We asked popular AI chatbot to list the 20 best South African Hip-Hop songs of the 2010s.
NB: ChatGPT’s knowledge cutoff is September 2021, so we stuck to the 2010s era.
Below is the answer it gave (copied and pasted, with no editing):
“Here are twenty of the best South African hip-hop songs of the 2010s, in no particular order:
1. AKA – ‘Jealousy’
2. Cassper Nyovest – ‘Doc Shebeleza’
3. Kwesta ft. Wale – ‘Spirit’
4. ProKid – ‘Uthini Ngo Pro’
5. Nasty C – ‘Juice Back’
6. HHP ft. Cassper Nyovest – ‘Past Time’
7. Tumi Molekane – ‘Asinamali’*
8. Okmalumkoolkat – ‘Mswenkofontein’**
9. Zakwe ft. Zuluboy – ‘Izinsizwa’***
10. A-Reece – ‘Paradise’
11. Shane Eagle ft. Big Star Johnson – ‘Top Floor’
12. YoungstaCPT – ‘Wes-Kaap’
13. Moozlie – ‘Vatel’
14. Kid X ft. Kwesta – ‘Ipati’
15. Blaklez ft. Reason – ‘DMX Prayer’
16. Reason – ‘Azania’
17. Stogie T – ‘By Any Means’
18. K.O. ft. Nandi Madida – ‘Skhanda Love’
19. Emtee – ‘Roll Up’
20. Khuli Chana ft. Notshi – ‘Tswa Daar’
These songs represent some of the most iconic and groundbreaking moments in South African hip-hop over the past decade, and each track has made an impact on the genre in its own unique way.”
*’Asinamali’ is a song by Tumi & The Volume
**’Mswenkofontein’ is a BoyznBucks song performed by Okmalumkoolkat, Stilo Magolide and Usanele
***’Izinsizwa’ by Zakwe features Mzulu (not Zuluboy)
