How is the feeling of seeing yourself on a series that is being watch by almost the whole South Africa?
It is indeed a great feeling. It shows that I am chosen among the millions to represent Limpopo and I am forever grateful of it.
You've been appearing on quite a lot of TV programmes, Would You say this one maybe your greatest breakthrough or it is a normal activity that you always do?
For me, it shows that the future is too bright. It's a sign that this is what I was born to do. Maybe one day it will feel like a normal activity but my latest feature gave me goosebumps when I saw myself. It's good to do something that feels like a challenge because it helps you grow and give yourself a room for improvement.
Acting and Rapping... How are you handling or balancing the two?
For now it is easy to balance them because I just got supporting roles. Rapping is what I do everyday but it's obvious that you cannot perform everyday, so even the day I get a leading role, I will be able to balance both. When I write stories through lyrics on my songs I also feel like I'm boosting my acting career because I take every song as a story.
What is your Character on Giyani Land of Blood and How do you feel about that Character?
On Giyani Land of Blood I am featured as a policeman. Since it is a supporting character, it does have too much of a background, but I guess it shows the perception that people from various walks of like view Richard Mudau in the society. Just my own understanding of the character.
What is the Difference between Lekkersweet the Rapper, Sammy Thoke in Everyday life and Your Character at Giyani Land of Blood
Not too different. People must just understand that Lekkersweet the Rapper is a story-teller and represents the voice of the society as music is a social commentary. So what Lekkersweet says in music may not always expresse everything that Sammy self-expression but what affects the society. Sammy Nthoke is a social person who values Education and he is the one who understands Lekkersweet better than everyone.
How is the Response from Family and Friends that you appeared on Giyani Land of Blood?
The response is overwhelming. The day I shot the Giyani scene I thought small about it but the impact it has is gigantic and got people asking if they will continue seeing me or not. I got more than 50 calls, more than 100 what's app messages and more than 30 tags and mentions on Facebook and Twitter. All those responses were coming from various parts of South Africa. It's amazing.
Is the Response different on Your Music Career from Your Acting Career?
The only difference is my music has not got so much exposure on a national platform. However, in terms of response, there are songs that I release and they get so much attention to extend that I also feel like the only aspect that is lacking is PR
What More can the Fans Expect from Lekkersweet?
More music from Lekkersweet. More acting. Just more.
Who do you want to send your Shout Outs to?
Shout out to everyone who supports my music and all the work I do in the entertainment industry. I am nothing without support.
What does ‘being cool’ really mean?
Is it your popularity? How you follow trends? Your fashion sense? Or simply how many followers you have?
No, cool is more than that. It is about being authentically you while, levelling up, doing the most and living life by your own rules. which is why Halls, Mzansi’s invigorating candy, is searching for the coolest person for the job of OMFCC … the Original Multi-Faceted Consultant of Cool!
For the next six weeks, Halls will be looking for the slayer of cool through a series of weekly challenges. There are 3 challenges to get involved in. To enter, fans must participate in one that matches their cool and submit a video or still that unleashes their originality, tagging Halls SA with #HallsOMFCC.
Halls has chosen a few of Mzansi’s most authentic personalities: Rouge, Priddy Ugly, Bontle Modiselle and Moonchild to run the weekly challenges so you know the competition is certified COOL.
The mechanics of the competition
The OMFCC competition will be run on Halls SA social media pages from 25 March to 26 April. Every week a video will be released announcing the challenge and how to get involved. Every challenge, will have a round up with two finalists who will be awarded R5000 each and will be placed on a leader board for the OMFCC final. All six finalists will undergo the last challenge titled “The Interview” to go head to head for the title of Halls OMFCC.
What’s even better is that everyone who votes for their favourite finalist will stand a chance to win prizes for themselves.
The OMFCC perks
Our OMFCC will not only take home the title of being the Coolest in Mzansi, but will partner with Halls while earning R50 000 for a month of consultancy, live it up in a fresh apartment and be driven around in a cool whip. Our OMFCC will be given data for days and party passes to SA’s hottest events.
For more information, visit the Halls Facebook Twitter Instagram social media pages.
Live life with the Power of Cool.
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”We were out celebrating the release of my debut single “Love Letters” when we got the verse from Tony Lanez. I was thinking ” Is this for real?”. It was surreal to hear him rapping on one of my songs. Totally insane! I told one of my best friends: ”So, I have a track with Tory Lanez...”, Just saying it out loud was crazy. Beyond!”
These are the words of 16-year-old singer/songwriter/producer Chris Burton when he describes his collaboration with Canadian Grammy-nominee Tory Lanez coming to life.
”What Sucks About Love” is the latest track for the Danish rising-star, and is a relateable anthem about both being in love and being young. The song explores what it feels like to go through life without experience, and is the second single from a number of tracks to be released by Chris Burton in 2019, a period of time he describes as his ”Teenage Poetry Era”.
Chris dreams about making a difference with his music, and “What Sucks About Love” is no exception:
”I hope people can relate to the feelings I describe in the song. One of my biggest wishes is to make songs that get to people and make them feel something. I hope this is one of those songs.”
”What Sucks About Love” combines urban pop with skillful production and follows Chris Burton’s debut single “Love Letters”, which has already amassed nearly 3 million global streams. Since its release, “Love Letters” has remained in the Top 100 in Denmark, peaking at #26.
Recently, Chris Burton supported UK shooting star HRVY in Denmark and Sweden, and is touring with domestic superstars Christopher, Rasmus Seebach and Burhan G in Denmark. Additionally, he is playing the prestigious industry festival SPOT later this year.
WESTLIFE Release brand new single 'Better Man'
Stream/Listen Here: https://umgafrica.lnk.to/WBetterMan
Following their stellar comeback ‘Hello My Love’, The UK's top selling album group of the 21st century, Westlife have released ‘Better Man’, the second single from their forthcoming album.
The soaring contemporary ballad was written by Ed Sheeran and Steve Mac, and once again shows the band on their very best form. The group worked with award-winning Irish director Lochlainn McKenna on the video for ‘Better Man’.
“When we decided to come back, one of our first moments together as a band was to go into Steve Mac’s studio - he started to play us a song that he had just written for us with Ed Sheeran, that’s the first time we heard ‘Better Man’. That was also the exact moment when we all knew we had made the right decision. It’s a song that truly defines Westlife and one that we know will become a classic amongst our fans,” the band say of the single.
Since it’s release in January, Westlife’s last single, ‘Hello My Love’ has spent nine consecutive weeks in the UK Top 40 and amassed over 65 million streams globally. The track has been one of the band’s most successful radio records, with 21,000 plays at UK radio to an audience of 244 million people.
Shane, Nicky, Mark and Kian announced their return to music in October 2018 to a frenzy of media coverage and social media activity. The band have signed a new record deal with Virgin EMI, with a new album to follow in 2019.
Westlife will tour the UK and Ireland for the first time in seven years next May, June and July, with ‘The Twenty Tour’. Celebrating Westlife's 20th anniversary, the tour will kick off in Belfast on 25th May, with the run of live shows ending in Dublin on 5th July.
'The Twenty Tour' is Westlife's fastest selling tour of all time. The band sold an incredible 400,000 tickets in just 48 hours. The shows will see the global pop kings perform brand new songs, alongside their greatest hits and all 14 of their UK No.1 hits including as 'Swear It Again', ‘Flying Without Wings', ‘You Raise Me Up’ and 'Unbreakable'.
These shows will be their first as a group since they played Croke Park in Dublin on 23rd June 2012.
The band have also recently announced they’ll be taking ‘The Twenty Tour’ to Southeast Asia with 8 massive shows in July and August!
Westlife have sold over 55 million records worldwide and are the only band to have their first 7 singles enter the UK chart at No.1. They also have the most singles of any artist to debut at No.1 in the UK. Overall the band have had an incredible 14 No.1 singles, behind only Elvis Presley and The Beatles. They have had 33 No.1 albums worldwide and as a live act have sold 5 million concert tickets worldwide.
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Platinum Selling Duo Pascal & Pearce have just released a brand-new lyric video of their single titled ‘I GOT YA BABE’, featuring LOCNVILLE. The video was directed & animated by Dewald de la Rey.
This lyric video follows the release of their song titled ‘I Got Ya Babe’ which has an upbeat, funky number with a pulsing beat and catchy hook, the instrumental for the track started in 2018 by PASCAL & PEARCE.
It went through a few stages before they came up with the final sound for the track. The inspiration behind it was to create another great collaboration with LOCNVILLE, which the duo felt was way overdue.
“We’re very pleased with the result of this track. Having a finished song that we’re happy with is what we aim for, whilst still progressing with our music, so creating a song that makes others happy too is the trick. The only difference is that we’re always working at bettering our music with every song.” - Pascal & Pearce.
Buy / Stream I GOT YA BABE here: https://umgafrica.lnk.to/IGotYaBabe
PASCAL & PEARCE Contact:
Website: http://www.pascalandpearce.com
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Watch ‘I Got Ya Babe’ Lyric Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oRr2e3bBoc
Thulani Ncube (born May 12, 1994), professionally known as Moral Da Prince is a South African rapper, songwriter, and actor. He is consistently cited as one of the Driven and influential musicians
Residence: Tembisa Gauteng in South Africa
Other names: Da Prince
Occupation: Rapper, Songwriter and Actor
Years active: 2010–present
Moral Da Prince had his first radio interview in January 2016 after dropping his smash hit titled "Did It Before" which gave him recognition, now many people know him. Later on the same year (mid) he was Nominated in The Nigerian Online Awards (POMA) for Best Rap Single for his jam "The Story"
On the 5th of August 2017 Da Prince released his first project "I'm Human EP" which is a very exciting and full of life EP that grew his fan base around the hood, later on the same year he released his first two music Videos that got people interested in to knowing more about him
In 2018 Moral Da Prince gave us his 3rd and 4th music video in association with (Watch Visuals and La Vida Loca) production companies he works with in his music videos, his following grew up and people wanted to know much about this aspiring, driven artist ,with his poor background he kept his mind positive with a belief that nothing and no one can stop him from growing and giving his fans what they want which in nothing but good music
January 2019, he released another hot Single entitled "NaNa" produced by EM ONE, one of his Producers from Tembisa. The song got a radio play on its 2nd day of release, he then released its music video at the end of the very same month, people loved it, as he always has something for his fans he is about to give them his 6th Music video of his turn up track entitled "About It" produced by his two favourite producers (Sfiso VIP Beats & Em One)
In Addition, Thulani "Moral Da Prince" Ncube is an independent artist and grew up in a not well-financially stable background with his dad, siblings and stepmom, he says his journey has been the hardest but exciting at the same time as it makes him more strong and independent
Follow Moral Da Prince on:
Facebook - Moral Da Prince
Twitter - @Moral_DaPrince
Instagram - @moral_daprince
YouTube - Moral Da Prince
Artist: Moral Da Prince
Title: NaNa (Audio)
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Artist : Soshangaan
Title : Rohetelela (Ft Kulani)
[Chorus]
Wo niku tswotswa Rohetelela/
onge niku vona rohetisela/
nakambe , nakambe ingaku noku lela/ (x2)
[Verse 1]
Baby come duze /
I wanna make love to you kuze kuse /
what if tomorrow comes /
what if you woke up tomorrow you aint feeling none /
what if the Grim ripper comes /
tell me life is done /
would you run off to another nigga spend doe ?/
f**k my niggas you be acting like a lil w**re /
unga kwati no hlaya ku pima /
hi fane hi va ready papa ra ntima /
whe mhana swihlangi /
mundzuku anga tshembisiwangi /
Tisa switina ahi aki the memories /
add another branch ka my family tree /
xinamu xi dlele kwahle/
tani hi mandza,taku khoma kahle /
soft n sweet like a marsh mellow /
ku fana na nambu let this love flow /
ndzi tshembi /
andzi nwatipolotiki andzi hembi /
Chorus (x2)
[Verse 2]
Mhalamhala yitwa torha /
every dog has its day ingaku no lorha /
vutomi byaku lulama bya tika bya borha /
niweli makheleni/ticelleni /
ni jike sirheni /
simbi yi bile /
vunhenha, byi herile /
aku endleke ku rhandza ka wena /
but I beg for one more day ,nivuya nita nwi vona/
if I go now rirhandzu ritanwi pukela /
ndzi nge tleli hiku rhula /
ahi teki siku rinwana na rinwana ingaku ro hetelela /
no time to waste / hi lava va mavondzo /
they always late /
va vona hi mikondzo /
set the record straight /
nima lahla ni dzovo /
na swi tiva wa missa my thug loving /
that why u boreka when you chilling with him /
she just cant wait /
for another date /
with me in heaven is too late /
Chorus (till fade)
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GRAMMY Award-winning multi-platinum singer/songwriter DAYA unveils the music video for her latest hit “Insomnia” via Interscope records – watch HERE. The video throws viewers into rave culture with an epic party; but while everyone is dancing in the club, Daya is alone in a darkly-lit room, unable to join the party as her thoughts stay focused singularly on missing the one she loves. The video, directed by Nick Harwood, can be seen today in iconic Times Square in New York City with the support of MTV. Watch the video here to get lost in the party and emotions of “Insomnia.”
“‘Insomnia’ at its core is a gritty club pop anthem about missing the person you love, so it felt appropriate to take the visuals in a rave direction in a grimy abandoned warehouse that feels like something you’d stumble into at 3am in Berlin to temporarily neglect whatever pain you’re feeling,” Daya says of the track’s stunning visual. “Nick Harwood took this vision and perfectly brought it to life by adding intense strobe lighting and other atmospheric elements to capture these flickering moments of desperation and loneliness, even amidst a seemingly lively, crowded setting.”
“Insomnia” – available everywhere now – has been added to Spotify’s #1 playlist globally, Today’s Top Hits (22.8M Followers)! Daya has moved up to the #1 slot on Pop Rising (1.5M Followers) this week. “Insomnia” has also been added to The A-List: Pop on Apple, which is currently the 2nd most popular Pop playlist on Apple, and the 6th most popular playlist overall. The single has garnered praise from numerous press outlets such as Billboard, PAPER Magazine, & Idolator. Idolator names the song “her catchiest single to date” and describes it as an “explosive electro-pop anthem.” Billboard calls the track a “shuddering pop production.”
“Insomnia,” laced with a hypnotic beat behind Daya’s trademark vocals, was written by Daya, Oscar Görres, J Kash and Michael Pollack and produced by Görres.
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COLANI "SooPurB" Nkosi is a siSwati rapper born and raised in one of Mpumalanga's townships, Nhlazasthe. The 25 year old youngster fell in love with music at a young age. He grew looking to SA's legendary stars such as Zola, Mandoza, Brenda among others. He developed his love for Hip Hop when vernacular rap pioneers like Teargas, Skwata Kamp, the late Pro and HHP injected the genre into the SA music industry.
SooPurB began to write his own rhymes in primary school and learnt more about the craft from friends in high school. He began to test the mic with friends and never looked back. When friends gave up, he persisted as a solo artist until today.
2017 saw SooPurB propelling in the music business. He managed to get his first official single "Nkebelele" played on radio stations including SABC's Ligwalagwala FM. His follow up single "Skelem" is also loved by many as well. He then earned recognition from different corners of Mzansi and mostly in his province, Mpumalanga. He also contested on 5FM's Rap Factor Battle and reigned supreme for 5 consecutive weeks.
In 2018, SooPurB pushed a little harder to expose his talent via social media and got recognized on Twitter by eTV's Shiz Live producer who invited him to the show and he made his first ever TV appearance. As he continued to hustle for more recognition, SooPurB scored himself another TV feature on SABC 1's biggest youth show, YoTV Live on the 18th of February 2019. He also got featured on SA's biggest newspaper, Daily Sun. And he also made it to Mpumalanga News, Eswatini's Times of Swaziland to name a few. "Taking SiSwati to the world through hip hop" - SooPurB
What Motivated you to move to Hard-core Hip Hop since you were first exposed to Kwaito related type of Music Genre?
Well, I grew up listening to radio in the early 2000s and kwaito was the biggest music genre in the country, it was music for iKasi by kasi artists. Then SA rappers such as Pro, HHP, Teargas, F-Eazy and others started to inject hip hop into the industry and I fell in love with it the same way fell in love with kwaito. Kwaito was mostly music for the dance floor and hip hop is more about storytelling so I decided to try it out and as it evolves on a daily, I am still here trying to adapt and grow at the same time.
What is the Theme behind Most of your Writings?
I write mostly about my life experiences and of those around me. As much as I do music for myself, I do it for the people. Through my music, I tell kasi stories, I address kasi issues that affect kasi people and I try to use my mother tongue, siSwati, as much as possible.
Would you describe yourself as King of SiSwati Rap or You are in the process building the blocks?
? [laughs] Most of the time, rappers like to give themselves titles; which is not a bad thing, I believe it's how they feel and it boosts their confidence in a way. But I simply refer to myself as a "King" because of my family name "Nkosi" which means king. I then decided to add it on my social media username / handle on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram it's @SooPurBtheking. The people will crown me once they deem me fit for the title, for now I am building the blocks.
How is the response from Family and Friends towards your Music?
To be honest with you, my mom didn't buy it when I started and I couldn't blame her because where we come from nobody ever made a living out of music and we reside far away from people who did it and appear on TV, papers and other big platforms so it kinda seemed almost impossible. But now that I began to appear on big TV shows and newspapers, my mom is proud and very supportive. She even borrows money to pay for my trips to Jozi now. Well, friends have been liking music even when it was still immature so they've always been there since day one.
What Changes is SooPurB bringing to the Hip Hop Game?
First and foremost, I aim to inject siSwati into the mainstream and take it to the world. SiSwati is one of the few official languages in the country that are not prevalent in the entertainment industry, not only in music even in acting and other fields. I wanna change that. Secondly I wanna change the content. Hip Hop music is known to be about girls, drugs, cars and the fast life. I wanna bring content that's about ordinary SA people's everyday lives.
Few years from now, Where will SooPurB be?
In few years from now, I visualise SooPurB swimming with the sharks. I see myself doing big, doing sold out shows, breaking records with sales, touring around Africa and the world and most importantly, INSPIRING kids with my life story. I come from zero and I wanna change that, not only for me and my family but to encourage and bring hope to other kids who are as less privileged as me.
What is the Story behind your Stage Name SooPurB?
The name "SooPurB" is a stylish twist of the English word "Superb" which synonymously means excellent. It is a benchmark I use to grade my art and everything I do along this music journey. I strive to keep up with the meaning of the word, whatever move I make must be superb "SooPurB." ?
If you were not into Hip hop, What would you do?
Well, I am in possession of a Bachelor's degree in communication. Media and Communication are my playgrounds. I have experience in Radio Content Production and social media management, which I gained as an intern producer as SABC's Ligwalagwala FM in 2017. I love working with or in the media. I can enjoy doing anything within the media profession, be it print, TV or radio.
What are the Few tips of becoming The Best Freestyler?
Take rap as a fun game, don't think too much and just play with the words popping up your head. ?
What Wise Words can You share to those who look up to you and All upcoming rappers?
Dear up coming rappers, invest in your craft and start to learn about the business side of music. The industry is not about making good music and blowing up after. There are processes involved and if you lack knowledge about them, you'll hardly ever make it. Learn about marketing / promotion and PR (public relations) skills and tactics. Learn what's needed when you send your music to radio and TV stations. Learn how to communicate properly with media people.
Shout Outs
I'd like to send a S/o to Rap type Mag for putting me on, my supporters and all those who believe in me as an artist and a brand, my mom, friends, family and the lady I'm in a romantic relationship with. ? I Love You All.
Achievements:
On Social ? Media: @SooPurBtheking
Facebook |Twitter | Instagram
Bookings and PR : [email protected] ?? 072 0138 921
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My name is Qondja Elias Salatiel, a 25 years old self-taught artist specialised in realistic pencil drawing. I hold a Bachelor of Criminal justice from Namibia University of Science and Technology (2016-2018). I started to draw at the age of 9, sketching comics of Shake Shikongo and soccer player sketches. I started to draw real people in 2013 and it was not easy as my drawing skills were not perfect. In 2015 I perfected my art and I started to draw Namibian celebrities like Gazza, King Tee Dee, Mathew Dillish, Maria Nepembe, Luis Munana and others. I got a name in art industry and a lot of people know me. I also promote local rappers through my artworks. Artists such as Jyz Yorke and others.
Who made you realize that you have a calling for Drawing?
I was inspired by this American girl called Heather Rooney, by the time I was still amateur, I used to watch her drawing videos on YouTube. Her videos opened my mind that I can also do it if I get serious.
What inspires you when you draw a Celebrity / Artist?
It's quite good to draw a famous person, more especially the artists, once I uploaded a portrait of a certain celeb, it drives a lot of traffic into my account and it also allows me to interact with the fans of these celebs. So, this inspires me that I can do more and have a name in the industry as many people get to know me.
You Draw such amazing realistic sketches… Do any of these artists get blown away when they see these Drawings?
Yes... most artists never believe that I drew their portraits with my hand because their pictures are too realistic, they thought maybe I do digital drawing or I used an app to sketch, they only believe when they saw their portrait live, especially Gazza and Jyz Yorke.
What are Your Future plans with Drawing?
I want to be one of the greatest visual artists ever in the country, I want to have a studio where I can sell my artworks and teach upcoming artists.
What is the good and the worst thing about Drawing according to your experiences?
The good thing about drawing is that you don't really need capital to start drawing or became an artist, you make quick money and u spend less in materials so there is money in art. The worst thing about drawing is that sometime people may force you to draw pictures of them that are not clear for you as an artist, so when you sketch that picture it will not come out good and the client will be reluctant to pay. When it comes to payments, customers sometimes give excuses and avoid paying whether you drew their pictures perfectly, some of them say "This picture doesn't look like me" but they insist to take pictures with them at lower price, that's how we are betrayed by clients and make loss.
Besides Drawing, what else can Qondja Do?
I don’t only specialise in pencil drawing, I can do painting (especially landscape) in big sizes, I can also draw tattoos and I'm currently learning Corel drawing on my own.
How is the response from family and friends towards your drawings?
My family always got my back, helping me where they can and encouraging me to continue, my drawings no-longer surprise them anymore because they know that I’m capable of doing anything crazy in art. Some of my friends don't believe if a human being perfects his art to that extend, some say I'm better than a camera, some assumed and concluded that maybe I have joined a secret society which helps me spiritually to do all that magic in art, so people have different reactions to my arts.
Which One Drawing would You say it is Your Best and Why?
The portrait of Gazza is the best ever I believe, because it went viral on media and got up to more than 200 shares.
Price-List / Quotations:
Different sizes - different prices;
A3 Paper Size =500
A2 = 1300
A1 = 2000
Prices including frames and deposit is required before booking.
My contact details:
Instagram - @qondja_arts_official.
Facebook - Qondja Elias salatiel
Twitter - @QondjaE
WhatsApp – 0817120809
Shout Outs
I want to send my shouts out to people who believe in my art, to people who support me every time, my family out there, thanks for helping me in my journey to become a better artist today, you people are amazing.
