Tag: Kwesta
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Nadia Nakai’s “Kreatures” Kreates a True Narrative of Female Hip Hop stardom
Image provided by ZIMBOlebs Nadia Nakai is a South African born Zimbabwean Hip hop artist from Johannesburg. Growing up, she went to high school in Kenya and graduated from Monash University with a degree in marketing communications and media studies. After spending some time in the television industry, Nadia decided to focus on her musicRead…
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My Beautiful Twisted Reality
Although I originally intended for this mixtape to have a positive and uplifting general tone and theme, the current climate of the world along with my past and current states of mind haven’t allowed me to compile a mixtape of African Hip-Hop based purely on good feelings and unity across the diaspora. Instead, I haveRead…
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Learning History Through Hip Hop
South African rapper, Kwesta, captivates life in South African townships in his music video “Spirit” featuring Wale. Here, the audience is able to see both the struggles and pleasantries that some of Africa’s poorest people face, everyday. We get a mixed range of scenes from–from people gambling to doing drugs to tasks as simple asRead…
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South Africa’s Kwesta Has Got Spirit
South African born Senzo Mfundo Vilakazi, better known by his stage name Kwesta, is an indie rapper whose debut album ‘Special ReKwest’ was released in 2010 to some excitement and acclaim. He followed up this effort in 2013 with ‘DaKAR’, an acronym which means “Da King of African Rap”. It was his his third studio effortRead…
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South African Pop vs. Hip Hop
Today I gave my opinions and thoughts on market success on original tracks by Vusi nova and Mayibabo
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Kwesta
Biography Senzo Vilakazi has been a rapper and songwriter since the early 2000’s. His stage name is Kwesta and emerging poet in high school from Johannesburg when he discovered his talent through awards and shows. The positive feedback from his audience led him to look into and expand his passion. He was so confident inRead…
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Kwesta: music review
Kwesta’s debut ablum, Special Rekwest gave South Africa something they were not use too musically. Buttabing, the label Kwesta was signed to was known for their artist with agrressive styles of music. Three years later and Kwesta has branched out on his own and released DaKAR. On first listen the album is surprisingly dark, althoughRead…
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Kwesta:biography
Kwesta is a Hip Hop artist and song writer from Katlehong, in the East Rand of Johannesburg. Kwesta was born as Senzo Mfundo Vilakazi on August 11th 1988. Kwesta’s musical talent began as an interest in poetry which brought him very postive feedback that encouraged him to move forward to preform at talent shows. HeRead…