This was somehow ironic considering that DJ Oskido presented Yfm Rap Activity Jam, and BOP exploited rappers like Baphixile (pronounced Bafihlile) and Milazi (of Mama Wami fame) for their own benefit. SA Hip Hop became a threat to Kwaito such that groups like BOP took cheap shots at SA rappers with a song "Ase Mo States". SA Hip Hop was so big that the first time Yfm reached 1 million listenership was on a Wednesday during the Rap Activity Jam. 1997 saw the arrival of Yfm which single handedly took the SA Hip Hop to the pedestal. The underground scene is big in Cape Town around this time, with all the elements holding it down.Ĭrowded Crew, a rap outfit from Maftown arguably the originators of Motswako, had a jump off and gave Kwaito a run for their money. Up in J Sec, Le Club is the place to be around '96. The mid 90s had the Kwaito-influenced, watered down Hip Hop attempt by Bob Mabena (a radio DJ) and Doctor Khumalo (the then a soccer player) winning a SAMA award with "Get Funky". POC saw their albums and songs being banned by the SABC due to their political lyrical content. They blew up the scene with an album titled "Bra Music" in 1991, and shortly followed by 2Black 2Strong, also from the same neighborhood of Katlehong. It is no coincidence that the first rap crew to spit in vernac, Karamo, emerged from Katlehong. In Joburg Hip Hop is bubbling under in the late 80s, and Katlehong is the Mecca of J Sec, with DH Williams being the focal point where all the hoods come to compete. In 1989 Prophets Of Da City (POC) releases a first full LP titled "Boom Style". In 1988 Black Noise becomes the first complete Hip Hop outfit, even though they've been break dancing since 1982. Most South Africans have neither heard of rap before nor knew what Hip Hop was. Out of nowhere, Senyaka drops an album titled "Ntate Senyaka" which features a monster hit called "Jabulani MC", he raps his heart out. It's the mid 80s and Bubblegum music is the order of the day in South Africa.
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