MONEY BADOO
- Although famously known by her stage name ‘’Money Badoo’’, her real name is Jade Alves
- She has been named the latest Apple Music Up Next artist for South Africa in 2022
- She writes and records music on a daily basis
- She has 1.4k monthly listeners on Spotify
- She is also a fashion enthusiast
NASTY C
- Although professionally known as Nasty C, his real name is Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
- He has been influenced by Hip Hop legends such as Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne and Drake
- Nasty C’s hit single ‘’Juice Back’’ addresses the daily stress of trying to make it in the music industry
- He designed a tattoo dedicated to his late mother
- He is the first rapper in South Africa to receive a Youtube Silver Button
ASAP ROCKY
- Although professionally known as A$AP Rocky, his real name is Rakim Athelaston Mayers
- A$AP and Rihanna have recently welcomed their first child together
- He is a member of the hip hop collective ASAP Mob, from which he adopted his moniker.
- He’s a bona fide Harry Potter fan
- He is obsessed with the colour Purple
COSTA TITCH
- He is a South African rapper and songwriter born in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga
- His breakout single ‘Nkalakatha’ ft Riky Rick and AKA had more than 900k views on Youtube in just six months
- He is a dancer-turned Rapper
- Costa has 417.9k monthly listeners on Spotify
- His mother and grandfather influenced his music career
WANITWA MOS
- Wanitwa Mos Entertainment is a South African record label owned by Master KG
- It was founded in 2021
- Wanitwa Mos has 320.5k monthly listeners on Spotify
- The phrase ‘’Wanitwa Mos’’ when simply translated means ‘’You hear me’’
- Besides Master KG, DJ Ngwazi is the first artist to be signed to the record label
KODAK BLACK
- Dieuson Octave is an American rapper, better known by his stage name Kodak Black.
- Kodak’s debut album, ‘’Painting Pictures’’, peaked at number three on the US Billboard 200
- He has 22.3M monthly listeners on Spotify
- He has recently been placed on house arrest for being in violation of his supervised release terms after being arrested on drug charges in Florida
- He legally changed his birth name from Dieuson Octave to Bill K. Kapri while he was in jail
KENDRICK LAMAR
- Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.
- When Kendrick was a kid, he saw Tupac and Dr Dre shoot a music video
- He is a born-again Christian
- His family nicknamed him ‘’Man Man’’
- Kendrick attended the same high school as Dr Dre
JACK HARLOW
- His full name is Jackman Thomas Harlow
- He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- KFC has launched ‘’Jack Harlow’s Meal’’ in collaboration with Jack Harlow
- It was Jack’s mom who first introduced him to Hip Hop
- He is often described as relaxed and charismatic
FIREBOY DML
- Although he is professionally known as Fireboy DML, his real name is Adedamola Adefolahan
- He is a Nigerian singer
- He has 9.5M monthly listeners on Spotify
- Fireboy DML is currently one of the biggest names in Nigerian pop
- He has appeared on Billboard Canadian Hot 100
COCO JONES
- Her real name is Courtney Jones
- She has appeared in a number of movies and TV shows such as Bel-Air, Let It Shine, Goodluck Charlie and Grandma’s House
- She was featured on Radio Disney’s Next Big Thing from 2010 to 2011
- She has 479.8k monthly listeners on Spotify
- She is the daughter of former NFL Football player, Michael David Jones
FUTURE
- Although the American rapper is famously known as Future, his government name is Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn.
- He is a fan of Shakespeare
- When he was a kid, he learned the lyrics to all of Too $hort’s songs
- Billboard has dubbed him as the ‘’Future of the Music’’
- He was first introduced to music and rapping by his cousin
K.O
- He was born in Soweto, Johannesburg
- He is a South African rapper
- His hit single ‘’Caracara’’ broke the record for most views of a South African hip-hop video
- He graduated with a Public Relations (PR)Management National Diploma from Vaal University of Technology.
- His real name is Ntokozo Mdluli
GLASS ANIMALS
- Glass Animals are an English indie rock band formed in Oxford in 2010
- The band chose their name from random words in the dictionary
- The band has surpassed one billion streams on Spotify
- The band members include Dave Bayley, Joe Seaward, Ed Irwin-Singer, and Drew Macfarlane
- The members of the band are all childhood friends
