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Beyond the Mic: What are the Creative Alternatives for Rappers, Poets and Artistes in 2025
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Artistes can also branch into workshops and mentoring young talent. There is a growing hunger among young creatives to learn from established names.
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Why Your random music links Are being ignored
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I learnt the hard way. I used to tweet links and tag people thinking they are so passionate about hip hop but most ignored the links less I was writing about them or their friends. I have received texts from budding artists asking about music sharing. Most of them have made the same mistakes…
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Hey Fam’ no one cares what you are going through, just keep Grinding
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I had a conversation with an old friend of mine – about life, work an life again and really just life. Life encompasses; work, love, pain and more. The topics we had were revolving around work, finances and then hip hop. He said something about how UG Hip Hop has a lot of it’s…
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To Enjoy UG Hip Hop, Dig Deeper
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I was busy minding my business and the phrase “dig deeper” came to thought. I thought about how it has been a while since I last used my digital ink to talk UG Hip Hop. When was the last time I created a playlist based off new tracks? I personally don’t recall. But I…
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Are Ugandan Rap Battles Dead?
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2015 was an amazing year if you asked me. It was the year I seriously opted to drop everything else I blogged about and focused on Hip Hop, Poetry and Spoken word. The three mentioned items make up the soul of what we do hear at NuveyLive. I had been writing before on so…
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Songs for Mama from Luganda XLZ and MC Warid – Happy Mother’s day
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Our mothers are valuable, everything in this life. Today 10 May as we all celebrate our mothers, I sat back and checked in my crates, searching for that one song I can send to my mothers to celebrate them regardless. The world is under lockdown here and there due to the Lockdown but we…
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Dr. Jose Chameleon as hip hop – a short story
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This is an insight. Over five rap songs featuring Dr. Jose Chameleon you probably didn’t know existed. Read on:
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Should you release music now in this COVID19 situation
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Corona Virus aka COVID19 is upon us and it is important to stay safe. Wash your hands regularly and keep a distance. Social distance is important, even though it will seem antisocial as HE president Museveni said. For the rappers it means no hanging out in clubs or bars. If you make daily or…
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Creatives – What to do since public venues are closed over the Corona Virus Pandemic?
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The Corona Virus is here! Many artists and event organisers in Uganda are facing hiccups and no one expected the pandemic outcome. As per the president’s directive, all public places are to be closed up to April 20 something. The question is: what should band artists, club artists and other creatives do at this…
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Toast to 2019: the year of Parte After Parte, Fresh Kid,and many promising acts
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By the time you read this it’s prolly’ 2020 and you might be in reflection of 2019 or what to listen to or catch in 2020. Time really flies but it even flies more when you are busy – to all those hustling I salute you, keep grinding! Like Sylvester says “LEMERAKO“ 2019 like…