HIPHOCALYPSE Fort-Knights
African hip hop music podcast. Released fort-nightly (bi-weekly) showcasing some of the hottest up & coming positive hip hop talent in Africa. Featuring artists from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Lesotho, Uganda, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia etc. Hosted in Denver CO by former HIPHOCALYPSE DJ Sensai Tate from Zimbabwe. Predominantly English but mixing in many regional languages & dialects.
2007 Episode 06 "Ropa" (Blood) in memory of Lucky Dube
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Dedicated to the memory of legendary South African Reggae multi-award winner Lucky Dube who was gunned down in Johannesburg on 19 October 2007.
Episode 6 sees the return of Sensai Tate as host of Fort-Knights after the lovely Naturelle did a superb job hosting the women's special in Episode 5.
Featured in this podcast are some unlikely guest artists in stic.man from dead prez 'featuring' lefendary Zimbabwean Afro Pop guitarist/ singer Oliver "Tuku" Mutukudzi.
Download or listen to this mixed bag of top quality African Hip Hop here now for free!
Tracklisting:
Lucky Dube (R.I.P.) - "Truth in the World" (South Africa)
5th Floor - "Kreation" featuring Korianda (South Africa)
The Innovators (TNG & 2nd Sun) - "Breaking it Down" featuring BlakRok (Zambia/ Zimbabwe/ South Africa)
PROkid - "Wild Wild West" (South Africa)
stic.man (of dead prez) - "Reperations" dj click&drag extended mix featuring Oliver "Tuku" Mutukudzi - "Ndima Ndapedza" (USA/ Zimbabwe)
Optical Illusion - "Sending a Word" (South Africa)
J-Live - "I'm a Rapper" interlude (USA)
The Others (KingPinn & Non-Depiction) - "MC" (Zimbabwe/ South Africa)
Mandrax - "Thoughts" (South Africa)
Tumi - "Hybrid" (South Africa)
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Sensai Tate
Harare/ Joburg/ Denver/ Austin, Africa/ N.America/ Worldwide
Co-founder & former on-air DJ of the HIPHOCALYPSE (2000 - 2003).
A Zimbabwean native who has always been a lover of hip hop art & culture.
First got involved in the global hip hop phenomenon at age 16 rhyming under the psuedonom "KraiZ-E" in a crew called 3 man group called the "Hip Hop Henchmen (HHH)" in Harare.
Put out a video mixtape titled "Homeboy TV" featuring music videos and HHH rhyming over popular mid-90's tracks.
Established the HIPHOCALYPSE radio show with housemate Nkanyiso "So" Mthembu on the student broadcast station Rhodes University, Rhodes Music Radio (RMR), in Grahamstown South Africa in February of 2000.
The show grew from strength to strength into a MOVEment of local hip hop heads gathering critical acclaim & listenership from all over Grahamstown & surrounding areas.
Awarded the inaugural RMR "Show of the year award" in 2003 for outstanding community contribution.
The Show is now a permanent feature on the RMR line-up +/-10 years and running!
Eventually landed regular DJ spots at local nightclubs.
Also released 2 independent mixtape compilation CD's titled the HIPHOCALYPSE Mixtape (2004)& HIPHOCALYPSE Re-mixtape (2005).
Currently publishing bi-weekly African hip hop podcasts showcasing upcoming African hip hop artists.
Also syndicated weekly all over Africa via TransAfrica Radio on MultiChoice DSTV channel 172 every Wednesday at 3:00pm, 10:00pm and 3am Central African Time (GMT+2hrs) every Wednesday night. Worldwide internet streaming at the same times available at: http://www.streamovation.com/transafricaradio/
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Nice thoughts to the Show Sensai... good to c ue honouring a great artist man. Oh yes thanx for the drop bruv, ah that was classic with the Mbira and all. Big Ups! Ndokuketa kuForum mdhara
Ko mudhara? What about ana Stella Chiweshe, bundu boys? come on dawg lace us with some old skool!
Haha.
Yeah. Thanks for listening.
This is essentially a Hip Hop podcast but maybe you can think of way to incorporate those classics?
Good podcast and that logo is HOT
Thank you looking after us for so many years. I salute you!!
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