Article 36: Fuki Baby: G- Town's own

Setting the stage alight the only way he knows how.

Everyone who has seen Fuki-Baby on stage will tell you what a great performer he is. He is probably the best performer around the hood. Taking to him this past week, I got to find out about his journey that led him to music, what he thinks of his music and his competition and how much of a straight talker he is.
 

For a 21 year old, Fuki’s history in the arts is packing. He started off as a comedian earning himself the name “Fuki”. As a Lil Wayne fan he heard him chant “weezy F baby”, he then added that to his name to complete the popularly known “Fuki Baby” name. He also played soccer and was once a pantsula dancer. He said it’s been a long time coming for him to end up in the music scene. He realized his gift to entertain and grab the attention of people. As a youn’in, seeing Mzambiya and Msawawa on TV sparked that interest in the entertainment industry and pushed him into music and as he said it, he was “jealous of them” and “wanted to be like them”. 

Two singles later, Fuki-baby is on the top log with some of the best loved around the hood. 21st and Ga-Rankuwa are two of singles off of his recently released debut mixtape titled “Only God Knows” which he is offering to the public for free. “21st”, he says he recorded it because he was turning 21 himself and wanted a song that will resonate with that and the crowd has received itwell. Rankuwa is another hot track that the masses love. It’s paying homage to his hood and the place that it is. 

When asked why he is giving away the tape for free, he said it’s because “it was my first project and since recording it to where I am now, I am not the same person. I have grown as an artist. I realized that what I was talking about on the tracks and what I did and who I am and the life I am living was not the same. So I felt like I wasn’t being real to myself and my fans. I wanted them to know my music but I felt I shouldn’t make them pay for it because it was not my best and my best is yet to come. Since turning 21 I have changed.” 

He is very hard on himself with his art and says he wants to make realistic music and not give in to the pressures of being similar to other artists and sing about things that have no relevance to him. He believes that many rappers expect too much from themselves because they want to consider themselves the best, that they put unnecessary pressure on themselves instead of just being real to their selves. “For now I am about performances. Making sure people know my music and making sure everywhere I go it’s about me and my name big, to make it big”. 

He works with a team called “O.G.K” which comprises of two rappers and two DJs TJ and Khama. He has a lot of Drake inspired kicks on many of his beats as he is one of the artists he listens to. New international sensation Kendrick Lamar is one person he looks up to and says locally he doesn’t really look up to anyone and considers the bars not very high. 

“I am unique. I believe if I get a chance to be on a track with some of the big names in the game I can be above most, even most have experience and can probably kill me when it comes to verses but on the chorus and stage performance I can do very well.” 

On the subject of haters, he says he has recently found a number of them but has no time to entertain them. “I don’t have beef. I do not focus on negative stuff. They talk about me and give me promotion. What I do is say my piece to them, I do not retaliate the same way they attack me. ” He says he has heard three diss tracks that are about him that are doing the rounds from people he doesn’t know but one of the tracks are by Retro (keep an ear out for those). 

With his first project he was sourcing out the market and trying to figure out the crowd, figure out which sound they like and give them more of that. He found out and learned what he needed to chance and improve on. “I was bragging about money but I realized it wasn’t my money, it was my family money. I had nothing.” 

When Fuki is on stage it’s all about him, “I don’t focus on the crowd. It’s all about me. I get on stage and do my thing and at the end of the performance I know that I killed it.” 

The local scene is looking good and most rappers are doing their thing. I think Kayso is the guy that I see as competition. He’s on my level in terms of presence and crowd appeal. I believe we are fighting for the same spot. The “parapara” joint helped him and if we put it aside I can kill him. I don’t want to sound arrogant or what not but my sound is very different from everyone else’s’. 

He is currently busy working on his second mixtape which will be titled “Fuki-Baby and Niggaz”. On it he plans to be feature game players like Sp, CIA, Dotso, Boipelo, Pro-chiq and a whole lot of others. This is to help him up his standards and find out who is better than him. Branching Zaegos and Gazebo chilling sessions and working with other artists like Pro-Chiq and Boipelo. He is looking to also work with Young Pro and Boypeza to get the exposure in their hoods. 

Some tracks that Fuki has put out include “lebotha” which played on Yfm’s hot 99 charts for a few, there’s also “ dedication” which has a huge Kwaito feel, ‘hate on me” which was addressing the haters and “tomorrow is the destination”. 

This quote is from him to the hates “I’m pushing hard, I making noise. They talking loud and I don’t care” and to his fans “I appreciate the support you give me because you make me who I am. Look out for my mixtape coming out next year.”

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Article 35: Stop living to impress and start living to progress.

If you were born in the hood then you will surely know this. Tradition dictates that on Christmas, our parents make it a point that they buy us the coolest clothes they can think of. It is customary to go shopping for that kinda shit on Christmas, but the customs since to have changed with the times. Lately Christmas is an excuse for us to get drunk, irresponsible and stupid. As black people, we have this mentality of using any holiday as a reason to be as stupid as possible.

I don’t know why, but we as the youth of today have seemed to forget the significance of these holidays. We really don’t give a shit how we got to enjoy the little privileges we have today. I don’t mean to sound like your mom or some shit, but when was the last time any of us celebrated a holiday for the significance of that holiday? Are we really that ignorant? Are we that desperate to impress each other that if you don’t get drunk on a holiday you are branded as boring? 

It seems like the only time we take time to understand the world around us is when we are fed the bullshit of social media and peer pressure. We often joke about peer pressure and act like it’s a term for white people, this term has such a hold over us that we are willing to lie to our parents to get the money we need to go out. Fun is a good thing, but take time to think of the responsibilities you have to yourself, think about the morning after the night before. Pharmacies are ripping the benefits of “Morning after pills”, too many people end up in hospital, and most if not all of us spend money like the shit is going out of fashion. 

I love yall my fellow black youngens but we have to start making a change, I am tired of seeing the same shit every year and then people complain of hangovers, being broke and not remembering what they did the night before. I bet when you start posting a status on Facebook or Twitter, you do it to see how many people will be interested in the dumb shit you did.

Let’s stop living to impress and start living to progress.

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Article 34: Do it cause its art

It is quite apparent that today’s modern world is filled with so many possibilities that one does not know which to choose. We are constantly being bombarded with information, career choices and everything in between. Shit gets real for most of us after we finish high school and realize that life is not one big party where you are locked up in the school yard for 5 hours and given 2 breaks to eat and socialize.

We quickly realize and learn that, life is a long ass journey that requires us to think harder than before, act faster and be hurt more easily. Most of us choose the route to go to University and study for some shit you think you good at because you were the best at it in high school. For the hardcore people, University is not an option, school is not an option…this select few of people who choose to follow what they believe in are mostly shunned by society because they are not scared to break the norm and explore something new. 

I respect this people because it takes a lot of guts to say you are making it in life when you finished matric 5 years ago and have no single diploma to your name simply because you are not one to follow the ways of society. When you believe your artistic vision cannot be interpreted by any text book or literature you are forced to read and understand because having that knowledge ‘improves’ your social status. 

I think art is a way for people to better explain most things we experience in life. Music is one form of art that has the ability to change how people act, feel and look at the world around em. Personally I’m a hip hop lover; this music is probably the realest form of black art you will ever get to experience. It does not conform to the shit dished out at school for you to follow, it does not abide by the law most times and it is interpreted as violent and an excuse for us to act irresponsible. 

The little number of rappers who can accurately breakdown what’s real are usually branded as controversial and decayed. It is believed that if you are a rapper you have given up on most of the shit in your life so you can get to smoke weed everyday and this mindset is busy filling up the game with idiots who think just because they can spit a rhyme and demean women then what they do is art. Hip hop is a way for everyone to explain their travels in life through the oldest form of communication which is ‘talking’. Delivery of a message is key, be real in your storyline in a song, relate to someone, be yourself, be unique and don’t do it for the money, the lights, the fame, the groupies or all that materialistic shit that drive most hood rappers. Do it for the fun, do it for the people, rap with the people not for the people. 

Don’t do it for the money, do it from the heart.

Do it cause its art!!! 

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Article 33: Criticism sharpens skills.

Good evening. I write this article after a slight argument with someone in a position of power. This was mind boggling to me as I have always thought having critics is a great way to help show your character weather the criticism is good or bad.

As the youth, we try a lot of different things in the quest to find your true calling. We open businesses, we find jobs, we go to university etc, all in the name of ambition. It is a given that at anytime, someone from right in your hood can start something that will blow up much faster than anyone expected, we are all gifted in different ways. 

In this journey of self- awareness, we meet people who somehow find fault in the things we cherish most. People who can simply ruin what you thought was a good thing with just a sny comment or a silly gesture. These people are called critics and in some cases "HATERS". Haters are considered to be the people who suck the fun out of everything because they just speak what’s on their mind all the time. You may not always like what another person says about you or what you do, but you can control how you react to it. 

Anger and frustration are the most common feelings ignorant people feel when they are criticized, a person who has achieved a personal goal at the expense of someone else cannot call another a hater. You can't just go off on a person and brand them a hater without even looking at where the other person is coming from. Yes you love what you do, yes you have struggled and yes no one knows what you have been through to get where you are but most people couldn't give a shit about that, they don't care how long you hustled to get where you are. They just care if they are getting back what they invested; they just want what's theirs. 

If you are going to start something that involves getting the support of many people, you have to cater for everyone, you have to know that someone will a;ways see a fault in whatever the fuck you're doing and if you can't handle that then you should probably change careers. 

My fellow people, criticism will always be there it is just up to you how you choose to deal with it. Don't let emotion cloud your judgment, be the bigger person, use the shit to step up your game. Be better next time, give it 100% more. Don't just do shit and expect everyone to like it, the world does not work like that. 

Accept the thing you cannot change, get the courage to change the things you can and have the wisdom to know the difference. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, not yours.

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Article 33: The SWAPMEETS bash: Review

It was one hell of an affair; let me start by saying that. People came out last night to party the night away. It was awesome to see so many people having a good time. It was always going to turn out to be a party.

As usual, the faults of the night presented themselves when 617 Squadron had to take the stage. Everyone was excited to see them perform and get their money’s worth. I felt that the event wasn’t really planned to cater for live performances because the mics were fuckin up, the sound barely penetrated the 1st row of the audience. 

As a hip hop lover I was let down by the equipment used to perform, Squadron was on point, the deejays killed and some of the people there expected the ‘usual SWAPMEETS’ showcase but it was not to be. It was just a matter of paying at the gate to listen to music and wspend what was left of our money on booze. I think they should have not deviated so much from their previous events, people stuck to the theme and most of the people I spoke with were in a spending mood. 

The marketing of this event clearly worked and people got most of what they paid for.

At the end of the night we all enjoyed the gig, the rain tried to stop us but no one really gave a shit if it was raining cats and dogs. When I left the scene, I was impressed by the pull SWAPMEETS has, I was pleasantly surprised when at around 23:00 the place was filled up. Ga- Rankuwa people are suckers for a course organized and planned right at home. If you didn't know better you would have thought that there was ‘celebrities’ at the gig. The deejays killed, Squadron killed and it was an all out G- Town party. I look forward to the next one, I forsee that it will be even bigger and better than the previous ones. Props to the organizers and everyone who came out to support.

All in all it was a great night, it was another win for Ga- Rankuwa. Looking forward to the next one.

TheNASHmag Ed.

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Issue 2: The man behind the set: DJ Dijo

Music is a very big part of our lives. It feeds our soul, Frees our minds. Sees us through bad times and helps us build memories. It is said to be a universal language that brings the world together. Isn’t it ironic that Katlego Nkoadi decided to call himself “DJ Dijo” because he feeds us this music?

DJ Dijo is a hip hop DJ from Ga-Rankuwa who is slowly becoming a force to be reckoned with. He has always had the love for music from his childhood days. He did not pursue it from the onset but later practiced the craft and got into it. Starting off as a house DJ, DJ Dijo found himself doing hip hop after a friend dared him to try it and he says because he loves a good challenge, he went for it and as they say, the rest is history. The journey for him like many others has not been easy, but a rollercoaster ride but it was experiences that brought him to where he is now. Learning how to be confident and interact with the crowd were some of the lessons I learned.

DJ Dijo credits his growth to popular entertainment spot “T S Leisure” in zone 6. Management gave him a platform with their regular hip hop night’s movement and that helped him gain exposure and a solid crowd following.

Some days are not the same as others. While some people show you major love and support, some people who do not value the work that I do sometimes get me discouraged. Dijo also held an office job on the side because we know, when you are on the hustle, on the come up things turn to be hard for a while more so with the competition that is out there. He says DJying alone is not enough.

Although he did not want to tell how he manages to stay on top of his game jokingly saying “ke sphiri sa kreke” he says staying on top of your game has a lot to do with experience and your journey and that gives you priceless lessons. He has learned to read the crowd and knows what he has to play for them.

He is working on expanding his market and conquering the northern Pretoria townships, on building relations with other parts and not have limits or bind himself only to Ga-Rankuwa. It’s not an easy task but with the right contacts he plans to go broader.

Planning for a set is all about practice and having a good ear for music. In his spare time he works hard at perfecting his craft by experimenting with crazy mixes for different age groups. He has become in his element with DJying that he does not go to out to an event with a prepared playlist because to him it’s all about the crowd. He arrives at a venue then looks at the crowd and for him that dictates what kind of set he will play.

His last words to an aspiring DJ are that “it’s not about you, once you hit the decks. Play for the people. That is how I do it and also what worked yesterday might not work all the time. Vary your playlist”

TheNASHmag Ed.

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It is never a problem if you are willing to look at it as an opportunity to grow. Perseverance and determination pays off if you master its repetition. Hard work pays, but smart work pays with dividents.

TheNASHmag thanks all of you who have shared our link, liked our pictures and joined the events TheNASHmag has made. We thank you for being loyal to our brand and believing in it. We are only just  a little under 4 months old and have archived this milestone.

Thank you

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Article 31: The entertainment industry is not what you see on tv.

There is a large number of South African youth who are taking it upon themselves to make a success of their lives. They hustle every way possible to make it big. Some go to tertiary to acquire the relevant qualification to learn how to conquer the work place and have a flourishing career. Some are unfortunate to not have the means but they still find a way to succeed, the creative’s find a way to make their talent and skill work for them. They struggle, push hard and hustle. 

They start off from scratch and make their way up. But sometimes the love for fame and all that comes with it blinds them to the reality of what it takes to get to the top.

Aspiring artists, in the entertainment industry generally are misinformed when they chose a career within the industry. They have misconceptions and wrong ideas about what it all entails. There is a long struggle to the top that many from the outside don’t see. They are blinded by TV and radio interviews and features. Magazine shoots and the lifestyle. It seems many are losing the point that you earn your way to success. You work hard, you pay your dues and sometimes you sacrifice.

The entertainment industry seems to be the most underestimated industry and the most people seem to want to be a part of it, blindly so. I say blindly because many get into it thinking it will be glitz and glamour, fame and fortune, booze and girls/guys. They see the lives of many made industry players living that life and aspire to the dream not fully knowing what it takes to reach those ranks. Some might genuinely love the art and want to push through with it, regardless of the setbacks that come with it. They believe it is their calling and the one thing they were born to do. They work hard pay their dues, follow the right tracks to get to the top. They get qualifications and experience; they network and make a name for themselves. They take care of their craft, Hard as it is.

Whatever career path you chose, be smart about it. Do your researches, get informed, and have goals regarding your chosen field of career. It will work in your favour and help you accelerate your journey to achieving.

This week on theNASHmag we will profile a Hip Hop DJ on the come up from Ga-Rankuwa, DJ Dijo to find out all about what he does. We will also have Motswako cat from Soshanguve, Tache on our weekly “Rate Em Thursday s”. Don’t forget to submit you written or audio poems for our Poetry Corner for this Friday. Look out for our daily updates on our Facebook and twitter pages. And if you have exclusive news to share with us, please click the contact link and get at us.

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Article 30: Where did we go wrong?

I know it's a Sunday and this is a bit of a tough subject, I just read a previous article and couldn't resist this.

If prostitution could b legalised, I wonder who are the people to make that decision? And what will they base it on?

I mean there a two dimensions to this thing, no matter how flat you fry a pancake it will always have two sides, cash flow is low and grocery has got a whole lot more expensive. If ladies find a way to make a living in these hard times...why not?  BUT....is that all south African women are worth? What would you say if your kid or younger sister aspires to be a sex worker? What happend to women empowerment and affirmative action?

We cannot as young sister be aspiring to this. Yes times can get hard, but isn't there something ELSE to do? clean windows, cashier or even at the garage? BUT sex workers a loaded. they get it good. A few minutes brings in a lot of cash, why would they want to quit that n do "decent" work that society approves of?

There are a lot of good causes in the neighborhoods we come from, so many young people doing extraordinary things. You as a South African have a right to use your own brain and come up with an idea that will be beneficial to you and the next common man. Why choose the easy way out simply because "times are tough" and you think you have no choice but to do a job you would never tell your parents about?

We have to talk more, listen more and socialize more. Someone, somewhere is doing what you are thinking of doing, you don't have to give up. It is a choice you have to make.

 Anyway, its all kept in the hush-hush when this type of things happen and they are blamed on politics and shit like that.

So whoever is going to make this decision of legalizing prostitution, sex workers are also people and deserve to be treated equally. But I don't envy you, good luck and do let me know what you decide, because just changing a law does not magically make a problem disappear. 

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Word of the day

Every person should have a purpose in life, if u wake up in the morning you should know the purpose of the day, if you don't have any you should rather sleep in your bed until you find something to do. This is just a post to remind people that life does not stop because you hit a bad patch. A problem only becomes a problem once you give up on finding the solution.

Enjoy your day.

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Issue: 1 Corner Joint Family

Corner Joint is a record label based in Ga- Rankuwa which is currently holding down the hip hop scene. It was originally started over 2 years ago and has released countless songs that have been in people’s minds for a long time.

TheNASHmag chose to feature Corner Joint simply because they where the first people to show us love from the beginning. CJ is a home for everyone who is in love with hip hop and feels they have to work on something professional.Corner Joint prides itself in their ability to impact and change the hip hop game in Ga- Rankuwa every time they release material. To date, Corner Joint has released 2 mixtapes including the classic “Smash N Grab” which has many copies and continues to be the most sort after mixtape in Ga- rankuwa and making waves all over Pretoria.

The stable has rappers like Sphapha the Sp and CIA who worked in collaboration on the “Smash N Grab”, LJ Lattrel who is fast becoming the most versatile artist on a beat. LJ is featured n tracks like “Baby Khante Keng” recently released in the new slot called “Corner Joint Mobdays. The track is just a dedication to everyone who has ever been in a difficult relationship and looking to make things right, sp is on the second verse of that track.

They also have Dotso, who is a sick motswako rapper and intimidating a lot of rappers who come through to the studio to work on something. Dotso basically has the motswako skill mastered down to the core, he is on two joint on the “Smash N Grab” which are “O wara fela” with Sp and SLK and “Rock the party” with Sp and CIA. There is also the pretty boy of Ga- Rankuwa music, SLK. SLK has leaked a track on Corner Joint Mondays which could possibly be on his upcoming mixtape “Black Art”.

The label will be releasing a joint next Monday which will probably feature Dotso and Tswiki man. These are the 2 motswako rappers who are really re- defining the way motswako should sound. They will leave you in shock, it is really unbelievable how different and grounded they sound.

Corner Joint is a label that always looks to do something different, do something worth remembering and give you music that you can bang everyday. Check out the “Corner Joint Mondays” page to get the link to the joints that have been released so far.

TheNASHmag give Corner Joint a 9/10 for holding it down every week in Ga- Rankuwa.

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Article 29: Is the new way of reporting working?

Social networks have become so popular around the world that it has come to a point where journalists use them as their source of getting information. Social networks always have fresh news that happen on the spot, social networks are quicker than word of mouth because they reach the masses at high speed.

Middleberg communications released a report in PRWeek in September which states that 70% of journalists use social networks to assist in their reporting. Last year only 40% percent but maybe that is because last year social networks were not as popular as they are now. It is news on the spot, whether it is credible news or not and that is where true journalism comes in. News becomes old within a second, so using the traditional way of finding information will be a worthless effort, if you need breaking news.

Social networks are fast and it’s easier to get hold of sources in social sites. They are also efficient and effective compared to traditional reporting. If a journalist uses the traditional route to research a story, by the time the report goes out it will be old news because he would have old news. Someone who might have been involved in the event might have posted it up on their Facebook or Twitter page. This leads to journalists, most of the time doing follow up or investigative pieces than being the ones with breaking news. The point is that, journalists have found social networks as an assistant in their reporting that enemies or the opposition.

Sunday world on the 20th of September reported on a story about Bonang (a TV personality) who updated her twitter status saying Mshoza (a kwaito artist) sounds like a “strangled hyena”. For the type of newspaper Sunday World is, it was a big story to follow up and report on. The fact that the comment was made on a social site and continued on to be on the front page of a tabloid means that Social sites are useful and journalists still find them useful.

A survey conducted by meddleberg-snr found out that tools used to assist in reporting range from company websites, which ranks at number one with 92%, blogs and Wikipedia; social networks ranks at number 5 with 41%. Social network survey conducted for assisting with reporting sees LinkedIn ranking the highest with 48%, facebook is just below LinkedIn with 45%, MySpace follows though with a mere24% and the least used is Friendster with 3%. Only 30% of respondents do not use any online social networking tools and that is not the majority.

With all these facts provided, it is clear that journalists do use social sites and they have proved to be useful. They assist journalists in finding stories, researching them. It is easier to get all the basic information. Journalists are information providers to the public but they too need to gather the information before they can put a story together. Social sites are today’s source of information, whether the info is credible or not is the journalists' task to find out. The survey shows the credibility of social sites and points out that a variety of journalists from different age groups think differently of social sites and their credibility. The age group of 50-64 and 18-29 rate social networks just below 20% in the credibility factor.

New Communications survey reviews that 100% of responses from the age group of 18 and 29 say “new media and communications tools are enhancing journalism,” and 40% of journalists in the age group of 50 to 64 believe the same.

It is apparent that we all get our news from a social network of some sort, the question we have to ask ourselves is “which source is trustworthy?”. Journalists are competing with a lot of content out on the net and it makes it hard for the relevant news to reach the people.

TheNASHmag Ed.

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Article 28: Where is the love?

Have we come to a point where we do not see the negativity we put out to the world. Is it bitterness or ego?
Out of something that one person does or aspires to achieve there is always those that are quick to throw in a negative comment, an attack. Why hate on sumin that’s about your craft? Something that could be beneficial to you? Why hate on an idea that can only offer you more. Why publicize the glitches when you could highlight the importance. Why hate when you can love? It’s sadder when hate comes from those who are for the same course.

Sometimes I just feel like people don’t really love hip hop. They just in for what’s in it. They are pushing what they pushing. It’s all about I’m in this because I got sumin going on that’s related to this, but the love aint there. I just feel like Mcs do this for what if it, they rappers because they rap but they not for the culture. They do not concern themselves with learning, supporting and ‘reppin the culture. 

Mc’s don’t go to gigs to support, they go there coz they on the line up. They don’t attend awards cause they gone support, they go there cause they nominated. This problem stems from the lower points of this, from the up comers, from the small gigs in the hood where some upcoming cats are trying to handle a young hip hop session and only those on the line up show up. This culture is bigger than all of us. We owe it more than we know. People who are not passionate about hip hop but claim to rep it are phonies. How you gonna be hip hop if you don’t rep it all the time, every time. If you not 100 with it, Do you support the movement because or do you support it for a course? 

People should start being real about this. People should stop claiming hip hop. Be about it. Just because you wear sneakers don’t make you a game player. Just because you got a CD out don’t make you a player, it goes beyond that. You can be a part of the craft within the structure but it you are not about the structure then you not one of us.

I love hip hop its obsessive. To a point where I just do not get people who love it less. The passion must be above everything else. Maybe I'm too naive and haven’t seen all the bad side of this thing I love. But doesn't one love what they love regardless. I get surprised when I ask a lot of game players “are you entering the competition?” and he’d be like “what competition?” So this person tells me he doesn’t listen to hip hop power nights or full clip or any other hip hop show that put out there.

People complain that radio stations are shutting doors on hip hop but yet the small door that’s opened we don’t squeeze ourselves in. we sit on the outside as if that door ain’t for us. If one hip hop shows aint hitting big numbers then it’s not saying something to the program or station manager. Rates are important. 

If you do not listen to that show that promotes what 

you do who will? Who will listen to it when your ish is playing there? Are you taking care? Are you making sure that you do today what will pay off tomorrow? Be smart about this. If you are not part of the people that support hip hop regardless what’s your give? Should I even call you a game player or just someone who works within the ranks of hip hop? 

Maybe if we all stopped trying to be mcs and djs and dancers and graphers and just be the supporters and promoters of this. I’ve been asked a question very often that I have now gotten used to. Although I cannot blame people asking to want to know but I think it’s very ignorant. People often take it that I am a rapper or somehow involved in the four elements of hip hop because I’m constantly all about it. 

Why would the public come to hip hop gigs if game players themselves ain’t there? Like self love starts from within, love for the game should be expressed from within.

"Where is the love?"

TheNASHmag Ed. 

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Article 27: The x X x Fashion show by The Movement: Review

It’s always encouraging to see people taking strides and showing great initiative. It’s great to see people get out of the sidelines and make things happen. We applaud active and creative thinkers who stand up and do for themselves.

This past Saturday, TheNASHmag team headed out to Capacity park in Zone4 for the 2^nd annual Triple X fashion show. The weather wasn’t too friendly for the night but a modest number of people had already shown up when I got there. The team was still busy putting up the finishing touches, fixing up the tent, chairs, lighting and we were kept waiting for an extended time, this way after the set start off time of 6pm.

At around some minutes to ten o’clock everyone was requested to get a seat and the show finally got started. The ensemble of those who stuck to the theme of “all black everything” was beautifully seated in one row. The opening performer, I could say was the highlight of the night. “Fuki baby” was a star on stage and he killed the performance. He had great energy, got the crowd involved and was very entertaining, so for that one, the organizers were on the money.

The designers really did a great job. The designs were really fresh and trendy. Nothing extravagant and over the top, they really had a fresh twist to them and appeal to the target market. It was a mix of funky, casual, formal, creative pieces. There were also some nice designs for the guys. Some Funky colorful formal wear and some casual too, I even saw a very daring piece that got many talking, worn by one of the male models where he had an under toned shirt with a belt over it. The models were really beautiful.  My plead to the organizers is for the  next show, please find some hot, good looking buff men for us ladies, my eyes were not “washed” at all. The crowd was a really good spot, they got involved and applauded and screamed.

The designers for the night included Portia with “Posh Exclusive”, Thabo with “Cyber-Purple Tray”, Lefa, Zet, Retro BLVD, Naledi, Lebo, Katlego and Palesa. On the decks for some good entertainment was DJ Dijo, DJ Funky-D, DJ Michael Giggs, The Masterpiece, Biggy, K9nine, Jazzy T, P.I, and Sikboy. There were also performances for the night which included birthday boy “Fuki Baby”, T.A.Y.G Cru, Pro Chiq and Corner Joint members (C.I.A and SP).

I had high expectations regarding the show but I was not completely impressed. I felt that everything was just going so wrong. The MC for the night was not alive and had no energy and not engaging with the crowd, Fuki could have probably done a better job. The mics kept cutting off; the sound was not hundred percent. Not only does it piss of the person using it, it also makes them look like fools and it also says something about the organizers.

I feel there could have been a rehearsal during the day to iron out everything and to see what works and does not, that could have helped a great deal. There were also no programs handed out to us as to how the whole show would run. It would have served great for designers if their names and brands were written down, so we knew who showcased what.  For a fashion show the showcased designs were allocated far too short time. The models did a quick one round and came off the ramp; there was no “show” at all. It felt like I had traveled for two hours going to a 20 minute meeting, no gratification. 

The night was supposed to be more about the designers and their designs, and not too much about other things like performances that went on forever, some artists doing one song after the next while other artists were turned away.

The tent was not utilized to its full potential. It was spread out and there was space that was not, but could have been used. There were a lot of intervals and sometimes just dead moments were the MC could have saved. The visible chaos in the mist of everything else was really unprofessional.

Organizing a show like this one couldn't have been easy. Glitches and technical errors and other things were bound to happen .The night was not a complete fail. People came in to support, the atmosphere was great. People looked really stylish and looked like they were having fun and the designs were on point. There were great moments and not so great ones. Hopefully the next one would see some much needed improvements and will be a lot less messy. You can like their Facebook page on the link below:

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