A ‘new-kid' in the industry, Durban-born ThandekaMkhwanazi, known as TDK Macassette has accused hit-maker, producer DJ Maphorisafor stealing her song. ‘Nay' le walk', a catchy song that has been ...

Shiba Melissa Mazaza speaks to South African pioneer DJ Lag about his debut album 'Meeting With The King' and a series of encounters that shaped his path in music and life Aggressive, poetic, artistic ...

“I was just trying to create something that sounded like hip-hop, but on a house tempo” is how DJ Lag tried to articulate his sound on our first meeting at his mother’s house in Clermont four years ...

Impact is a series that's dedicated to profiling raw talent that's about to turn dance music on its head. Next up: DJ Lag In the middle of a WhatsApp conversation with DJ Lag, he sends me a 15-second ...

DJ LAG is a few cities into Part 2 of his #GqomIsThePresent tour which includes Asian, African and European cities; the first time in some cities, but no stranger to Shanghai, Beijing and Seoul.

Gqom music was all the rage around six or seven years ago, and some might believe that this movement has died. However, a young artist by the name of Mr Thela would disagree with this vehemently.

DJ Lag is one of a cohort of producers in South Africa's Durban making gqom: a ruthless, minimalist, tensely percussive form of dance music. Over in London, the independent label Goon Club Allstars ...

DJ Tira belted house and Gqom hits from the yesteryear despite the expectation of the Kadoma fans that he would play the currently trending Amapiano music from South Africa. Gqom is a is a sub-genre ...

DJ Ganyani may be seen as a veteran in the music industry and a self-confessed "late bloomer," but that hasn't stopped the Different Love hitmaker from the embracing gqom like a young'un. The DJ, who ...

Before DJ Lag became the Gqom pioneer, he began playing with beats on the popular music editing software Fruity Loops (now FL Studio). “I started producing for my brother, a rapper, in 2006. I tried ...