The South African Hip Hop Awards are an annual award ceremony, managed by the Ritual Media Group (R.M.G) which also runs the Back To The City Youth Festival, Ritual Stores and O.S.T lounge in Newtown.

This is a training manual for hiphop entrepreneurs and so-called hiphop heads from all over the world. A self-help book for business people within hip hop.

This is a book Queueone Dambuza spent 14 months writing, attending hip hop sessions, watching whats happening on South African hip hop, Tv and whats playing on radio. This book is about the current state of South African Hiphop.

After a brief hiatus from the game, rapper, songwriter and producer TY MAGIC is back with a grown and sexy new music video for his come-back single titled “Feel My Parole”. Produced by Ty Magic himself and featuring Chris Strings on vocals, “Feel My Parole” is an excellent return to form by the man who brought us the futuristic “Blackberry Pin” in 2009 and is sure to place TY Magic firmly back on the road to super stardom.

The phenomenal response by fans to the announcement that hip-hop’s biggest selling artist ever, Lil Wayne will perform on African soil for the very first time has created hype and excitement across the country. To accommodate the unprecedented demand for tickets, Canoc Productions, promoters of the South African leg of the Lil Wayne worldwide “I Am Still Music Tour” and media partner, Channel O today announced an extra 2000 tickets are available for the show at the Coca Cola Dome, Johannesburg on Friday, 9 December 2011. Booking at Computicket is open.

Party People is the brain child of the well known DJ Kenzhero who has been a big industry shaker in terms of social interaction in South Africa. These are monthly events that highlight the growth of Hip Hop and Soulistic cultures. Featured artists include Masta Ace, Marco Polo, Bahamadia, J-Live and many more.

Copywrite is an underground hip hop artist from Columbus, Ohio. He is also a member of the Columbus crew MegaHertz (or MHz for short). Copywrite will be performing at the Gauteng Hip Hop Expo 2011 during December along with many other artists. Read on for more info.

In a galaxy far away there is a planet much like ours, only its technology surpasses that of Earths by centuries. As this planet’s species developed, it became extremely homogeneous, crime ridden, and devastated by tyranny and corruption. Amongst their population there was a small group that opposed the state of the world.

All too often when people think of Little Rock, Arkansas, the first thing that comes to mind is HBO’s award-winning 1994 documentary Gang War: Bangin’ in Little Rock. Not any more. With the Rock on his back and a Razorbacks’ fitted cocked just so on his dome, rapper SL Jones is out to prove that Little Rock gangsters can bang in more ways than one.

With a career in hip-hop spanning well over 15 years, emcee/producer/songwriter Saukrates is only getting started. The triple threat musician has conquered his nativeCanada and is geared for a U.S. takeover. It’s a long time coming.

Zambia’s Zone Fam recently released their debut album “The Business (Foreign Exchange). The main group consists of four individuals; Dope G, Jay Rox, Yung Verbal and Thugga. The group was formed in 2007 and is managed by Duncan Sodala CEO of Slam Dunk Records, Zambia.

He’s hip-hop’s biggest name, its deadliest lyricist and the genre’s most flourishing touring act; he’s an in demand performer with fan bases across the globe; he’s Lil Wayne and in December he’s bringing his worldwide “I Am Still Music Tour” to South Africa.