Crowning Champions at Red Bull Culture Clash in Johannesburg

Following a stellar first edition in 2012, Red Bull Culture Clash returned to Johannesburg on September 23rd, 2017 for a storming celebration of soundsystem culture’s influence on contemporary dance music, hip-hop, Afrobeat and beyond. Thousands of eager music fans packed into Orlando Stadium to witness four competing crews – led by acclaimed tag-team Admiral & Jahseed, hip-hop trailblazer AKA, Durban-based kwaito champ DJ Tira and Nigerian dancehall king Patoranking – going head-to-head in an epic open-air battle for the ages. In the end, victory went to DJ Tira and his Durban Massacre Sound System – check out photo highlights from the ferocious competition below.