Ukhozi FM dropped its top ten tracks for the 2025 Song of the Year competition after switching up how voting works to keep things cleaner. Listeners picked their favorites from a pre-approved batch of 20 songs instead of throwing out random nominations, which supposedly cuts down on rigging drama. The station announced a Chesterville car wash through presenter Khathide Ngobe.
Jazzworx and Thukuthela landed three spots on the list with their collaborations like Isaka and Bengicela, completely dominating airplay lately. Zee Nxumalo grabbed two entries with Mamma and Mali, while other contenders include Sjava's Uyena and a Sam Deep group track called Shela. Umafikizolo represents maskandi as the only traditional genre entry among a bunch...
Dr Imogen Mashazi showed up at the Madlanga Commission hearing and got the internet spiraling over her lighter skin tone compared to old photos. The former Ekurhuleni Municipal Manager became the subject of viral comparison posts after people started accusing her of bleaching, with one user captioning side-by-side images as evidence of a skin-lightening pandemic. A video of her touching up red lipstick during testimony added more fuel to the conversation.
Social media users debated whether she looked better before the transformation, with some pointing out additional cosmetic changes like dental work and hair treatments. Others shifted the discussion toward colorism and beauty standards, questioning why people feel pressured to alter...
A Harare headmaster and school director got arrested after they blocked nine students from taking their ZIMSEC Family and Religious Studies exam over haircut violations. Minister Torerai Moyo confirmed authorities grabbed both officials after they forced the kids to leave mid-exam and get fresh cuts before coming back, which meant the students missed the 15-minute entry window and could not sit for the paper. The pair posted bail at Mbare Magistrates Court, and their case continues later this month.
The government plans to salvage the situation by looking at how the top and bottom performers did on the first paper, then using that data to assign grades to the nine affected students. Moyo clarified that ministry policy asks for students...
Tbo Touch went on social media to hype up Stogie T's latest drop, Anomy, and said it might be the best hip-hop project he has heard in a decade. The media guy claims he cannot stop playing it, and there are zero tracks worth skipping, which sparked fans to jump in and call it the strongest rap release of the year.
Stogie T responded with a quick thanks in the comments, and listeners kept piling on praise for the album's bars and production quality. People are treating it like a throwback to when rap albums actually had depth instead of just being playlist filler.
Drake locked down the top spot for most-streamed artist on Apple Music this year, even though he still has not dropped his ICEMAN album. The whole thing came from people constantly replaying his old catalog and streaming his feature verses, which kept him dominating playlists across the platform.
Apple dropped a Top 500 songs list earlier, and Drake had more entries than anyone else by a mile. His staying power comes from having a massive back catalog and fans who keep coming back for more. Once ICEMAN finally drops, his streaming numbers are probably going to go completely bonkers and crush everyone else in the next few months.
Kirk Burrowes just went scorched earth on Diddy in the Netflix docuseries and claimed he got sexually assaulted multiple times while working as a Bad Boy Entertainment cofounder back in the day. The guy says the abuse went way beyond typical workplace toxicity and that he was forced into situations he never consented to while helping build the label from scratch.
Burrowes had a 25 percent stake before getting fired, and his attempts to sue over unpaid money got tossed because of statute of limitations issues. He says the legal mess left him blacklisted and homeless, and he was apparently the first person to describe the whole operation as RICO activity before prosecutors caught on.
He filed fresh claims earlier this year, but Diddy's...
A judge wrapped up Megan Thee Stallion's lawsuit against blogger Milagro Elizabeth Cooper and ordered her to pay 59k after jurors sided with the rapper on emotional distress and deepfake porn claims. The defamation charge got tossed because Megan never sent the legally required cease-and-desist notice before filing, which Florida law demands when you go after media defendants. Cooper qualified under that rule, and the court said that specific piece had to get dropped even though jurors found her statements hit defamation standards.
Cooper fired up a Christian crowdfunding campaign hours after the ruling dropped, asking for 100k to keep her independent media hustle going. She framed the whole thing as a grassroots movement against...
Rashida Nicole dropped a whole apology on Instagram aimed at Nikki Mudarris after allegedly getting tangled up with LiAngelo Ball while Nikki was pregnant with his kid. Rashida admitted she caused pain and said she got blindsided when Ball asked her to change their daughter's name because it was apparently similar to Nikki's, which tipped her off that he had been lying about his living situation the whole time.
Nikki actually responded in the comments and accepted the apology, saying she wants everyone to move forward for the sake of their children. Rashida wrapped up her post by talking about healing and getting stronger after dealing with emotional chaos during her pregnancy, when Ball was basically absent and saying hurtful stuff...
Two Cleveland Guardians pitchers just got handed a trial date after getting caught up in some sketchy gambling mess. Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz are looking at jury selection, kicking off next spring, with prosecutors claiming they took bribes from Dominican Republic gamblers who wanted to bet on how fast their pitches would come in and whether certain throws would land as strikes or balls.
The feds say Clase started working with the betting ring a couple of years back before pulling Ortiz into the scheme later on. The whole operation supposedly raked in over 460k from rigged wagers, and investigators are sitting on hundreds of gigabytes worth of electronic evidence. Neither player has cut a deal yet, and MLB has them both on paid...
