Agency Work
The African Hip Hop Blog
The African Hip Hop Blog was a multi award winning blog that was founded in 2008 as a platform to distribute and promote creative projects, events, artists and brands. The blog aimed to encourage African artists to work together and also expose these artists to international audiences. The African Hip Hop Blog reached millions of unique visitors from all over the world and used various online services, content marketing, and social media platforms to speak to a large and diverse global audience.
At the time it was shuttered in 2018 The African Hip Hop Blog had reached millions of readers and worked with numerous brands on campaigns and programs aimed at promoting African contemporary Culture.
2 Broke Twimbos is a podcast and website launched in March 2014. The purpose of this website is to educate creatives and document African music, celebrities, pop culture, and events. The website has a podcast that is available on all major podcast applications and distribution networks. The podcast and website are hosted by Phil Chard (Director of Point Black, award winning blogger & content creator) and Danis Dube (Communications Director at Point Black and a Radio host) These two individuals interview celebrities from across the continent, documenting their achievements with a unique style not seen on traditional media. 2 Broke Twimbos won Best Online Media at the 2016 ZIMA Award ceremony and has been nominated for several more awards.
In 2014 Point Black and its African Hip Hop Blog brand partnered with Rymez on a collaborative project called Pungwe Sessions . The goal was to showcase Zimbabwe’s best Hip Hop talent by leveraging The African Hip Hop Blog’s and Rymez’ collective reach and relationships to maximise exposure. The first single titled “Phil Chiyangwa” by Jnr Brown held the top spot on the ZiFM Urban Chart for 10 weeks. 3 more singles were released from the EP. All 4 singles on The Pungwe Sessions charted on various radio stations in Zimbabwe. They have been playlisted on various radio stations in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, Namibia, Australia and, The USA as well as playlisting on 2 seasons of the Big Brother Africa reality show. The artists involved with the project were able to draw direct economic benefits from on the project via publishing royalties and performance bookings.
Originally released in 2008 by Mob Mover Records and 25toLyf (which would later become The African Hip Hop Blog this collaborative compilation was seen as a seminal release that marked a new age in African Hip Hop and collaboration. The album was executive produced by DJ PeeWee (Zambia) and SubZero (Zimbabwe) who met while they were students at Rhodes University.
The album featured collaborations from artists from South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and the legendary Inspectah Deck of the Wu-Tang Clan.