Multi-award winning rapper Cassper Nyovest, is gearing up for the release of his much-anticipated fifth studio album, Any Minutes Now (AMN). The album is dropping at midnight, and his legion of fans are already waiting with bated breaths for the album to drop.

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It is no secret that the rap game can be categorized as the dog-eat-dog world, as rappers are constantly beefing and competing. SA rappers are no stranger to this and when one releases he/she is sometimes met with some harsh criticism, but Cassper is ready for it all.

The rapper recently shaded haters and said they are about to tweet threads. In a tweet he wrote, “It’s about to shake!!!! Cassper Nyovest is dropping an album at Midnight!!! They are about to tweet threads. They already started tweaking.”

Cassper recently revealed that this album is a corroborative album to date, “This is my most collaborative effort when it comes to albums. I’ve worked with so many talented people on #AMN and that’s the first thing that stands out!!! New Collabos and multi dimensional approaches!!!!! I am loving the shape this album is taking and i hope we finish right!!!”

Award-winning rapper Yanga Chief, left many shedding tears when he recently sat down on an interview with Riky Rick, on his powerful session Lab Live.

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The rappers spoke about how the absence of their fathers has affected them. The interview highlighted Yanga’s big song uTatakho, his upbringing and winning the coveted South African Music Award (SAMA) recently.

Yanga kicked off the interview by paying his tribute to the late bra Bob Mabena who recently succumbed to a heart attack. Riky Rick who also lost his dad at a tender age, spoke about how losing him affected him, emphasizing that a child should never live without his or her parents.

“For me what always f*cked me up, I felt like I was a good kid and I felt like I was gonna get the time to get the attention from my older bro, I thought I would leave school, I was at boarding school so I couldn’t wait to get out and speak to my dad to hear stories of how he met with my mom, I never got to hear stories of boy find a woman like that treat a woman like that and when he passed on I was so angry so upset,” he said.

The rapper said he was depressed and he had suicidal thoughts. Speaking to Hip Hop Magazine, in 2017 the rapper said being a father taught him more about the importance of playing the father figure role.

“Becoming a father changed my life. Gave me a reason to keep fighting. I know I cannot correct the past but having my child by my side on this journey lets me know that there is always room for better days when you believe in God. It is only by his grace that we are still here. By no means am I a perfect person, sometimes my demons have a way tryna come back into my life but all I have to do is look at my son for proof that God is still with me.” he said.

Yanga who recently dedicated his SAMA award to his late father, opened up about how how his father left to Johannesburg for a while and did not come back. The rapper also reiterated how the father-figure role is important, saying he had to learn some of the things in life from his mom.

“There was a point where my dad came to Johannesburg and never came back, so from like 12 to 15 this nigga never came back. He came to Johannesburg and he called us on the first year and said it’s gonna be great in Jo’burg trust me you will go to this school. I’m setting it up boys and then Jo’burg just hit him, knocked him out and he sacrificed our relationship with him and then so now my story is so similar to him and I don’t want to escape it because, the person that I felt was more hard than me was my mom and my mom is the person who taught me not to speak like that about my dad always hold him in high regard continue his story.”

The interview got both rappers shedding tears.

Industries across the country have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and since sectors of the economy have been gradually opened, the entertainment industry still suffers. This according to artists who have voiced out their concerns over how their livelihoods have been affected as they have not received any income for over 6 months.

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KZN artists gathered on the N3 freeway to protest calling the president to open up the country as they are set to lose everything.

Speaking to Isolezwe, Dladla Mshunqisi has expressed concern over the lack of sympathy the government has where artists are concerned.

He said artists are concerned over their livelihoods as they could lose all they have worked hard for. They were also disappointed at how the police treated them when they were protesting last week on the N3.

Videos from the scene went viral and the one that had people in stitches was of a fearful Dladla Mshunqisi running for his life, escaping teargases and trying to not get himself arrested. He has earned himself the title of ‘Mgijimi.’

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As much as people laugh at the outcome of their protest, he is fearful that he could lose his house, car and all that he pays for, should restrictions continue.

“This is really painful. We have been working and saving money for rainy days, but this has gone on for far too long. We never expected that we would not work for such a long time.

“As it is the 3 months I was given by the bank to pay up have passed. The police treated us like criminals and that hurts. I was not arrested but I don’t wish the brutality we suffered on another person. As it is my chest is still suppressed, I cannot breath properly because of the teargas,” he told the publication, who added that he has been coughing during the interview.

He has urged other artists and industry people who are suffering to keep hope alive, all will be well. “As much as this hurts our job is not taken seriously, people do not see it as a real job. I have learned to not only depend on making music but look for other avenues of making money,” he said.

He is set to release a song titled ‘Goliath’ that he hopes people will dance to in December.

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Nomcebo Zikode’s music career is soaring. The singer who has become one of the country’s most sought-after vocalist, has managed to keep fans across the world captivated with her electrifying voice.

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Nomcebo whose career as a backing vocalist spanned for 15 years, has grown in leaps and bounds as a musician as she can now handle the fickleness within the entertainment industry and work on her own projects.

ZAlebs recently had a chat with the singer about her new album and her soaring career as she continues to fly Mzansi’s flag high in the global music industry.

Nomcebo recently dropped her first album titled Xola Moya Wam and it has been keeping many on their feet as groove spots are open.The album was inspired by her emotions on the Covid-19 lockdown period. Nomcebo says she wanted to ask God to calm down if we we are being punished for our sins.

Xola Moya Wam single recently went gold, proving that she is a force to be reckoned with.

“I did the song because as we are on lockdown, I was scared that maybe all that is happening because of our sins, so I was telling God that my soul wants to do better, but the world’s problems are overwhelming and life is difficult, and that when I sin it is not because I’m disrespecting him, but it is because we live in the world and I make mistakes too,”

Nomcebo says working on the song was smooth sailing and she finished it quickly than she had imagined “It was very quick and flowing, maybe it’s because I wrote the song at home and I went to Master KG and then we recorded the song,” she adds.

Shado Twala is a South African journalist, DJ, radio and TV producer, as well as an entrepreneur. She is best known for her work in some of South Africa’s popular radio stations including Radio Metro, former P4radio that was rebranded to Heart 104.9FM, 567 Cape Talk, and 702 Talk Radio. She is also popular for the work she has done as one of the judges on SA’s Got Talent since 2009. Currently, she also has the Shado Twala SAfm show called The World Stage Did you know that Shado Twala did not start out her career in a role that signaled her future success in entertainment? Today, she has more than two decades worth of experience and has her own business in entertainment. She was present when some of the old SABC programs premiered, and she is still making a mark in the industry. So how exactly did Shado Twala begin?Shado Twala biography Nomshado was born and bred in Cape Town together with the two Shado Twala siblings. Her sister is called Boli and both their parents died. Shado Twala (no relation to Mary Twala) got her break back in 1989 in a national presenting competition when she was selected as the Best Presenter. This win gave her the opportunity to travel to New York on a scholarship to perfect her art of presentation, a prize that enabled her to become one of the 567 Cape Talk presenters among other roles.