Apple Music’s Africa Now Radio With LootLove This Sunday With Big Zulu.
The current Week’s Episode Features a Conversation With Big Zulu, the 5 Hottest Tracks of the Week, Africa Rising and LootLove’s Favorite Track of the Week!
Check out Africa Now Radio With LootLove This Sunday, September fifth at 2pm Lagos/London/3pm Johannesburg/Paris/6a LA/9a NYC on Apple Music 1.
South African hip-hop star Big Zulu joins LootLove via FaceTime on Apple Music 1 to discuss his most recent track, “iStradi (accomplishment. PRO).” He also talks about his new album, Ichwane Lenyoka; his cozy relationship with the late PRO (Linda Mkhize); why beginning his own label was the right move; and how South African hip-hop has evolved.
LootLove shares the 5 most sweltering trending frican tracks . The current week’s choice consists of new tracks from Adekunle God and Davido; Jaido P feat. Joeboy; Nviiri The Storyteller feat. Kidi; Musa Keys and Lebza The Villain feat. Sino Msolo; and Yanga Chief feat. Blxckie and 25K..Africa Rising
Kenyan R&B singer-writer Nikita Kering is the latest Africa Rising cover star, a campaign which focuses a light on the up and coming age of African geniuses, and the this week’s show features two singles from her most recent release, “Crossing lines” and A Side Of Me—”Ex,” — alongside a selected interview with Nadeska.
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Each week, LootLove picks her number one track, taken from one of Apple Music’s African playlists. This week she focuses a light on one of South African house collab Suka and their single “Mano,Mano” from Apple Music’s Afro House Nation playlist, which praises the profound house hits from across the continent.
Tune in and listen to the full episode this Sunday, September 5th at 2pm Lagos/London / 3pm Johannesburg/Paris / 6a LA / 9a NYC on Apple Music 1 at apple.co/_AfricaNow.
Big Zulu on the subject matter of his album Ichwane Lenyoka
LootLove: “So, let’s talk about your album. It’s 22 tracks long; very personal—you rap about your upbringing, growing up fatherless; being raised by your grandmother… And there are many of us who relate to the things you’re rapping about.
What made you want to rap about something so deep and so personal,
that a lot of people would rather not put in their music?”
Big Zulu: “I’m of the notion that we must educate people, we must be exemplary, and that the more I rap about my origin, the more I heal from the things that hurt me and grudges. So, all the things that might have hurt me, when I rap about them, I’m letting go.”