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Poetry is a form of literature that uses rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition in place of the prosaic ostensible meaning. Poetry or its devices reflect so much in many songs out there, and hip hop music and poetry share similar qualities often. Many rappers employ poetic devices such as imagery to deliver…
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Hello welcome back to NuveyLIVE and before i continue happy new month! I must say that for the sake of Ugandan Hip Hop there is progress coming, honestly you would think the  2008-2010 and to  2012 era has been awakened with the events that unveiled last month. In case you didn’t get any of the…
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“Sitting with my old friend Jun Yo under the tree of wisdom as we fondly refer to the mango tree in our compound, we got to talking about Hip-hop in Uganda and what it would take to get it out there. What would it entail to make this art form a lucrative mainstream genre? I…
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It has been a good week for hip hop this past week which was graced by an  awakening beef between three rappers #Under25, CODE, Tucker HD and Benny Black. For More on that HERE. Having released the trailer in the same week, O.P.U aka Koboko Boy officially released the video both online and on NTV’s the…
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When Benny Black did his thing we expected a response ASAP and Tucker came through with Calm Before The Storm. His response sounded like real beef, wait it is! This morning i woke up to a download link from Timothy CODE of his new track, or response to Tucker HD titled Hands in The Stadium…
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After selling 8,000 copies of the The Chosen album in the first week of release, Navio went back to his continued hustle to put UG hiphop in a better place. This new track Rusha has him remind us that he is East Africa’s finest and attacks fake rappers (for he raps “These nigg*s”) . None…
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Last year i think if am to recall, around October i happened to meet Peter Kagayi in person or lets say saw him perform at an event at Makerere University, The Literature Association Poetry Night. I was moved by his energy and involvement of his audience while performing. A Society That Thinks It Thinks is…
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Ninja Attitude is among the late projects that were released last year, to be exact it was released around 24 November, 2015. Apparently Ninja C was more of a surprise to the rap scene for some and othersit was ” yes another female rapper” to uphold females on the hip hop power balance. Her project…
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As we move closer to the 2016 Ugandan elections so many issues have been raised here and there. Bana Mutibwa being among the few activists to speak about politics boldly we have another quite objective spoken word piece Fit to lead from George the Poet. This poem serves as an iniative to use poetry to…
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CODE might have got himself into the wrong TV-troll by undermining the faction of rappers under 25. The new Calm before the storm is a follow up of the wrath of rappers who where not pleased with CODE’s remarks during an interview with the Mith on SMASH last weekend. Under 25? Dawg I was at…