South Africa: Life and Labour in Ndlulamthi's 'The Substance'

The celebrated rapper's new release turns inward as he explores the pressures black men experience living in townships.

Ndlulamthi's previous release, sophomore album Hard Livings (2018), explored life in Cape Town's townships. Now the underground rapper's latest offering, the recently released EP The Substance, zooms in on the life of black men in townships, focusing specifically on labour. "Young black men are always under pressure to bring money into the house," says Ndlulamthi, who explores the psychological and material effects of this expectation in a deeply personal way.

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