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Bone Thugs-n-Harmony I

Active | English | United States of America

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony transformed hip hop by introducing a vocal style that merged rapid-fire rapping with melodic harmonies, creating an approach that...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo I

Active | Zulu | South Africa

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a renowned South African male choral group that was founded in the 1960s by Joseph Shabalala. The group changed its name f...

Eschatos Bride Choir

Active | Luganda | Uganda

Eschatos Bride Choir began in 1971 as a modest trio led by Dr. Abbey Kibalama, with a mission to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ through music. Insp...

Inactive | English | South Africa

Originally named the Flying Squad, Splash was a South African band from the Soweto township, established in the 1980s under the leadership of Dan Tsha...

Active | English | United States of America

Jurassic 5 is a Los Angeles alternative hip-hop collective composed of rappers Chali 2na (Charles Stewart), Akil (Dante Givens), Zaakir (Courtenay Hen...

Active | Swahili | Tanzania, United Republic of

Wachuja Nafaka is a pioneering Tanzanian hip-hop group that rose to prominence in the early 2000s as a cornerstone of the Bongo Flava movement. The gr...

Active | English | South Africa

Semisane is a definitive South African pop-rock quartet that emerged in 2000, evolving from a previous musical venture known as Black Diamond. Led by ...

Active | English | South Africa

Watershed is a notable pop-rock band formed in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1998. Their breakthrough came in 2002 when a German radio DJ discovered ...

Orchestre Le Peuple

Inactive | French | Congo

Orchestre Le Peuple was a Congolese soukous band formed in 1973. The group was founded by Celestin Kouka after the dissolution of Les Bantous de la Ca...

Active | English | South Africa

aKING, a well-known melodic rock band composed entirely of men from South Africa, was founded by Hunter Kennedy, Jaco Snakehead Venter, Laudo Liebenbe...

Active | Afrikaans | South Africa

Boo! is a band from South Africa that was founded in 1997 by Ampie Omo, Chris Chameleon, and Leon Retief, with the intention to create unconventional ...

Active | English | Botswana

Metal Orizon, what started in 1990 as a bold idea by the late Jarona "Spencer" Sekwababe and Bophelo "Santos" Thabakgolo turned into a movement. Mixin...