HOT 97 jumpstarts the summer! Two stages, 55,000 screaming fans and Hip Hop’s biggest names will gather for the Hip Hop event of the year. WQHT HOT 97, New York’s #1 station for Hip Hop and R&B, have announced the lineup for HOT 97 Summer Jam 2014. Get ready to see performances by Nas, 50 ...
CHRIS ROCK TO HOST “BET AWARDS” 2014
by Kyle Ramjee
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Johannesburg/Lagos, 15 May 2014: BET has revealed that Emmy and Grammy award winning comedian Chris Rock is to host this year’s BET Awards 2014. The BET Awards 2014 will premiere across Africa on BET International on 1 July 2014 at 21:00 CAT. “I watch the BET Awards every year. It’s one of my favourite award shows combining people from movies, sports, TV and ...
Innovative Tactical Engagement To Own Life’s Lighter Side For Wall’s
by Kyle Ramjee
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Say Goodbye To Serious Aims To Hit Social Bull’s-eye With Humour Goodbye Serious, hello relevance. It’s that moment of comic relief flanked by the daily humdrum of the rat race that Unilever brand Wall’s Ice Cream plans to leverage in an innovative new online campaign. The brand last year embarked on an ambitious repositioning exercise to align ...
JESSE CLEGG back in Cape Town in May
by Kyle Ramjee
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Jesse Clegg is back from his first North American tour and straight into his Cape Town shows starting on the 15 May 2014. This 32-date trek took him through most major cities in the U.S. and Canada where he performed songs from his two albums When I Wake Up and Life On Mars, as well as the brand new ...
Skittles Campaign Takes On Customs Official Using Smile Recognition
by Kyle Ramjee
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Nevermind pushing the envelope, Skittles is a brand that pushes the elephant. Priding themselves in being unexpected and unusual, Skittles SA are rallying South Africans to bring in the Rainbow with their innovative new campaign: Introducing “Smuggle the Rainbow. Taste the Rainbow”. Taking instruction from the lead character Leon, South Africans are tasked to get past ...
Motif Presents: Sixteens for Sixteen 2014
by Kyle Ramjee
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
“THEY CANT TELL MY STORY BETTER THAN ME” For most young people entering their twenties, life is as bizarrely uncertain as it was in their quick altering teens. From a new permitted freedom to the added responsibility of being considered a partial adult, young people are seldom ready for the weights the world puts on them. ...
Behind The Scenes Photos From KID INK’S “MAIN CHICK” Video
by Kyle Ramjee
Thursday, April 24, 2014
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE OF BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOS FROM KID INK’S “MAIN CHICK” VIDEO ON RAP-UP.COM! Check it out here: http://www.rap-up.com/2014/04/23/exclusive-on-set-kid-ink-tyga-main-chick-video/
Four Young Whites Coming to Jozi, May 1-3
by Kyle Ramjee
Thursday, April 24, 2014
After two sold-out runs in Cape Town and other well-received gigs around the city, the stand-up comedy collective Four Young Whites is coming to Jozi. From May 1-3 at the Pop Art Theatre in Maboneng Precinct, the guys will show the Big Smoke why their brand of quirky, surrealist and energetic comedy is proving so popular in the ...
Road To MTV MAMA
by Kyle Ramjee
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS FOR THE MAMA “ROAD TO MAMA DURBAN” Durban, 23 April 2014: As the countdown begins for the 2014 MTV Africa Music (MAMA) Awards, an all-star line-up of Durban’s hottest MAMA nominees and DJs are headlining the first Road To MAMA party (Durban, 30 April). The pan-African party tour, criss-crossing the continent in the build up to the MAMA awards on 7 June, kicks off in Durban ...
Simphiwe Dana Releases Poignant Single ‘NZIMA’ Ahead of Freedom Day
by Kyle Ramjee
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Iconic South African artist Simphiwe Dana, is set to release her first single, ‘NZIMA’ off the highly anticipated - and as yet untitled forthcoming album - through Sony Music Entertainment Africa. Although inspired by the Marikana tragedy - ‘NZIMA’ - which is being released as a single to broadcast stations today – the song is drawn from centuries of pain and ...
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