2015

2015 was South African music's crossover moment: Black Coffee's 'We Dance Again' with Nakhane Touré became a dance-challenge phenomenon that earned him his first Coachella booking. AKA cemented mainstream rap dominance with 'Composure', Riky Rick's 'Boss Zonke' established cotton-candy trap as uniquely Johannesburg's own, and the emerging gqom sound from Durban began seeping into national consciousness.