Hip-Hop hits Mother City!

It’s the first we’ve hear about it, but we LOVE getting this kind of news: Last week saw hundreds of kids from across the Cape Flats get together at the Joseph Stone Auditorium in Athlone for the annual African Battle Cry hip-hop competition!

It was a showdown between some amazingly talented local groups - slick moves and dance styles were the order of the day and who knew that this has been on for more than 10 years already? The hip-hop movement was organised by Heal the Hood Project and the winners this year were, Immortal Style with its leader, Ambrose Uren.

"Our hard work paid off," Uren said. "The victory was satisfying. We feel proud. Hip-hop dancing is our life." Uren has credited most of their success to being focused and knowing who they were as individuals and as a group.

Other events to look out for are the African Hip-Hop Indaba, Shut Up Just Dance and Cape Flats Uprising and the drive behind this amazing initiative? To fight xenophobia and racism locally and internationally, and create jobs through the arts for the youth.