Alvhin Adendorf
Umculo wase-Afrika usushise izikhotha isikhashana.
Abaculi abafana noBeyonce noDrake bathathe ugqozi e-Afrika futhi basebenzisana nezihlabani zayo ezikhulayo.
Abaculi base-Afrika, ikakhulukazi abaculi baseNigeria abafana noBurna Boy, uWizkid, noDavido sebengondaba mlonyeni.
Umculo womdanso waseNingizimu Afrika wenze inqubekelaphambili engaguquki ezingomeni ze-house, iGqom, Amapiano (esizwa impumelelo yeculo leJerusalema).
Kodwa-ke, ngenkathi i-hip hop yaseNingizimu Afrika ithandwa kakhulu ezweni, ikhiqiza inzalo encane ngaphandle kwezwe.
Abaculi abafana noCassper Nyovest, uAKA, noNasty C bavele ku-Sway in the Morning, okuwumsakazo waseMelika ngomthombo ocacile we-hip hop. Abaculi be-hip hop bakuleli basebenzisane nozakwabo bamazwe aphesheya, futhi kuneziteshi zokuphendula ze-YouTube ezifaka i-hip hop yaseNingizimu Afrika. Akukho kulokhu okuguqulele ekwamukelweni okubanzi kwamazwe omhlaba.
Eminyakeni edlule, abaculi baseNingizimu Afrika abacula i-hip hop abenze umthelela omkhulu emazweni omhlaba ngu-Die Antwoord (yize benedumela eliyimpikiswano) noSho Madjozi. Lezi yizenzo ezingangeni esigabeni sendabuko se-hip hop futhi zihambisana kakhulu nomculo womdanso.
Iqiniso lokuthi ingoma kaSho Madjozi, ethi-John Cena, alisebenzisi kangako isiNgisi likhombisa ukuthi ulimi alusona isithiyo. IJerusalema ngesinye isibonelo. Okwabelwana ngakho ngabaculi abahlobene ne-rap okuhlukile nokuyintsha kokuqukethwe emculweni, okubukwayo, futhi, ngokombono wababukeli bamazwe omhlaba, nokukhiqizwa komculo.
Imithombo yezokuxhumana igcizelela ukubukwayo kakhulu kunakuqala. Ngalokhu engqondweni, abaculi be-hip hop bezentengiselwano baseNingizimu Afrika bavame ukuthola ugqozi olunzima kuma-trope evidiyo omculo ahlobene nabaculi be-hip hop baseMelika.
Kulula ukukuqhathanisa lokhu nezitayela zemfashini ezinamandla nezitayela zomdanso ezihlukile ezibonwa kumavidiyo omculo enziwe yilabo baculi abakwazile ukuthola impumelelo yamazwe omhlaba.
I-hip hop yaseNingizimu Afrika yezentengiselwano ivame ukuhambisana kakhulu nezinto ezijwayele ukubanjwa ngesitayela saseMelika ngenkathi abaculi abasebenzise i-hip hop ngempumelelo enkulu bethula okuthile okungajwayelekile noma okuhlukile kunokujwayelekile emhlabeni jikelele.
UNasty C ubukeka ecula kangcono phakathi kontanga yakhe ukugqobhoza izethameli zamazwe omhlaba ngenxa yeminyaka yakhe emincane, ukubonakala kwakhe ochungechungeni lwe-Netflix, kanye nerekhodi lakhe ne-Def Jam Recordings.
Umbuzo uhlala umile, noma kunjalo. Ngabe izethameli zamazwe omhlaba zizoba nentshisekelo kulokho abaculi be-hip hop bakuleli abazonikela ngakho? Isikhathi sizosho.