Many say amapiano has taken over the music scene, thanks to DJ Maphorisa, but he still thinks gqom is a bomb genre. Maphorisa, who has been hailed as a musical genius and noted for turning everything ...

When Distruction Boyz dropped Omunye in 2017 they solidified the presence of gqom in SA and went on to become one of the most recognisable names but now, the gqom fever has 'died' down but they are ...

Red Bull Music Academy’s H∆SHTAG$ returns this week for a second series – and one of the music genres that gets the deep-dive treatment this time round is gqom. Watch it below – or scroll down to ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook South Africa (as I covered in a previous profile of House producer Black Coffee) has cemented its ...

MTV Base dives into the New Year with its continued commitment of bringing audiences local content productions that resonate strongly with viewers by announcing the sequel of the bass-filled show Gqom ...

Gqom pioneer, DJ Lag, and songstress, Shekinah release Anywhere We Go. Photo: Supplied Gqom pioneer, DJ Lag, and songstress, Shekinah have been teasing their collaboration Anywhere We Go for a while ...

A harder-edged sound designed for sweaty clubs. DJ Lag has debuted on Diplo’s Good Enuff imprint with Uhuru, a new EP named after a tiny club in the producer’s township of Clermont. The new project ...

This collaborative mixtape between Gqom Oh! and the Rome-based Crudo Volta collective showcases some of the best music that gqom—a raw, brash dance music coming from Durban—has ever produced. Save ...

From its underground roots in Durban, the sound of gqom music is now spreading across Africa and beyond. But what is gqom? How did it start? How did it spread? And how do you pronounce it? Emily Dust, ...

“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 ...

Durban-based Griffit Vigo is an innovator of the gqom sound that began his journey in 2004 and is perhaps best known for his anthemic “Ree's Vibe” as well as his “DJ” EP. With his tracks appearing in ...