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Kid X Salutes Hip-Hop’s Camaraderie Following Reason’s Katlehong Legacy Show. Katlehong lit up with the kind of energy that reminds you why South African hip hop still matters. At Reason’s legacy show, the township gathered for a night that felt more like a family reunion than a standard concert, with emcees, producers, DJs and day-ones filling the room to celebrate craft and community.
The headliner curated a stage that honoured the past, uplifted the present, and hinted at a future where collaboration is the clearest path forward.
“What made hip hop really special was this camaraderie, that spirit of collaboration, and we saw it here tonight. So shout to Reason for bringing people out. I think we haven’t seen enough of it, but I wanna shout out the few artists who tried to bridge that gap. And for me, the more artists we see out and do that, it gives license to the next artist to say ‘Yo, we can also kind of cross that line,’ so that’s a dope thing,” said Kid X, reflecting on the atmosphere in the building.
His words landed because the night itself proved the point. Reason, a.k.a. Sizwe Alakine, has long been a connector, threading together lyricists from different eras and sounds. The legacy show leaned into that identity.
The bill moved fluidly between hard-bar performances and crowd-pleasing anthems, a sequencing that breaks down invisible borders. Veterans stood shoulder to shoulder, their voices rising. DJs stitched sets so that classic records bled into newer street favourites. In the pockets between performances, you could spot artists talking shop, swapping contacts, and planning studio link-ups. It felt intentional, not accidental.
“Bridging the gap,” as Kid X framed it, spoke to several lines that local artists are learning to cross. There is the old-school versus new-school perception, where punchline purists meet melody-first stylists. There is the indie grind sitting across the table from major-label muscle. There is the city-to-township exchange that keeps the culture honest. Even genre adjacency plays a role, with many artists now comfortable navigating between rap and other homegrown sounds. Nights like this make those crossings feel less like risks and more like responsibilities.
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