AKA isn’t shy to experiment with his hair.
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When AKA kicked off his career as part of the hip-hop group Entity, his go-to hairstyle was a short brush cut or close fade. This look was nothing to write home about and he continued to largely play it safe until he released his debut solo album, Altar Ego, in 2011.

But as the rapper’s career has progressed, he’s transformed into a hair chameleon serving up myriad cuts and colours. Some of these styles have earned approving nods, while others which have left us asking, “what’s going on with AKA?”

Here are nine times AKA has impressed, amused or baffled us with his hairstyle choices:

SIGNATURE AKA
Aah, the AKA look we love the most, and probably the rapper’s most long-standing hairstyle. For us, this high-top fade with semi-clean edges and lots of body and texture at the top spells cool, hip-hop mogul vibes.SHARP EDGES
An updated take on AKA’s signature high-top fade, this one sees the cut being revised with much cleaner shaved edges and sides and much shorter, yet structured length at the top. We can’t complain here either — it is still signature AKA but sharper and we stan.VERSACE GOLD
We’re all for experimentation, but we weren’t quite sure what to make of this era of AKA’s hair evolution: the blonde looked orange and wasn’t toned to remove any brassiness. The colour sparked many memes and comparisons to cartoon character Johnny Bravo; it really had us thinking, “what’s up with AKA?”AKA GOES PLATINUM
We’d like to thank the hairstylist who added a splash or two of toner and purple shampoo to AKA’s brassy orange strands because this platinum colour is more our speed. The icy blonde shade paired with that high-top fade style felt like what his ‘Versace gold’ hair flop was probably meant to have looked like all along.GROWN-OUT ROOTS
Grown-out roots tend to be frowned upon, but given that dark roots and chunky blonde highlights are making a comeback, we can get behind this look. While we’re not sure if AKA’s do is intended to be frosted tips or grown-out roots, we’re not offended by the style — in fact it’s a fresh, cool update.

Nasty C made history when he signed to American record label Def Jam earlier this year, and his new album Zulu Man With Some Power has broken records around Africa. #ZMWSP came close to the launch of A Reece’s album trailer and Cassper Nyovest’s announcement that his album will be released on September 11.

But when ZAlebs caught up with Nasty C, he said there’s no competition between the rappers and that comparisons don’t affect him at all.

“I’m not competing with these guys, we are not playing the same game I’m dropping an album to update my fans on what’s going on In my life, but has nothing to do with anyone else.”

A new SABC 1 soapie will hook viewers as a lot of the lead actors and actresses will be familiar faces. Some former Generations stars have re-united for a new soapie called Family Secrets.

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The star-studded cast includes Sonia Mbele, Menzi Ngubane, Sophie Ndaba and Katlego Danke. They will be joined by veteran actresses Michelle Botes & Thembi Seete.

The series which has excited many promises to be a hit and will premiere on September 6 on SABC 1 at 19h00.CASTING NEWS: Sophie Ndaba, Sonia Mbele, Katlego Danke & Menzi Ngubane in new series

Former Generations stars have reunited for a new series, Family Secrets.

The show premieres Sunday, September 6th on SABC1 at fter getting axed from Generations along with the whole cast before it was renamed to Generations: The legacy, many of the viewer favourites ‘fell off the face of the earth’ however some of the cast members made a name for themselves in other series or television soapies.

Sonia Mbele has been on our small screens as Ntombi on Generations since 2003 up until 2009 and has since starred in other famous productions including; Muvhango, Gold Diggers, Freed and Desire, iNumber Number, Keeping Score, Mr. Bones and God Is African.

Menzi Ngubane has been on our screens way before Generations however his fame grew even more during and after the hit soapie. He got another role on Mzansi Magic’s Isibaya. He played the role of Judas Ngwenya,  a ruthless and feared taxi boss from KwaMashu who was ready to leave his mark on the valley.

Sophie Ndaba – Lichaba landed herself a major role in Mzansi Magic’s Lockdown and is killing it.

Katlego Danke after departing from the telenovela, she landed another major role on SABC 3’s Isidingo. The soap opera ended in March 2020 but the talented actress found another home in Mzansi Magic playing Thathi on Gomora.

The new telenovela has another lead actor however viewers are not to happy about his casting. Playing Caesar Mokwena – the continent’s richest banker- disgraced actor Mangaliso Ngema has many questioning why is he still getting gigs but he has sexual abuse allegations hovering over him.

Many believe that he doesn’t deserve to be on television until he is proven innocent or cleared. Mangaliso was fired from e.tv’s Lithapo following an outcry from beloved actress and television personality Lorraine Moropa, who opened up being sexually harassed by a senior actor on the set of Lithapo. It was later revealed that Mangaliso Ngema was the man accused.

Lady Zamar offended the masses with her tweet where she was singing Master KG’s praises for putting his province on the map.

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The world is currently jamming to the hit single and Master KG is receiving his flowers topped with the most insane shoutouts from industry greats.

Lady Zamar recognized Master KG’s achievement in a tweet which took a left turn after her wording was misinterpreted. She then took it upon herself to school the naysayers on the English language.

She hailed Master KG by tweeting “Limpopo has been representing globally for a minute now.”
Tweeps misunderstood her “for a minute now” comment and came guns blazing trying to defend the Jerusalema star.

The collide hitmaker gave tweeps some English lessons by taking some notes from Google. “Google to the Rescue for those who don’t get it.. Viva Limpopo,” she tweeted.

She then continued by adding, “One of you recently asked me about the phrase ‘It’s been a minute. No, we’re not talking about the 60-second minute on your clock, but the idiomatic phrase, which basically means ‘It’s been a long time,’ or ‘It’s been a while.”Of late international stars such as football legend Christiano Ronaldo and Janet Jackson both gave the Limpopo born star a young shout-out.

Christiano shared a 4-minute long video of he and family with friends in celebration mode, dancing with the national anthem playing in the background.

“Life is better with your loved ones. Enjoy all the moments with love and happiness! @georginagio,” was the caption to Ronaldo’s Instagram video.

Janet Jackson also gave a young shoutout to Master KG by sharing a video of a young girl dancing to the global hit.

Uyajola 9/9 host Jub Jub is probably one of the most private entertainers in Mzansi when it comes to who he is dating. The controversial TV presenter has confirmed before that he is off the market, but he has not revealed the name of the woman who has stolen his heart.

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Jub Jub who is a master when it comes exposing infidelity on his hit show Uyajola 9/9, makes sure that people do not know who he is seeing so that his relationship won’t be in the spotlight.

Jub Jub who called it quits with Kelly Khumalo many years ago, is apparently married to Zenith Mia who is alleged to be from the Mother City. Drum Magazine let the cat out of the back in 2017, after a source informed them that the two were looking head over heels in love.

“Jub Jub is very selective and careful about what he shares with people,”, the source said to the publication. “But what I can tell you is the woman was introduced to me as his wife and they look very much in love.”

In an interview on Metro Fm’s The Drive in 2018 Jub Jub said his wife has been with him through thick and thin, “She was there before, she stood out through my prison term, through the trials and tribulations, she never judged me, she never cursed me, she never looked at me in a different kind of way.”

When asked why she has not revealed her to the world she said ” She’s not there for the fame, she’s not there for the money she’s not there for anything, that’s why y’all haven’t seen her.”After you’ve spoken so highly about her, you bet we’d love to see her. But it’s always great to have someone who will always be by your side.

It remains unclear on whether the two are still together because Jub Jub does not post anything related to his love-life.

Jub Jub previously head over heels in love with songstress Kelly Khumalo but things went south after Jub Jub was incarcerated . The two broke up and they still haven’t bury the hatchet and one wonders if they will ever.

Kelly has been accused on several occasions of refusing to let Jub Jub see his son, but the songstress has refuted the allegations.

This follows after a tweep asked her why is she not letting Jub Jub see his son. Kelly did not mince her words when she said “I can not deny a man who’s never tried, so f*k off wena!”