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Music star Samthing Soweto has revealed why the success of music band The Soil hurt me. The singer back in the day left the group to pursue a solo career. “At first I was really a little ashamed of it (being a member of The Soil) because I was not part of the success when they blew up. I was working with them, crafting this whole sound, before it became mainstream. So to see them doing all these amazing things without me in the middle, it was really depressing and I tried to run away from it,” he told Times Live. Sam has since gone on to achieve mainstream success of his own, topping the charts recently with his single Akanamali. “What’s funny is the sound that we eventually crafted with The Soil was inspired by my time in prison. When I was there, there was a type of singing that they did, which is very acapella type singing. It is very prison-based. I took that and thought how could I make it very palatable. The topics went from prison to love and from bass to more hip-hop type of

Music superstar Professor shocked many when he revealed the title of his new album to be “Composed by Jesus Christ”. The Kalawa Jazmee signed act has now spoken on his decision to name his album after Jesus. “There is something there when I write. I don’t make music for fun. I want to tell a message. People always ask me how I write songs that touch people and I honestly believe that it is Jesus. My music, my album…they are produced by Jesus. I could have written a song but I decided to dedicate my album to it,” he told Tshisa Live. “I have put so much of Jesus into my life and someone shouldn’t judge how I praise. It is not up to them to decide that. I want to honour Jesus with this album and that is it,” Professor added. He also confirmed the album wasn’t meant to be a gospel album. “It has a lot of genres and sounds in it. Something to make you think, something to make you dance. It is an album about what is going on in the streets and there is maybe one or two songs that are qui

Following a number of mixtapes and an EP, Tory Lanez released his long-awaited debut album, I Told You, in 2016. Now, the Toronto rapper-singer is ready drop his sophomore project. On Monday (Jan. 22), Lanez revealed his next album, Memories Don’t Die , will release on March 2. “MEMORIES DONT DIE – 3/2 …. 39 DAYS LEFT,” the rapper wrote on Instagram. Lanez also shared a teaser for the project, featuring old images of him mixed in with 1990s pop culture references. It’s currently unknown who will be featured on Lanez’s upcoming project but the album could include a recently teased collaboration with Swae Lee . Earlier this month, Lanez hinted he was working with the Rae Sremmurd rapper, tweeting, “@goSwaeLee I don’t know if they ready for what we bout to do.” Lee replied back, “Definitely not.” In related Tory Lanez news, in May, the “Luv” singer patched up his differences with Drake . The longstanding feud came to an end when Drizzy uploaded a photo of himself and Tory on Instagra

It looks like Joey Bada$$ is taking his talents on the road this Spring. On. Wednesday, multiple outlets were reporting that the Brooklyn emcee is getting ready to go on “The Amerikkkana tour” along with Boogie & Buddy. Although Joey himself hasn't officially announced the tour, a flyer has surfaced online today which showing its tour dates. RELATED: Joey Bada$$ Accuses Of American Airlines Of Racial Discrimination Kicking off April 17th in Boston, the 26-city tour, which will be in support of last year’s All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ album, will trek through cities like LA, Seattle, Toronto, NYC, Portland, Chicago, Atlanta, & Denver, before wrapping up in Detroit at the end of May. As previously mentioned, Joey will be joined by two of Compton’s rising new rappers; Boogie, who recently signed to Eminem ’s Shady Records, and Buddy, who's coming off the release of his Magnolia EP over the summer. Tickets are set to go on sale this Friday (2/16) at noon with various presales star

According to words making rounds, Nasty C has departed his record label Mabala Noise. The rapper has been at war with the label since late last year refusing to perform at their December gig. Nasty C according to words on the street has signed with Universal Music Group with pictorial evidence hitting Instagram. The rapper has not confirmed anything Another news this time around is that label chiefs Reggie Nkabinde and DJ Bongz have both left and the office of Mabala Noise at Fourways closed up. The official line of Mabala Noise is also not working at this time.

Nasty C ’s music videos, Good Girls and Don’t Do It have been removed from the South African Music Awards nominations after several outrage online that the music videos do not qualify. Online commentators had pointed out that videos were not aired on national television before January 31, as per the competitions rules. “Our investigations have revealed that the videos were submitted for entry on 24 January 2017. We have further determined that the videos were not flighted before the closing date of the entries of 31 January 2017 as required by the SAMA rules. “In light of this, the two music videos are automatically disqualified because they do not meet the criteria for Best Music Video Category,” organisers said in a statement. Nasty C ’s disqualification means Kwesta is now the most nominated artiste for the award with 6 nominations while Nasty C drops to 5.

Despite collaborating with Offset, Tinashe's starting to lean towards Team Takeoff. Since the release of Culture II, it seems like more and more people are starting to recognize the brilliance behind Takeoff. While he's the most quiet out of the trio, he definitely compensates for that on records. He's arguably one of the hottest rappers in the game entirely and his efforts on Culture II solidified his strengths as an emcee. Tinashe recently collaborated with Offset on "No Drama", and while she admits that he's her favorite member, she's starting to lean towards team Takeoff. Tinashe recently caught up with The FADER for a new episode of "Everything You Need To Know." During the episode, she spoke on the Migos and their impact to the culture. She had high praises for them and how they've managed to transcend culture while maintaining their roots. "Their stuff is just like so fun and high energy. It's got all those adlibs and catchy t

Tumelo AB Crazy has revealed he knew Cashtime would soon end before he walked out on the company. He made a case of when he wanted to release a mixtape but nobody was ready to work with him on the recording company. AB Crazy who is still promoting his new album Blue Skies added that he also noticed people weren’t doing things as a group. He said in a recent interview, “Before I left Cashtime, I wanted to release my own mixtape under Cashtime but featuring the artists on the label. But the guys were not ready for it. I told them I was going to drop an album, whether it was with them or not. In the years after I left you saw more artists doing their own things, with no real group vibe. I saw it coming.” “The most disappointing thing in the industry is the politics. Radio could play more of our stuff. I would love to hear more AB Crazy on radio. We are still fighting that today and that has been the greatest disappointment.” As he shoots for the top of the charts with his new album,

The Black Panther OST was not technically a Kendrick Lamar album, but there is no song on the project that the rapper is not directly involved in. Lamar is listed as a performer on 5 of the 14 tracks, and credited as a songwriter on each and every one. He also makes some uncredited appearances as a vocalist throughout the OST. Needless to say, Kendrick took his position as "curator" of the soundtrack very seriously, but in a message on Twitter, he's made sure to show respect for the large team that made the effort possible. "Respect to all the artist/producers that allowed me to execute a sound for the soundtrack, he said. "The concept of producing and composing a project other than my own has always been ideal. I appreciate the experience love ones. Continue to be great." Those contributors Kendrick is thanking are too many to name, but include, on the production side, Sounwave, BADBADNOTGOOD, Frank Dukes, Mike WiLL Made It, Doc McKinney, and Cardo. A

The fall from fame and fortune can be even more dizzying than the rise, particularly if you've been enthusiastically living the lifestyle. Pity these poor stars, whose luxurious homes, shiny cars, awards, instruments and all manner of gaudy baubles were no sooner acquired than they had to be pawned off to pay the creditors. UK pop acts dream of winning the favour of the Brit Awards' shining goddess. S Club 7 , fresh from their first TV show, Miami 7, and album, S Club, won Best Newcomer at the Brits in 2000. But that success was short-lived for Paul Cattermole who left the band in 2002, expressing a desire to return to his rock roots - he'd previously been in the nu-metal band Skua. S Club carried on for around a year, but when Jo O'Meara announced her back problems would leave her unable to perform, that was it. As the Guardian reported, rumours immediately started to spread that the band were owed payments by manager Simon Fuller, and that of the £52m they'd ma

Stitches manages to avoid jail over a gun charge. Stitches knows how to make an impression on people, for better or worse. The tatted up Miami rapper has consistently shocked the game with a brash barrage of shock-tactics and ruthless honesty, which occasionally overshadowed his musical output. Last year, Stitches caught some heat with Bhad Bhabie's camp, after being accused of exploiting the young rapper to appear in his video. Before that, he threw around some wild claims about an affair with Kylie Jenner in a scathing Tyga diss track. Recently, Stitches has been putting in work, most recently turning up on "Out Of My Mind," an energetic collaboration with YoungBoy Never Broke Again. Today, the controversial figure has once again found his name in the headlines, largely in part to a recent gun charge. According to TMZ, Stitches has actually been hit with some good news, thanks to some skillful maneuvering from his lawyer. The rapper ended up taking a plea deal, whic

Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever Then : A year after Dr. Dre rewrote the blueprint for West Coast rap with 1992's The Chronic, Wu-Tang Clan did the same for New York hip hop with their still-revered debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Adored for RZA 's gritty, atmospheric production and the huge cast of talented MCs who rhymed over his beats, it became an overnight classic. Follow-up Wu-Tang Forever, released four years later in 1997, was no less ambitious: a double album with a running time of 1 hour and 48 minutes (and a lengthy, six-minute lead single, Triumph, that didn't even have a chorus). It won a Grammy the following year, to add to the initial excitement its release provoked. What changed: "Reunited, double LP, word excited!" ran the opening lines of Wu-Tang Forever's first song proper, Reunited. But it's a hardy soul who isn't slightly intimidated by the prospect of a two-disc album that's nearly two-hours long, and sprawling record

Timberlake is expected to make a big debut on the charts, but it's hard to predict what kind of boost he'll get from the Super Bowl. The first-week sales projections are in for Justin Timberlake 's fifth studio album Man Of The Woods . According to Hits Daily Double, the album is expected to move between 300,000 to 350,000 equivalent album units, based on one day of sales, though the report suggests Timberlake's Super Bowl Halftime Show could push him over the 400,000 mark. The sales info at this time is still somewhat limited, and better estimates will be available later in the week based on the physical and Target exclusive release of the project. In 2013, Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience scored the highest sales week of the year with 968,000. At the time, this was the largest sales week by a male artist since Lil Wayne 's Tha Carter III in 2008. 20/20 makes for the 19th-largest sales for an album within a one week period since SoundScan began track