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Today the Ministry of Trade and other stake holders launch the Buy Uganda Build Uganda campaign which has been trending on Twitter acronym-ed as #BUBU. Well it sounds like what one will call their better half. Seriously though we think this #BUBU agenda is important a force in the Hip Hop world, poetry and…
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The past, the future or maybe like S.T.R.A.P the Futuristic Past – What would we prefer or need? The present? First of all Hip Hop history in Uganda is so much lurking and no one is really to blame. We have to look over the initial impediments that the genre/culture faced at the time…
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The media some times chooses to forget or even observe certain things especially around hip hop circles. When I say Media you know what I mean; the newspapers, radio, T.V. to some level FB Journalism. Before I go on with my rant please this is what Kyle Duncan of New Vision had to start…
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Written By Ayella R.N. Art has long gone from just being some fan sort of activity for your folks – two or five of your friends. Here Art will refer to Hip Hop, Poetry and Spoken word. Music itself is art. And Email is still live, a certain art of communication or NOT? Many…
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We have had a bad history with awards in the country and every one knows it but I believe the UG Hip Hop Awards are hope enough. From the PAM (Pearl of Africa Music) awards to a number of music awards that emerged along the way, many of these didn’t or don’t represent hip…
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ATTENTION: It is important to have prior knowledge of Llyboc’s Prior To Lift Off for you to follow this argument closely and this essay isn’t to dishearten but rather show appreciation of PTLO and what it had promised – an eloquent rapper! The argument is centered on all lyrics that are from PTLO or…
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Sliq Teq undoubtedly is among the few young and multi talented persons in Ugandan hip hop. The beat maker, rapper and rap enthusiast has so many tracks to his name as a beat maker and producer, and has an EP as well. We got in touch with him to discuss a number of things…
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Last year Enygma and Mulekwa blessed us with Who Killed hip Hop? off A Few Good Friends Mixtape. And it sparked some good conversation and a thought process for us who cared to do so; re think the genre and the culture in general. Various issues were raised in the song. The different killers…