Anatii Talks About his Hustle for PUMA Run The Streets

PUMA Run The Streets Anatii

The next step in the evolution of PUMA’s Run The Streets campaign gets a local flavour with record producer and musician Anatii, rapper, producer Nasty C, and South African football legend Doc Khumalorepresenting the street hustle it takes to make your mark.

PUMA launched Run The Streets in 2017 with megastar The Weeknd as the global face of the campaign, with South African influencers MashayabhuqeKaMamba, Nasty C, Gigi Lamayne, Das Kapital and Nonku Phiri featured in the local campaign which won an award at the international CICLOPE Festival in Berlin. Last year, the focus was on The City and how the innovators who reshape the world, draw inspiration and energy from the streets. For 2018 the campaign has evolved and the focus is on The Hustle – the work these innovators execute day-to-day to get to the level they’re at.

For 2018 thereis a dual focus: the Street Hustlers on the rise and the Street Legends looking back, exposing how the hustle has adaptedto changes on the street, the industry and culture, and inspiring the new generation by passing on knowledge gained deep in the game.

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Record label Mabala Noise shuts down

Record label Mabala Noise shuts down

Reggie Nkabinde and DJ Bongz’s record company Mabala Noise is said to be shutting down. According to Isolezwe, Reggie Nkabinde who is the founder and CEO of the company said he has handed the business to those who have been with the company since it’s inception.

The company assets are said to be liquidated after its owner Reggie dis-invests all his monies from it. He revealed that he officially left Mabala Noise in the first week of January but he was still busy with paperwork needed to hand over the business.

Co-founder Dj Bongz, Gigi Lamayne, Riky Rick and Nasty C have already left the company and Nasty C recently signed with Universal Music Group.

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SABC fined R20k after broadcasting #fillupthedome

SABC fined R20k after broadcasting #fillupthedome

SABC1 has been slapped with a R20 000 fine. This comes after complaints were made of profane language used during the broadcast of Cassper Nyovest’s Fill Up The Dome concert in November 2017.

According to Channel24, The Broadcasting Complaints Commisson of South Africa (BCCSA) has published a judgement that shows the channel has been slapped with a R20k.

The BCCSA stated on its website that the “Material [was] broadcast before the watershed period, [and] considered harmful to children”.

“The Tribunal is thus compelled to state that the respondent failed to exercise the necessary precaution prior to the broadcast of #FillUpTheDome concert and thus contravened the provisions of the broadcasting code of conduct.”

The watershed period is the period in which it is appropriate to broadcast programming aimed towards mature or adult audiences.

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Distruction Boyz head to Spain

Distruction Boyz

Distruction Boyz, are set to take their thumping dance sounds to Barcelona, Spain.

The Distruction Boyz duo, which consists of Thobani “Que” Mgobhozi and Zipho “GoldMax” Mthembu, have been invited to perform at Barcelona’s Sonar Electronic Music Festival in June.

This comes after a successful 2017 which saw the duo win the SABC Summer Song with their hit Omunye, which features local artists Dladla Mshunqisi and Benny Maverick.

Reports found on IOL state that the duo themed the event as “It was all a dream” at a celebratory party held at The Joint at Durban’s North Beach this week.

“We are going to Spain for the Sonar Music Festival. It’s one of the biggest festivals in the world,” said Mgobhozi. “We are going to showcase our style of music which is gqom, we are going to be showing people from other countries what gqom music is,” he said.

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Distruction Boyz accused of stealing Omunye

Distruction Boyz stole Omunye

Durban’s popular gqom duo, the Distruction Boyz have been accused of stealing Omunye track. The Distruction Boyz duo consists of Thobani “Que” Mgobhozi and Zipho “GoldMax” Mthembu.

According to Zalebs, this all started as a rumour that Distruction Boyz’s summer smash ‘Omunye’ sounded too similar to DJ Lag’s own composition called ‘Trip to New York’.

A forensic copyright investigation has reportedly found that the tempo, key signature and instrumentation on sensational gqom hit Omunye is similar to another song that had dropped three months before Distruction Boyz released their version, City Press reports.

The Distruction Boyz, however, deny the theft. Instead, the link between Omunye and Trip to New York can be found in the Cape Town producer the Distruction Boyz say they bought the song from, DJ Mphyd.

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Flex Rabanyan allegedly arrested for a car he won

Flex Rabanyan arrested

Winner of Vuzu’s Hip-Hop reality show, The Hustle, Flex Rabanyan has alleged that Opel South Africa gave him a vehicle that was registered in someone else’s name. The rapper claims that he has been arrested twice because of the mix up.

Flex Rabanyan won the car as part of his prize package when he won The Hustle eight months ago.

The frustrated rapper took to Twitter and accused Opel of being shady and deliberately giving him a vehicle not registered in his name.

“I’m being ARRESTED for the SECOND time because of @OpelSA ! The incompetence of your staff is costing me time and money. And the trauma of a f***ing police VAN! #UnlockTheCar wasn’t enough. You guys are making me go through the f***ing most,” the rapper began the rant.

According to Flex, the car has now been impounded because it is still not in his name.

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