Tyla, a rising South African singer with one of this year’s biggest hits, is known as coloured in her homeland, a term that is widely used to describe people of mixed heritage. In the United ...

South African rapper Nasty C was showered with praise by American rapper Wale. Social media users celebrated that Nasty C is ...

There have been other coloured South African musicians who have found international fame, like rapper AKA, who was murdered earlier this year - but none have reached Tyla's heights. Outside Tyla ...

As popstar Tyla has shot to international fame, her identity as a coloured South African has sparked ... was the first time they had ever seen the rapper with a Black woman.

During the conversation, Charlamagne tha God asked the “Water” singer to clarify what it means to be a “South African Coloured person.” Upon hearing the question, Tyla remained silent and ...

Bassist and composer Benjamin Jephta was "born-free" in 1992 in South Africa, in the post-apartheid era, and grew up in the "colored township" of Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. The exploration of ...

The rapper, whose legal name was Kiernan Forbes, was one of the most formidable songwriters in South African hip-hop. He and another man were killed outside a restaurant on Friday. By John Eligon ...

She’s from South Africa and she’s coloured here!!! What don’t you understand.” “The way Tyla’s manager shut down the question about her being coloured..love that for her! Imagine how ...

In South Africa, Coloured people are typically understood to be a group that encompasses geographically diverse ancestries. The Coloured community was positioned between white and Black in ...

In South Africa, Colored people are typically understood to be a group that encompasses geographically diverse ancestries. The Colored community was positioned between white and Black in apartheid ...