All posts tagged AKA

AKA: A Tight Radius

Supermega, that most Jozi of Jozi rappers, was born in Cape Town, which makes him even more Joburg! He drops some bars on African consciousness, political awareness and that dope-ass Total in Bryanston. By Hagen Engler [This piece first appeared in The Note at the Red Bull Music Academy Weekender […]

Sound And The City

  The generations of migrants who came from across Africa to seek their fortune in Johannesburg, the City Of Gold, also brought musical gifts that have been synthesised, alloyed and polished, forging a unique culture of sound that has done much to shape the city itself. By Hagen Engler [This […]

AKA – Congratulate

Here’s the much-hyped, but rather excellent new video by SA hip-hop phenomenon AKA. This one stars the lovely Ana Trujic. Ana is an actress, model and kung-fu expert who has been an FHM covergirl. Joburg resident Ana is of Serbian extraction. She is an AFDA graduate and has starred in numerous […]

Video: AKA – Jealousy

This just had to go up. “From the city where the crime do pay!” We dig AKA, and this vid for the dope-as-all-hell Jealousy track features two other South African legends: Bonang Matheba and Bennie McCarthy. Also we’re trying to somehow cleanse our mind of the video below. If AKA […]