Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DJ Lag wasn’t at the Global Citizen Festival in Johannesburg in December when Beyoncé dropped his track “Trip to New York” into ...

At the end of September, an MC grabbed a hold of the microphone at a small but crowded club in Durban, South Africa. “Who knows about ‘Amanikiniki?'” he bellowed. “It’s a hit.” “Amanikiniki” is a hard ...

Yesterday Megan Ryte was accused of plagiarising DJ Lag in her new track ‘Culture’ featuring will.i.am and A$AP Ferg. will.i.am has since posted a video apology ...

DJ LAG was in Cape Town for CTEMF this past February and got together with Cape Town vocalist, Sdumo Viwe for a collab. We asked Sdumo Viwve a few questiosn on the process, what the collaboration was ...

“I was just trying to create something that sounded like hip-hop, but on a house tempo” is how DJ Lag tried to articulate his sound on our first meeting at his mother’s house in Clermont four years ...

DJ Lag has worked so relentlessly over the past few years - releasing across labels like Goon Club Allstars, Hyperdub, Good Enuff and touring in five continents (just South America to tick off) - that ...

DJ Lag is one of a cohort of producers in South Africa's Durban making gqom: a ruthless, minimalist, tensely percussive form of dance music. Over in London, the independent label Goon Club Allstars ...

Gqom DJ Lag has been awarded with a multi-platinum plaque. The DJ, real name Lwazi Asanda Gwala, is a DJ and record producer and is regarded as one of the pioneers of gqom. DJ Lag blends innovation ...

There is so much power in boldly following your dream, especially when your surroundings are designed to thwart you. “I knew that music was my ticket to go see the world and be great,” says Lwazi ...