Mac G's Podcast and Chill locked down the top streaming spot on Spotify for South African podcasts two years running. The platform confirmed the show stayed at number one through the entire stretch, and fans are hyping up the team's ability to figure out what works after experimenting with different formats over time.
Some listeners think the podcast has zero competition in the country right now, while others are dragging it for what they see as low-quality content. One critic said the popularity reflects poorly on South African taste and intelligence levels. Supporters pointed out that Mac G outlasted bigger creators who started before him but never cracked the formula.
South African actor Sello Maake KaNcube reflected on his iconic Generations role as Archie Moroka, which viewers still associate with him years after leaving the show. The character paired him with Connie Ferguson's Karabo Moroka, and he admitted he was surprised by how much fans connected with the businessman persona inspired by advertising pioneer Peter Vundla.
The veteran performer believes the storyline was groundbreaking because it showed young black professionals succeeding in corporate environments for the first time on local television. Archie became an inspirational figure that resonated with audiences across the country.
Maake KaNcube recently received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the National Film and Television...
South African Gqom artist Babes Wodumo broke down while visiting her dead husband Mampintsha's grave after reading a letter her teenage niece wrote for him. The singer posted footage of herself at the cemetery, where she was supposed to bury the note without opening it. She caved and read it anyway, which made her cry.
The niece talked about how the late Big Nuz member was like a father to her and taught her important stuff she would always remember. She was crushed that he died before seeing her start high school, something he had been excited about. Babes admitted she couldn't help herself, even though her niece specifically told her not to peek at what she wrote.
Nigerian artist 2Baba came out to squash rumors about his marriage to politician Natasha after people online started claiming she was abusing him. The singer denied posting a concerning help me message that showed up on his Instagram Stories, and he said someone else had access to his account when it went up.
He told everyone to back off because the speculation was putting his wife in danger. The couple has been dealing with drama ever since they got married following his split from Annie Macaulay, and videos suggesting trouble at home made things worse. 2Baba admitted that families have problems, but insisted they would figure it out themselves without outside interference.
Ray J got slapped with a lawsuit from American Express for almost $140,000 in unpaid credit card bills. The company filed against him and his media business, Tronix Network, in the Los Angeles Superior Court after he stopped paying back his debt. This mess dropped right before cops arrested him for a domestic violence incident that got livestreamed from his house, where he allegedly loaded a gun and made threats against his estranged wife, Princess Love, and another relative.
Princess Love posted that she was done dealing with the situation, while Ray J denied everything in a video he ended up deleting. The couple has tried divorcing multiple times since getting married back in 2016, and they have two kids together. Their current...
D4vd hit the top of global search trends after police discovered a dead teenager in a Tesla connected to him. The 20-year-old musician became the most searched person worldwide when authorities found 15-year-old Celeste Rivas wrapped in a black bag inside the vehicle's trunk at a Hollywood tow yard. Rivas had reportedly been living with the artist at a rented Los Angeles property, and investigators believe she might have died months before the car got impounded.
The Lake Elsinore teen had a pattern of running away from home and weighed only 71 pounds when found. Detectives raided D4vd's Hollywood Hills place and seized his electronics for investigation. Law enforcement says everyone's under scrutiny, but they haven't officially named...
Halle Berry went off on California Governor Gavin Newsom at a summit for blocking a menopause care bill twice. The Oscar-winning actress said he overlooked half the population by devaluing women in midlife, and she threw shade at his potential presidential ambitions. Berry runs Respin, a menopause awareness group she started a few years back.
The vetoed legislation would have made insurance companies cover menopause and perimenopause treatments. It also aimed to get doctors better trained on the topic through special curricula and continuing education programs. Newsom shut it down in October after lawmakers from both parties passed it.
Berry teamed up with Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton and a menopause researcher to...
GloRilla told Complex she has no beef with Young Thug after he clowned her looks during a jailhouse call with his girlfriend, Mariah the Scientist, that leaked online. The Memphis rapper fired back with a diss track called Brianna where she roasted both of them, but she says grudges are not her thing unless somebody really crosses a line.
Thug ended up apologizing publicly, and fans started hyping up the idea of them working together on a track. GloRilla kept it vague when asked about potential collabs but left the door open for something to happen down the road.
TikTok rolled out a location-based feed that surfaces restaurants, bars, attractions, and local happenings for people based on where they are physically standing. The Nearby Feed hit the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Germany after some earlier testing in Southeast Asia, and it only works for adults who turn on GPS tracking while scrolling. Creators tagging spots in their clips might see their posts pushed to anyone nearby checking out the same area.
The company says almost half of British users actually showed up to places they discovered through the app, which makes the whole thing pretty useful for small businesses trying to get attention. Private accounts and anyone under 18 get excluded from appearing in the feed...
