What is the difference between a beatmaker and a producer in rap music

What is the difference between a beatmaker and a producer in rap?

A beatmaker is a musician who solely creates instrumentals often without engaging with recording artists (or rappers) in the overall creative process from start to finish. A producer on the other hand usually has the chops while at the same having people skills to bring together professional artists of different styles and help them to…

Anele Zondo and Nadia Nadia release new single Slim Thick

Anele Zondo x Nadia Nadia release new single “Slim Thick”: listen

Baddie season is in full swing as Mzansi’s finest in the game, Anele Zondo (aka Ney-the-bae), and Nadia Nakai (aka Bragga) teamed up together on a brand new song titled “Thick Slim.” I must say this highly anticipated record single absolutely lived up to its expectations, with fantastic performances by both SA hip-hop artists spitting…

Migos hip-hop recording artist Takeoff

Quality Control Music’s PR statement about Takeoff’s death

The well-respected Migos record label Quality Control Music—founded by Kevin “Coach K” Lee and Pierre “P” Thomas—shared a statement on the Gram about the currently trending news of an exuberant hip-hop superstar Kirsnick Khari Ball‘s death who is popularly known for his stage name “Takeoff.” And this is what QC Music had to say:  “It…

Takeoff (born Kirshnik Khari Ball) is no longer with us
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Takeoff (born Kirshnik Khari Ball) is no longer with us

Takeoff (born Kirshnik Khari Ball in Lawrenceville, Georgia), a member of the well-known U.S. hip-hop group Migos, was shot and killed yesterday i.e., at around 02:30 am local time (or 07:30 GMT) the shooting occurred outside 810 Billiards and Bowling Alley in Houston, Texas. Unfortunately, whilst Takeoff and Quavo (Quavious Marshall) were there shooting dice…