


Internet Jetset Zuper
Whether you know him as the International Pantsula or Mfana Future, as one half of Dity Paraffin or a regular collaborator with LV, there is no denying that OkMalumKoolkat is the most interesting MC spitting rhymes in South Africa at the moment. So it’s great news that he has dropped a fresh new song […]

Who Really Deserves a SAMA in 2014?
About this time last year, The Con published an article, “The Con Declares the South African Music Awards Finish and Klaar“. In it we argued that the SAMA awards had become a giant joke that rewards the mediocrity that is the established music industry at the expense of independent artists who have no label […]

Heads Up: Red Hot + Fela, Kinshasa Soukous and Rare Dudu Pukwana and the Jazz Disciples
As Okmalumkoolkat spits on Dirty Paraffin’s D.P.E.P, “You fucking freeloaders, You can download us”, which seems like an appropriate place to begin for this post. Fela Kuti First up there is a great new compilation of Fela Kuti covers coming out October 15th. It’s titled RED HOT + FELA and features thirteen re-workings of Fela […]