SOUTH AFRICAN RAPPER AKA’S SINGLE GOES GLOBAL

South African Hip-Hop finally has its first real shot at worldwide acclaim with Kiernan “AKA” Forbes leading its charge into the global limelight.

The rapper’s year is off to a stellar start after being selected as one of five African artists to watch out for in 2015 by DJ Edu, who is a resident specialist on urban African music at BBC 1Xtra. 




That prediction has already started materializing with “All Eyez On Me” – featuring Nigeria’s Burna Boy, Da L.E.S and JR – maintaining A-list rotation on BBC 1Xtra for the last four weeks. 

The London-based UK tastemaker radio station is known for nurturing developing to global acclaim acts ranging from the British Grammy-nominated Ed Sheeran to the golden boy of Azonto Fuse ODG. 

“All Eyez On Me” is also now on rotation on MTV Base UK and remains the No 1 most played local song on South African radio. 

“AKA has long been one of my favourite rappers from SA,” says Edu adding, “He brings undeniably great hip-hop to the table with that South African flair. He was one to watch and is now living up to his potential.”