Beef is stewing between two of Eswatini’s notable trap rappers K-Dirrty and K-Darrow. The bone of contention is the K at the beginning of each of the rappers names with Dirrty claiming that Darrow stole his name and hence used him to climb up the Eswatini hip-hop totem. K Darrow had one the biggest songs of 2021 with his Upscale Live backed single Indlala he’s also responsible for lacing the catchy hook on Sean Cast & Lyrikal Busta’s hit single Bacede, also released in 2021. On the other hand, Dirrty has been releasing trap tracks for several years which have had limited national success ..read more

A lot of music releases from the Kingdom of Eswatini fly under the radar largely due to a lack of understanding of the Eswatini music market and a visible lack of a properly planned roll-out strategy for music releases. Market research is a pivotal function of most successful record labels as it allows the labels to discover the target audience and get opinions and feedback from consumers about their interest in the product. An effective market research also helps to minimize the risks of investment and identifying potential threats and opportunities in doing business. Ever wondered how record ..read more

Whenever a product is commercially released, there is always some type of code attached to the product for tracking purposes, this in most cases is usually called the bar code which is slowly being replaced by the increasing popularity of the QR code. In these codes, details of the product including its pricing are attached. However, the recording industry invented the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) as a means of tracking a song or a record’s commercial performance. In most countries, there is often a central authority tasked with issuing these ISRCs to new music releases. It is ..read more

Dolly, is the name of a sheep that came to be known as the first successfully cloned mammal in 1996. Could Manzini based rapper Emsohigh be the “Dolly” of Eswatini Hip-Hop? Emsohigh ruffled up some feathers when he released his music video called Baby I’m Sorry (Official Music Video) in April of 2021. This was mainly because of the rapper’s name having a startling resemblance to a more established Manzini based rapper, Eimsofly who has quite a large following in Eswatini. Aside from performing at major events such as Hipnotik, Eimsofly has worked with heavyweights in the local music scene such ..read more

Good music provides an ideal reflection of the times we live through as human beings, hence some rappers / poets have constantly referred to themselves as the voice of the streets. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the tiny African Kingdom of Eswatini has also been plagued with a political unrest which has affected a number of critical services such as public transport and the public health services. As a result, a few artists from the Kingdom were inspired by the recent events to make music. Code268 as the Eswatini Hip-Hop hub tasked itself with compiling a few releases that were inspire ..read more

Awards season is upon us, musicians all over are anxiously hoping the hard work and effort they put into their craft gets recognized and appreciated by fans and awards committees. Just a few weeks ago prestigious awards events such as the South African Hip-Hop Awards and the Grammy’s respectively rolled out their nominations lists for the year 2021. It was only a matter of time before Eswatini’s primal awards ceremony, the MTN SWAMA Awards announced its nominees for the 5th edition of the awards. Eswatini Hip-Hop super star Lyrikal Busta is the most nominated act as he bagged eight nominatio ..read more

As an independent Eswatini entertainment media house we have to take note of accomplishments from Eswatini creatives even from those outside of the usual Hip-Hop scene which is our primary focus. Hence it goes without saying that kudos has to be given to Uncle Waffles, the latest internet sensation from Eswatini currently scaling new heights within the global entertainment scene. The female Dj’s newly found success came after Canadian rap legend Drake followed Uncle Waffles’ instagram page. Over the past few weeks Waffles, real name Langelihle Zwane has been a topic of conversation both onlin ..read more

On the 9th of September, 2021, Lordess Q continued to display her formidable rise to the top of the Mbabane Hip-Hop totem as she released Bo$$ Bi*c*, her first single for the year after being featured by producer Sean Cast in 2020 on a collaborative effort known as Fast. Bo$$ Bi*c*was produced by NYO, a relatively new name to the Eswatini hip-hop scene. Lordess Q is somebody that the music industry has to definitely take note of as she looks set on solidifying her status as the new school Eswatini rap Queen with her latest release. She also made a cameo appearance in Mala Triggerson’s latest ..read more

If a picture is worth a thousand words, Mlungisi “MK” Makhubu has had a boatload to say without uttering a word as he’s had a plethora of words expressed through visual art. Unlike poets who prefer to paint their pictures in word form, MK has been doing visual art for over a decade. The founder of All Natural Media spent years in South Africa penetrating the art and fashion industries as he’s not only a visual artist but also dabbles in events management having successfully hosted the Style Fashion Week Africa event in Johannesburg. Currently residing in the outskirts of Mbabane, in Nkoyoyo ..read more

Eswatini rapper Able Kein is in the process of rolling out his highly anticipated mixtape aptly named Who’s Kein? The Mixtape, a project produced by Wigo of Smokey & Wigo fame. Over the past few weeks he has been serving his followers with teasers of the music he has been working on, two singles from the project have been released thus far namely Pull Up and I’m Coming Back Freestyle. The latter was released along with the Who’s Kein Mixtape Documentary on the 4th of August, 2021. In the documentary, the Ezulwini based rapper roams the streets of Mbabane as he recollects some of the storie ..read more