshepo Bareetseng

By Tshepo Bareetseng Being young these days in South Africa seems expensive and hard. It means you have to wear some expensive clothes. A youngster who lives in Braamfischerville south western of Johannesburg Maggz Alzira (20) says he feels like he is living for the people, his appearance must always be on point. If I don’t wear nice clothes and have a smart phone I feel left out, I feel like am nothing where else my friends have them”, says Maggz. Statistics South African National Council on Alcoholism (SANCA) show that a lot of ‘alcohol abusers’ are mostly likely to be the youth. the youth of democratic South Africa has all the resources of being highly educated and become better people in the future, but instead they decide to smoke and drink throw their future away. According to Karabo Maoto who is also a young star from Johannesburg says today’s youth is not inspiring each other; instead they influence each other to do engage in wrong activities like partying, smoking, and havi

By Tshepo Bareetseng Watkin Tudor Jones who is also known as ‘Ninja’ was born in the 27th September 1974 in Johannesburg. He attended school at Park town Boys High School; he quit school just a year before his graduation. Jones is a South African rapper and record producer. He has been in the Hip-Hop music industry since the year 1998. He is known for his Hip-Hop and Electro music. Jones is also a renowned graphic artist and creator of a range of ‘nasty’ fluffy toys. He also used to be an actor and doing commercials for Nando’s. He is known for many nick names such as Ninja, The Man Who Never Back, MC Totally Rad and Yang Weapon. Watkin Tudor Jones has a few albums under different guises. He was in a group called Max Normal and he was a lead vocalist, in the year 2001 the group dropped an album called ‘Songs from the Mall’. In the early 2002, Watkin left Max Normal. He moved from Johannesburg to go and live in Cape Town where he joined the eccentric rave-rap crew called ‘Die Antwo

By Tshepo Bareetseng Lerato Molapo who is also known as “Lira” was born in Daveyton Township in the Eastern side of Johannesburg. Lira stated singing and performing at the age of 16. She was inspired by the great: Miriam Makeba, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and many more others. Lerato studied Accounting but decided to use her singing skills to pursue her dream which resulted in her first demo release at the age of 18. Lira was discovered by a producer, kwaito artist called Arthur Mafokate in the year 2000. Arthur signed Lira to his record label ‘999 Music’ and helped her release her first debut Album ‘All MY LOVE’ in 2003. The Album earned her the Metro Fm Awards, South African Music Awards and Channel O Reel Music Awards. In 2010, she shared a stage with American singers Alicia Keys and John Legend at the FIFA world Cup Kick-Off Concert performing a cover song ‘Pata Pata’ which was originally recorded by the Late Miriam Makeba. She now has many great Albums like ‘Feel Good (200

By Tshepo Bareetseng Five New Lil Uzi Vert Songs Premiere on Shade 45 Lil Uzi Vert has been making a lot of noise lately, some people like him personally, others like his style, but others just think he is jist over doing this Trap thing. Well, his real fans have been wating for Lil Uzi Vert ‘s new project titled  "LUV Is Rage 2" for a while now. Fans were hit with a huge surprise when five new songs from the Philly rapper premiered on Shade 45. The trapstar / rapper Someone in Uzi’s camp must have been anxious to premiere new music, because five new Uzi tracks played during DJ Drama and Don Cannon’s Gangsta Grillz show this past Friday (July 21). None of these song titles have been confirmed, but the one labeled “Walking Around With a Band” is a song produced by Cardo, while “Loaded” sounds like it’s got 808 Mafia production on it.  Young Thug is also featured on “Bag,” while it sounds like Carti was meant to be on “Pet” along with Uzi. At one point, the DJ playing the

By Tshepo Bareetseng Music is really growing; Young kids from Braamfischerville, South West of Johannesburg are really resolute and have passion for this music thing. 12.1 production, founded by Bruce12.1, is a record label that consists of 8 members, one (1) lady and seven (7) guys. The group includes; Bruce12.1 who is the founder/ main producer & sound engineer, Kaylash who is on the PR and marketing side of thing, CeeJay & Mac who are a duo, XEE a producer and artist, Steezy Lenyora who is also an artist, Jovizinto who is a tattoo artist and a hook mastermind as well as Zu who is a designer and a photographer. Bruce12.1 said he will be releasing an EP early 2018. “I’ll be releasing an EP next year, possibly early next year”, said Bruce12.1. He is also growing himself in video editing. “Soon I will be handling the videos for our artists, I am getting better and better at it”, Bruce12.1 added. Recently, there have been two hit songs on the streets; both produced by Bruce12

By Tshepo Bareetseng It’s been a second since we got something fresh from Tory Lanez , as the Canadian rap-crooner puts the finishing touches on his new album. He recently tapped Trey Songz to remix DJ Khaled’s Rihanna and Bryson Tiller-assisted single, “Wild Thoughts.” Tory’s vocals sound good over the sultry track as he glides over the meandering acoustic guitar chords crooning about a woman he lusts for. “I don’t know if I can take it/But I know I love it when you get naked, naked/Breakfast in bed when I taste it/Good head, pussy wet just to chase it/Girl, I’m wasted, you’re my favorite/Nigga couldn’t play you if you was on a playlist/Shawty, you know you’re my favorite/She my side piece she ain’t even gotta say shit/She give me good vibrations/So bad, she deserve a good citation,” he sings. Trey keeps the panty-dropping vibe going, starting off his verse with the lines, “Heard that pussy for the taking/Know that pussy feel a-motherfuckin-mazin’/Baby sweeter than a pastry/Cake, c

By Tshepo Bareetseng T-Pain might have started the whole falling in love with strippers thing, but when it comes to documented cases, Drake is hands down the current king of affection for exotic dancers. Drizzy is currently hosting his annual Houston Appreciation Weekend in H-Town, and just so you know the stripper love is real, he had a retirement party for popular exotic dancers, Lira Galore, Miracle Watts and Maliah Michel. Drake made the event official. The night included the “jerseys” of all three women being hoisted into the rafters as well as a faux Larry O’Brien Trophy. It appears Aubrey even presented the women with gift bags from Louis Vuitton. Afterward, Lira complimented the 6 God for the hospitality. “Wow , made strip club history tonight. Got in , got out .. STILL relevant ‍♀️S/O to the BOY !! @Drake,” she posted on Twitter. Drake has been known around H-Town as a big spender in the shake joint for a while now. Several years ago, he was rumored to be dating Maliah Mic

By Tshepo Bareetseng Travis Scott is mourning the loss of his longtime bodyguard, Big Tony, who apparently recently passed away. Scott shared the tragic news on social media by posting a series of black and white pictures of Tony on Instagram. “U gon be my guardian angel for life bro. I love u mannnnnnnnnnnnn I want u to know that. We all do broooooooooooooooooooooooooo I’m hurt Rest In Peace To my dawg big Tony,” he captioned one photo of them walking together. “We wouldn’t mob with out your lead. Rip my dawg,” La Flame captioned another picture. Trav did not reveal the cause of the untimely death and is still clearly in shock over the loss. This is a sour moment for Travis who has been enjoying a great year. May 22 will go down as a day to remember as both of his albums, Rodeo and Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, reached platinum status , according to RIAA records. The BITTSM single, “Pick Up the Phone,” featuring Quavo and Young Thug also earned a plaque for going double platinu

By Tshepo Bareetseng Meek Mill‘s new studio album Wins and Losses has dropped, and ahead of the LP’s release, he’s shared a new song off the album called “Issues.” He also dropped the video for “Issues” the same time. Teasing the album earlier this week, Meek let the world know, “We will address everything!!” One has to wonder what he’s talking about. In addition, Meek’s revealed the tracklist for the album, and as many people hoped, it includes his long-awaited collab with Young Thug, “We Ball.” “I’m letting the people know how I feel right now. I just wanted to give people a real perspective of my life, what we call wins and what we call losses.” Meek says about the meaning of the title. “I lost my case, we lost Lil Snupe , Chino lost his brother. Where we come from, that’s a loss. When you talk L’s and W’s, you get an L, that mean you got life in jail. It’s critical, it ain’t what they talking about, so I wanted to give my perspective on it, let people know what I’ve been thro

By Tshepo Bareetseng After years and years of WWE's partnership with e.tv, the partnership has come to an end. South Africa's free-to-air Chanel e.tv has announced that WWE will no longer be airing on the e family. The channel will not be renewing its long-standing contract with WWE. Marlon Davids, Managing Director of e.tv Channels says that the decision not to renew the WWE contract was not taken lightly. “e.tv has been the home of WWE in South Africa since 2001, but international rights contracts like this are complex,” he says. “After reviewing our renewal options, we decided to focus instead on the direction our entertainment lineup has been taking over the last 12 months.” “We’re thrilled with the way our viewership numbers have grown, thanks to the local and international drama, comedy and reality shows which have found a home on the e family of channels,” says Davids. “As sad as we are to see WWE leave its home in South Africa, we’re confident that our audience wil

By Tshepo Bareetseng Jay-Z's new confessional and political release, "4:44," finally entered the Billboard 200 album chart, storming to the top spot and scoring his 14th No. 1 release. The rapper and producer sold 262,000 units of "4:44," according to data from Nielsen SoundScan on Monday, to earn the fourth-highest one-week album sales total of 2017. The album, on which Jay-Z admits cheating on his wife Beyonce and addresses the birth last month of their twins, was released on June 30 as a one-week exclusive to members of his streaming platform Tidal and customers of wireless carrier Sprint Corp. Despite being certified platinum in its first week, "4:44" was absent from last week's Billboard 200 album chart because Tidal did not report numbers to Nielsen Music. The Billboard 200 album chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album). Jay-Z already holds the rec

By Tshepo  Bareetseng At long last, Kesha has returned to the music sphere, and she’s ready to show fans her newly healed sense of self. Earlier this month, she unleashed her first solo single since 2013, “Praying ,” and a week later, she followed it up with the empowering anthem “Woman .” Both tracks point to a triumphant comeback on the pop star’s part, who’s spent the past few years embroiled in an ugly legal battle against Dr. Luke. In a revealing new interview on Elvis Duran and the Morning Show , Kesha reflected on her long-awaited resurgence, admitting she wasn’t sure this day would ever come. “I just didn’t know if I was ever going to be able to put out music ever again,” she said. “I really didn’t know, and some days it felt like I was kind of clinging onto this ghost of an idea that got me through a lot of years. You know, sometimes it felt more real, sometimes it felt less real, and I kept waking up and I’d say, ‘OK, you can’t just lay in bed, you got to get up, you got

By Tshepo Bareetseng Have you ever felt like you are unloved? Ever felt like your struggles are more than what you can handle or felt like you are being punished for something you don’t even know? Well you’re not the only one. There are thousands, possibly millions of people out there who feel the same way. You sometimes probably sit alone and say “this life is unfair”. Well the fact is this life is fair, we just need to focus on ourselves, grow ourselves, change the negative thoughts and just try our best to live a happy life, yes money is everything, but have you ever realised how happy you become when you’re with your friends, when you’re online on Facebook, Instagram and or Twitter, or maybe when you’re with your family. This negative energy is probably caused by the succeeding or successful people we see on the streets, and then we start to ask ourselves what exactly we are doing wrong… It all comes to a point a point where you feel like you’re suffocating, like people are just

By Tsh epo   Bareetseng Kanye West is reportedly leaving Tidal after fighting with Jay-Z's music streaming service over money, according to a new report from TMZ. The rapper allegedly feels like he's owed more than $3 million for bonuses and reimbursement for music videos after he debuted his album "Life of Pablo" on the service over a year ago, according to the TMZ report. He's reportedly left the company over the fight, according to TMZ. Tidal didn't respond to Business Insider's request for comment. Jay-Z relaunched Tidal in 2015 with a roster of other A-list artists as an artist-backed alternative to Pandora or Spotify. Tidal claims to pay more royalties and was set up as a co-ownership with Jay-Z's artist friends like Madonna and Coldplay's Chris Martin. West was one of the original artists to buy into Tidal's mission and fight back against companies like Apple who was trying to build its own competing service. Part of Tidal's bi