MEGAN THEE STALLION
- Megan has been writing her own raps since she was 14 years old
- Megan credits The Notorious BIG as own of her biggest influencers
- Megan’s nickname ‘The Stallion’ comes from her height
- Megan Thee Stallion attended Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. She entered her third year of studying in September 2019 and graduated in 2021.
- Megan Thee Stallion’s alter ego is Tina Snow
JID
- Before seriously pursuing his rap career, J.I.D played football in college in Virginia
- J.I.D got kicked out of college
- J.I.D Believes Self-Knowledge is Crucial
- J.I.D has an interest in producing motion-picture films.
- J.I.D Prefers Cartoon Network over both Disney Channel and Nickelodeon
POST MALONE
- Although he is famously known by his stage name, Post Malone’s real name is Austin Richard Post
- Post Malone has a face tattoo under his eyes that says ‘’Always Tired’’
- Post started learning how to play the guitar by playing the famous game ‘’Guitar Hero’’
- Post started writing lyrics when he was 16 years old
- Post Malone started his career as a wedding DJ
DRAKE
- Drake’s real name is Aubrey Drake Graham
- Drake dropped out of high school to pursue his career in acting
- Drake initially became known for playing the character Jimmy Brooks on the Canadian teen television drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Drake has a huge tattoo of Aaliyah’s face inked on his back alongside his mother, grandmother and uncle.
- Drake founded his own record label, OVO Sound, in 2012, but was still signed to Young Money.
BURNA BOY
- Burna Boy, popularly known as Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, was born on July 2, 1991
- Burna’s latest album ‘Love, Damini’ became the highest charting Nigerian album in history
- Burna Boy has been nicknamed ‘African Giant’
- Burna Boy’s current manager is his mother, Bose Ogulu.
- Burna Boy’s first album sold over 50 000 copies in a day
BLXCKIE
- Blxckie took home Best Rap Album at the 28th SAMAs in 2022
- His collaboration with Lucasraps on Big Time Sh’lappa has over 2 million views
- Blxckie went to an all boys’ high school
- In 2020, Blxckie found himself “stuck” in Johannesburg when the country went on a 21-day lockdown, but later said it was a “blessing”.
- In early 2021, Blxckie was named Apple Music’s Up Next artist.
BEYONCE
- Her full name is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter
- Beyonce is the most nominated and awarded woman in Grammy history
- Beyonce wrote her hit song ‘Crazy In Love’ in just two hours
- Beyoncé’s daughter, Blue Ivy, is the youngest ever person to appear on a Billboard chart
- Beyonce’s career began when she was only 7 years old, when she won a local talent show in Houston, Texas
INKABI NATION
- Inkabi Nation’s members consist of Big Zulu, Mduduzi Ncube, Lwah Ndlunkulu, Siya Ntuli and Xowla
- South African Hip Hop sensation Big Zulu is the owner of Inkabi Nation records
- Lwah Ndlunkulu is the First Lady of Inkabi Nation
- Inkabi Nation’s song ‘Voicemail’ has over 3.4M views on Youtube
- Inkabi nation’s sound is a blend of hip hop and maskandi
TYGA
- Tyga’s real name is Michael Ray Stevenson
- He chose ‘Tyga’ as his nickname because his mother used to call him “Little Tiger Woods.”
- Tyga recorded his first song in his closet when he was 12 years old
- According to Tyga, he is a true Scorpio – loyal and passionate
- Tyga directs his own music videos
LIZZO
- Lizzo’s real name is Melissa Vivianne Jefferson
- Lizzo is a classically trained musician
- Lizzo’s flute has taken on its own identity after she called it Sasha Flute, inspired by Beyoncé’s alter ego Sasha Fierce.
- Lizzo graduated from the University of Houston
- Lizzo got together with the legendary Prince back in 2014 for his album ‘Plectrumelectrum’, where she featured on his song ‘Boytrouble’
FUTURE
- Future’s stage name was born when members of the hip-hop musical collective, The Dungeon Family, called him “The Future.”
- Future legally changed his last name to Cash.
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Before he was Future, he was known as Meathead of Da Connect.
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Future’s third album, DS2, released in July 2015, earned him his first #1 on the Billboard 200.
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As a kid, Future learned the lyrics to all of Too $hort’s songs.
BLAQ DIAMOND
- Blaq Diamond is a South African Afropop duo from Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal
- Blaq Diamond consists of Ndumiso Mdletshe and Sphelele Dunywa who are better known as Ndu and Danya
- Ndu and Danya were both born in 1994
- Ndu and Danya met in 2010 on a school trip
- Blaq Diamond has 279.8K monthly listeners on Spotify
DJ SLIQE
- DJ Slique’s real name is Lutendo Kungoane
- DJ Slique has 58.9k monthly Spotify listeners
- DJ Slique was an ‘A’ student in both primary and high school
- While DJ Slique was at university, he taught himself how to DJ and mix beats
- Dj Slique dropped out of university to pursue his music career
POLO G
- Polo G’s real name is Taurus Tremani Bartlett
- Polo G scored his first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Rapstar.”
- Polo G grew up listening to artists like Gucci Mane, Lil Wayne, and Tupac, and said that he tried rapping as a hobby at first.
- Before pursuing a career in music, Polo G had planned to go to university to study to become a sports broadcaster
FIVIO FOREIGN
- Although he is famously known as Fivio Foreign, his real name is Maxie Lee Ryles III
- Fivio Foreign rose to fame in 2019 with his single “Big Drip”
- Fivio Foreign is signed to fellow New York rapper Mase’s RichFish Records and Columbia Records
- Fivio Foreign is also known as Lite Fivio and Fivie
- Fivio Foreign began his music career in 2013 when he formed a music collective called ‘’800 Foreign Side’’
SENIOR OAT
- Senior Oat is a South African DJ and producer
- Senior Oat says that he has chosen to make the bulk of his music gospel-inspired, and he attributes this to his ‘’upbringing in church’’
- Senior Oat says that God has given him a talent for making music, and all he wants to do is ‘’bring Him glory’’
- Senior Oat has 178.1K monthly listeners.
- Senior Oat has worked with musicians such as Sir Bless and Kemy Chienda
