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4 WerkeActive | Afrikaans | South Africa
4Werke is a South African Afrikaans supergroup formed by celebrated artists Nicholis Louw, Ray Dylan, Elizma Theron, and Liezel Pieters. Their combine...
CrossingpointInactive | English | South Africa
Crossingpoint was a South African-based hardcore punk band formed in 1998 with band members Ross Turpin, Richard Phipson, Raymond Douglas and Brandon ...
Gang Of InstrumentalsActive | Zulu | South Africa
Gang of Instrumentals is a multi-award-winning South African trio that redefined the country's urban music scene following their formation in 2002. Co...
Bob Marley And The WailersInactive | Malagasy | Jamaica
Formed in 1963, Bob Marley & The Wailers, formerly called The Teenagers/The Wailers/The Wailing Wailers/The Wailing Rudeboys, were a Jamaican musical ...
TrompiesActive | Tsonga | South Africa
Trompies, formed in Soweto, South Africa, in 1993, is a pioneering Kwaito music group comprising Eugene "Donald Duck" Mthethwa, Jairus "Jakarumba" Nkw...
Boyz II MenActive | English | United States of America
Boyz II Men began in Philadelphia in 1988, where a group of high school friends transformed their shared passion for harmony singing into one of R&B's...
SantrofiActive | English | Ghana
Santrofi is an Accra-based highlife band from Ghana. The band, founded and headed by Emmanuel Ofori is well known for their classic music, which draws...
Toots & The MaytalsActive | Jamaican Patois (Jamaican Creole) | Jamaica
Toots & The Maytals was the celebrated Jamaican vocal group led by Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert. Formed in Kingston in the early 1960s, the gro...
Platform 1 IActive | Zulu | South Africa
Platform 1 is a South African Afro-pop trio formed in 1992 at Pimville Square in Soweto, consisting of Nani Ntengo, Sonto Dladla, and Neli Gwala. Thei...
Bala Brothers & BroersActive | English | South Africa
The Bala Brothers and Broers represent a masterclass in South African cross-cultural collaboration. The Bala trio comprising siblings Zwai, Loyiso, an...
MbuziActive | Swahili | Kenya
Mbuzi Gang is an all-men Kenyan rap and Gengetone group made of Joefes, iPhoolish, and Fathermoh, under the label Black Market Records. Their journey ...
L'Orchestre Bella BellaInactive | French | Congo
L’Orchestre Bella Bella, also known as Frères Soki & l’Orchestre Bella Bella or simply Bella Bella, was a Congolese soukous band that emerged in the e...