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 ...

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 ...

“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 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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

He produced My Power for Beyoncè Knowles 2019 Grammy-nominated album The Lion King; The Gift. Dubbed the Gqom King, DJ Lag is the pioneer of gqom music. In just over six years, he established himself ...