Founder member of the legendary crews, GroundWorks and Audio Visual, Ben Sharpa has built himself up as a premier figure in the underground Hip-Hop scene all over South Africa. He has been a freestyle ...

Rapper Kgotso Semela, better known as Ben Sharpa, has died, an industry colleague and former record label boss from Jarring Effects has confirmed to TshisaLIVE. "I was in contact with Tebz, his sister ...

Long before South African hip-hop grew wings in SA, the most important thing for a hip-hop artist was bars, bars and more bars. And Ben Sharpa was a legend when it came to those skills. The rapper, ...

The Hip-Hop and arts community across South Africa is in mourning after news that veteran rapper, poet, and activist Ben Sharpa has died. According to still-developing reports, Sharpa passed after ...

“I go as far back being a 14-year-old, bumping into him at Le Club, shortly before it moved to Rippingtons. It was a Saturday afternoon and he was just in this cloud of smoke. It was him, Krook’d, and ...

Veteran South African rapper Ben Sharpa died this morning at age 41 after being hospitalised for complications with diabetes. Sharpa was prominent in the mid-2000s in the local hip hop scene. His ...

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Set on the lawn outside, the Bassline stage attracted young, trendy and commercial music followers while at the same time calling all lovers of hip hop. Trenton and the Free Radical opened the stage ...

Living in Georgia in the US for a few years, John Robinson, aka Sci, built a close bond with DOOM. In this two-part interview, he reminisces on the moments they shared ...

Fans were saddened by the news of hip-hop veteran Kgotso Semela aka Ben Sharpa’s death on Thursday News of the rapper’s death emerged on Thursday afternoon, with details around the exact cause being ...