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  • Top UG Hip-Independence Playlist 2017

    In this year’s edition of the top hip-independence (hip hop inspired Independence Day) playlist; we have interesting entries that we think really deserve to be mentioned. Year to year we do curate this playlist as a way for us to show we can celebrate Uganda’s independence through hip hop. We also aim at limiting…

  • #UGAt55 Premiere: I Love Uganda-Brian Wade ft. Andy Serwadda

    Happy Independence Day to you! Brian Wade has released I Love Uganda featuring Andy Serwadda.  Uganda at 55 years independence is the buzz right now and what other way could hip hop add to the conversation? As soon as you press play you notice about ten seconds of percussion and you know it about…

  • ‘Jinja Bred’ release party in a nut shell: Yay and Nay

    Jinja Bred out! Shout out Play01 for braving this and it got done – Milestone! Lots of effort were put in to have the party set and going last night (5th October). One can’t help but think of the studio sessions, production, mixing and mastering. Event planning and all it takes to put together…

  • Premiere: ‘Bamutumawa’ – Luganda (Luganda XLZ & Muchwezi)

    Amidst heated arguments on various media of Luganda XLZ vs Pryce Teeba so much shock came with it. The laid back Luganda XLZ has made a wrong move some would argue. Bamutumawa is a new project from him with his   two  actual cousins the Muchwezi brothers (Reagan Muchwezi and Raymond Muchwezi). It is…

  • Premiere: Brian Wade is back in soul-ful style with Dream

    Brian Wade is back in soul-ful style with Dream. It is not like he ever left!  About two months ago he released his mixtape; Synesthetic and followed through with a freestyle. He has managed to drop back to back music this year with another of the projects having implication messages in them like Obulamu…

  • Premiere: Red Cypher – Ruyonga, Ginsu, Josh SB, Barna & Wake

    Red Cypher is here and it is an amazing line up one your imagination could allow you. The Hidden Empire outfit has had its artists show case on almost individual projects. Tracks like Clique from Rodney, 256 from Wake and the recent full length God DNA. On the other side Barna is working on…

  • Premiere: Cookie – Benny Black (@Blixxack)

    Have you ever wondered about the dumb things you have done and why? It so happens Benny Black aka Blixxack is reminding us of the dumb things we do for that Coookie. This song’s title gets you thinking of what he actually meant. Cookie for some may mean money, or a female’s genitalia. In other…

  • Premiere: Keinoh’s ‘Be Mine’ Video is out

    Keinoh has released the official  Be Mine video. It seems the grass is greener now. According to our source he is under the Rapaholix Music outfit founded by Flex D’Paper. Be Mine   aims at putting Keinoh in more rotation. In the video he has quite intimate moments with a lady in the kitchen bedroom…

  • Premiere: Byg Ben drops new ‘Wenzelesa’

    Byg Ben is still holding high for Eastern Uganda and Wenzelesa proves that. He is known for his eloquent Lumasaba flow. The Babana Baasha representative offers Wenzelesa to try document or tell his humble beginnings to where he is now. On his soundcloud he calls it “where I am from” According to Byg Ben;…

  • Clear The Air, Part Three: An all UG Hip Hop Awards – what’s wrong?

    I would love to welcome you from last week – a week that was filled with much activity and excitement. Headlines or equivalents read:  Bibala video out! , 2017 UG Hip Hop Awards nominees announced and so much more. Last week the conversation was around millennials and how we need to share knowledge and…