Khumo Kraai

Jul 6, 2023 | bubblegumclub.co.za | Lindiwe Mngxitama |KNeo Mokgopa |Linda Kadiri |Khumo Kraai

Kesivan Naidoo is a South African drummer, renowned for his collaborations with jazz legends like Bheki Mseleku, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Winston Mankunku and Miriam Makeba. Critics call his music “majestic” and “mind-blowing,” naming him a conduit of a fresh South African jazz sound. Naidoo’s profound respect for history and space is evident in his influential album Brotherhood (2014), which premiered to a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall.

Jul 6, 2023 | bubblegumclub.co.za | Lindiwe Mngxitama |KNeo Mokgopa |Khumo Kraai |Linda Kadiri

In the sizzling heat of summer, music fans worldwide have reason to rejoice! Independent Afrobeats maestro and Dangbana Republik president, Bella Shmurda, has announced his highly anticipated EP DND, set for release on July 26. The new project comes in the wake of Shmurda’s debut album Hypertension, which skyrocketed to an impressive 250 million global streams in less than a year and gave us chart-topping singles like New Born Fela, Contraband and Philo.

Jul 5, 2023 | bubblegumclub.co.za | Lindiwe Mngxitama |KNeo Mokgopa |Khumo Kraai |Aux Alaio

As a sex worker who is typically ostracised by every social group I come into contact with, baddie culture was once a safe haven. Back then, being a baddie meant that as a marginalised womxn, your power lay in your ability to take the sour lemons life laid at your feet and make sweet lemonade! And no—I don’t mean that in the Beyoncé sense. Baddies were womxn who were truly bad. The womxn society wanted to pretend didn’t exist. Strippers and anarchists! Womxn who were not delicate or demure.

Jul 3, 2023 | bubblegumclub.co.za | Lindiwe Mngxitama |KNeo Mokgopa |Aux Alaio |Khumo Kraai

Roses are no longer red and violets don’t gleam the same shade of blue in this dating era. Dating as a Gen Z has become hazardous. Everything has become hyper-focused on money, sex and ego. Ghosting has become the norm, while message responses are strategic instead of romantic and honest. Social media has allowed us to see celebrities receive rooms full of flowers resulting in too high expectations of people.