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The intimate life of rapper Nasty C, real name Nsikayesizwe Nqcobo, is off bounds. He would not give away a hint of his life struggles. He does not comment about Hip-Hop politics and trends or the music industry's vibrant shenanigans.  "I can't say 2017 was my year. It was a year of personal challenges,  but I came out strong," he says, adding that his brother and manager Ayanda Ngcobo and two close friends helped pull him through. Nasty said there's no South African hip-hop artist that stood out for him this year. He has no views on the best and worst hip-hop track if the year, but says he liked No Flag by London In Da Track ft Offset, w1 Savage and Nicki Minaj. Rapper Nasty C has plans to impress his fans next year, including droppings fourth album and music videos. He teamed up with footwear and clothing retailer Sportscene to endorse Redbat clothing under the label Nasty C X Redbat. "The partnership has been a major succes and the clothing range is

The EFF has extended an olive branch to rapper Fifi Cooper who is currently embroiled in a legal battle with her former record label‚ Ambitiouz Entertainment. Taking to its verified Twitter account on Tuesday afternoon the political party announced that it had offered its help to Fifi to fight the "exploitative record company". The party labelled the court interdict‚ which in part prevents Fifi from performing any of the songs she recorded under the label as an "injustice". "We have contacted Fifi with the willingness to help her fight back against the corrupt and exploitative record company‚" read part of the tweet. This after Ambitiouz Entertainment released a statement on Monday announcing that they had secured a court interdict against the rapper. We are always on the side of the weak and the dejected. Wipe your tears African Girl, very soon you will sing your beautiful songs again. Proper legal team is assembled to help #FifiCooper against the po

Image: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images There has always been talk that Jay-Z has cheated on Beyoncé‚ but both have ignored the speculation and never spoken out about it. While there have been hints in their music and that infamous elevator fight with Solange‚ Jay-Z's recent interview in The New York Times Style Magazine is the first time the music mogul addressed the rumours. He said that he had built walls because of issues from his childhood‚ which led to him shutting down and infidelity. "The hardest thing is seeing pain on someone's face that you caused‚ and then have to deal with yourself. You have to survive. So you go into survival mode‚ and when you go into survival mode‚ what happens? You shut down all emotions." He said that when you shut down emotionally there are all kinds of consequences. "So‚ even with women‚ you gonna shut down emotionally‚ so you can't connect. In my case‚ like‚ it's deep. And then all the things happen from there: infideli