Spiroh who was born and raised on the
Cape Flats only recently turned 21
years of age and has already been
afforded the opportunity to fly to the
USA to work with the industries top
sound engineers, including collaborating
with world-renowned producer “Mike
Will Made It” following his victory at the
MTN Megastar Competition in
Johannesburg. He has subsequently
been mentored by two of SA’s well
known Hip Hop icons, K.O & Kwesta,
respectively.
In addition, Spiroh has also collaborated
with DJ Switch on a track called 1shot
which can be found on iTunes. The
song peaked at 3rd on the stir up show
with DJ Ms Cosmo on 5FM radio
station. He released his highly
anticipated EP “What A Life” on the 15th
February 2019 on all media platforms,
which also afforded him a feature with
“The Carters” on the EXPRESSO show
later that morning.
Cape Flats only recently turned 21
years of age and has already been
afforded the opportunity to fly to the
USA to work with the industries top
sound engineers, including collaborating
with world-renowned producer “Mike
Will Made It” following his victory at the
MTN Megastar Competition in
Johannesburg. He has subsequently
been mentored by two of SA’s well
known Hip Hop icons, K.O & Kwesta,
respectively.
In addition, Spiroh has also collaborated
with DJ Switch on a track called 1shot
which can be found on iTunes. The
song peaked at 3rd on the stir up show
with DJ Ms Cosmo on 5FM radio
station. He released his highly
anticipated EP “What A Life” on the 15th
February 2019 on all media platforms,
which also afforded him a feature with
“The Carters” on the EXPRESSO show
later that morning.
What got You into Hip Hop?
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The older kids that we use to play soccer against in my court, they were the ones who came with speakers to the field and were playing hip hop music. I never really took note of it but it was there and unconsciously I started listening to it. Once it became a habit, my friends and I started competing with one another about who watched the latest hip hop music video first - I remember Soulja boy's "Crank Dat" being the hit at that time.
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If You were not into hip hop, what would you be?
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I would be in education- I always wanted to be a scientist though but as years went by the desire changed and becoming a teacher started growing on me
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What is the good and the worst about Hip hop according to Your Experiences?
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The good is that Hip Hop is the platform given to influence, and a whole generation can be influenced. The worst is giving that platform the wrong people/person
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What is the Motive behind your Writings?
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I write to express myself and in doing that, I try to inspire the next person to do the same. Also theres times where I just wanna show off lyrical skillset - you know, flex a little bit lol but as a whole, trying to make the most out of the lessons of life to be honest.
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How was the experience that you travelled to USA and collaborate with Mike Will Made it?
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Aahh man, the flight to USA was long. First to Joburg, then Germany and then USA.
I really enjoyed it though, I mean to enter a world that you've only seen on TV - A lifestyle that is admired by the people where I come from, was dope. I was scared though but I kinda got use to it once I was flying back.
Myself and Mike Will Made It never linked up, he was busy with the tracklist for Creed
2. The beat was whack though I was kinda disappointed, the best thing about that beat was probably the tag. However, I worked w someone else, we spent like two nights in the studio to complete to the track.
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How did you get to be mentored by K.O and Kwesta?
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K.O and Kwesta were judges on a competition I was in ( MTN Megastar), so that's how I got to be mentored by them. With K.O he came down to Cape Town like a few times and I linked with on two of those occasions.
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Spiroh... What's the story behind the stage name?
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Spiroh is actually and abbreviation.
It stands for Successfully Perseveres In Rough Obstacles as Henkemans
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What are the best tips you can give to other upcoming rappers to make it into the Hip Hop game?
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The best advice I can be is : Find your sound and be consistent in that. Also, do things other rapper wouldn't even consider doing. SET THE BAR! Dont chase it
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Few years from now, where will Spiroh be?
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In a few years time, I'll be sitting alongside Drake, joking about whose taking the award for this catergory, probably be him, but who knows I might take it lol
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Who do you want to send your Shout Outs to?
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I'll like to give a shout out to the team: Shaney Jay, Brendan, McKeenen,Oakes, Josh yeah and my mother ofcourse. Love you Sammy
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v-UGwKKPfv8
