HIP HOP30 JUL 2026Rapsody single ‘Apple Juice’ with Nomisupasta drops tomorrowGrammy Award-winning hip-hop artist Rapsody is set to release her second single, ‘Apple Juice,’ from her upcoming…Kibo Ngowi3 min read

Tomorrow, Friday, 31 July, Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist Rapsody will release the second single off her upcoming albumGod Gotta Afro & Gold Hoopsand it includes a D’Angelo sample as well as vocals from Nomisupasta (Nomsa Mazwai). Tomorrow, Friday, 31 July, Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist Rapsody will release the second single off her upcoming album and it includes a D’Angelo sample as well as vocals from Nomisupasta (Nomsa Mazwai). “It’s really describing the simplicity of love,” Mazwai says about the single titledApple Juice.

“It’s not about the cars, it’s about the conversation. It’s not about the money. It’s about the moments.” “It’s really describing the simplicity of love,” Mazwai says about the single titled .

It’s about the moments.” The song is just the latest chapter in a relationshipmore than a decade in the making. Mazwai’s voice first found its way into Rapsody’s world back in 2012, when producer 9th Wonder sampled her 2010 self-titled debut album for three songs on Rapsody’s own debut,The Idea of Beautiful. The song is just the latest chapter in a relationship .

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Mazwai’s voice first found its way into Rapsody’s world back in 2012, when producer 9th Wonder sampled her 2010 self-titled debut album for three songs on Rapsody’s own debut, It would take years — and a trip Rapsody made to South Africa last year to record her new album — for the two artists to properly work together in a studio. That visit produced many songs includingGod Gotta Afro, the album’s lead single, featuring Karabo Ya Morena, the Soweto youth choir whose name translates to God’s Gift. It’s the same choir that led the singing on Mazwai’s own #FunkItImWalkingnight tour through Sowetolast year, the one that wound its way past the Jabulani flats, through Kwa-Khaya Lendaba, and ended with Rapsody in conversation with struggle veteran Seth Mazibuko at Native Rebels.

Porter” Porter, now open Rapsody’s new era. , the album’s lead single, featuring Karabo Ya Morena, the Soweto youth choir whose name translates to God’s Gift. It’s the same choir that led the singing on Mazwai’s own #FunkItImWalking last year, the one that wound its way past the Jabulani flats, through Kwa-Khaya Lendaba, and ended with Rapsody in conversation with struggle veteran Seth Mazibuko at Native Rebels.

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