In 2017, after watching an EPK named Gqomwave (the title of both Maphorisa’s and Rudeboyz’s releases; you can guess who coined it first), I wrote about how little that mini-documentary told us about ...

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 ...

Ntando Duma surprised Mzansi when she released a gqom track late last year but the presenter has revealed that she has big plans for the blossoming music genre and with the help of her new show she ...

Last month's System Focus column on emerging African and Afrodiasporic networks featured Angel-Ho, an artist bringing ballroom and other U.S. club flavors of black and gay origin into new and ...

Perhaps in a manner similar to dancehall, it is nearly impossible to speak of gqom without paying attention to its environmental context. The dance space, be it legendary clubs such as downtown Durban ...

Ntando Duma’s energy is contagious. The vibrant 22-year-old is the host of the new MTV Base show Gqom Nation. Now in its third week, the show is a platform for showcasing established and up-and-coming ...

The TL was left a bit chaotic over whose genre it is after Shimza claimed Dlala Thokzin’s hit Phuze (Remix) is an Afro-house music song. The fight between the Afro-house, amapiano and gqom genres ...

If you follow Ntando Duma on Instagram then you would know that she is the biggest fan of Gqom music. That is the reason she was chosen to present Gqom Nation on MTV Base. Following the success of her ...

How does Ntando feel about being part of the show? I feel absolutely amazing - MTV Base's Gqom Nation is finally where I have found something that resonates with my personality. Something that I can ...

Before amapiano we had gqom. What a time it was to be alive. A newer take on kwaito that was interwoven with elements of House music, this genre and its proponents had the nation in a chokehold but ...