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ON THE COVER<br />
ASHIFASHABBA<br />
“RADIO GENIUS”<br />
08<br />
FEATURED<br />
08<br />
19 MOFENYI MALEPE<br />
19<br />
283:THE BAD SEX BET<br />
MOJALEFA MAPONYA 26<br />
PENCIL ART<br />
22 KHOLOFELO THE WHY GUY<br />
HOW TO START A PROFITABLE BUSINESS<br />
WITH NO CAPITAL<br />
22<br />
REGULARS<br />
05 POETRY<br />
POETIC LION<br />
CARTOONS 25<br />
MEGA COMICS<br />
05<br />
28 REMEMBRANCE CORNER<br />
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT<br />
CHANTELL SEANEGO 30<br />
GAME RECOGNISE GAME<br />
16 MEGA PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
SUN DISK PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
(AMUN SUN)<br />
SPECIAL<br />
TSHEGOFATSO RESEKGOTHOMA 14<br />
MARKETING: ARTISTS SHARPEST WEAPON<br />
33<br />
33 Q-RIOSITY<br />
IF I KNEW THEN, WHAT I KNOW NOW<br />
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Issue no: 03<br />
Dear Reader<br />
We have effectively managed to make available<br />
another exclusive state-of the-art edition of<br />
rd<br />
Mega Artist Magazine 3 issue. I am delighted to<br />
declare that we are at a stage of maturation, a<br />
process toward fullness or fulfilment which can<br />
simply be defined as growth. It feels like a<br />
situation in which one rises from poverty to<br />
wealth – rags to riches – type of a thing, and it<br />
should be accepted as factual that the<br />
establishment of Mega Artists Magazine and<br />
the creativity behind the magazine is inspired by<br />
an attempt to escape poverty. It is inspired by<br />
the scarcity and or lack of either holistic<br />
streetwise and or cooperate-business<br />
knowledge of the entertainment industry.<br />
Yet again as our mandate stipulates that ours is<br />
to inform, educate and entertain - also as<br />
according to our vision, mission and objectives -<br />
Mega Artists Magazine assembled a team of<br />
young professionals to gather essential<br />
information and disseminate it to inspire<br />
aspirant, talented and competent artists in all<br />
aspects of arts. On this issue we present<br />
comprehensive knowledge about the radio<br />
broadcasting industry, music industry and how<br />
one can invest and monetize their talent. As you<br />
page through you will realise we have expects<br />
from various fields and just ordinary opinions<br />
about the industry. We are not going to lie to you<br />
and say that the content in this magazine is<br />
guaranteed to make you a star or work for you<br />
but we can assure you that it can be very<br />
enlightening and helpful.<br />
But before I let you go I would like to say that if<br />
you have a dream never give up on it.<br />
Sometimes we feel like we have nothing left to<br />
give, and no matter how hard we try, we keep<br />
hitting a brick wall that seem to hold us back. It<br />
isn't always easy trying to reach the top or trying<br />
to achieve your dreams, especially when they<br />
seem to be a little bit far-fetched and expensive,<br />
but when you're thinking about giving up,<br />
remember the reasons that made you take the<br />
first step to pursue your dreams. Mega Artists<br />
Magazine was also just a dream and I would<br />
like to believe that we are all aware that starting<br />
a publication requires time, money and a team<br />
from writers, photographers, graphic<br />
designers, editorial team etc. and not to<br />
mention other logistics like airtime to make calls<br />
and travelling cost to interview and meetings ,<br />
but because the founders of the MAM are not<br />
only just dreamers but doers who are very<br />
passionate with a will-power to carry on even<br />
when times are tough and rough they never<br />
gave up on their dream of starting a magazine<br />
and interesting enough without funding or a<br />
budget but with positive attitude , approach ,<br />
passion and determination , look now Mega<br />
Artists Magazine is on issue NO.3 and growing<br />
every day.<br />
No one says it's going to be easy or it is easy but<br />
the matter of fact is, if we can overcome the<br />
obstacles presented to us and keep pushing<br />
through the bad times, we will find the success<br />
within ourselves to create something<br />
worthwhile. It is said that “Rome Wasn't Built In<br />
A Day.” This is the most important saying to<br />
remember when giving up becomes a<br />
legitimate thought. Nobody can create an<br />
empire in a day; for example Mega Artist<br />
Magazine still has a long way to go and I hope<br />
that you will still be here to see it develop into<br />
something exclusively unimaginable. No<br />
business can become a multi-billion-rand<br />
venture in one day, and no idea is worth<br />
throwing in the garbage if all the stops haven't<br />
been pulled out yet. Never give up.<br />
Thank You<br />
Hope you enjoy the magazine<br />
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MEGA POET<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
“<br />
He is currently under the mentorship of Kholofelo Pholafudi and<br />
working closely with Selaelo Maredi a writer and a director of<br />
theater plays. Sello is also the managing director of a spoken<br />
word movement namely RHYTHM N' POETRY, an art initiative<br />
that is dedicated to develop, renew and celebrate the<br />
essence of poetry in Limpopo. Two of his poems are<br />
published in Volume 2 of an anthology book called Via<br />
Grapevine. His work will soon appear in the upcoming<br />
anthology called “One In A Million” (The title inspired by<br />
one of my poems) under the English Department in the<br />
University of Limpopo.<br />
SELLO ALPHEUS CHOKOE better<br />
know with the stage name POETIC-LION,<br />
is a performance poet and an actor based<br />
in Seshego near Polokwane, Limpopo. He<br />
grew up in Seshego where he attended his<br />
primary level, then moved to Lissa (Ga-<br />
Kgare) in Moletjie to complete his matric.<br />
He developed a deep passion for art after<br />
acting in a school play that was against<br />
Xenophobia at the time in 2008. He always<br />
listened to and read poetry anthologies<br />
ever since and only realized his ability of<br />
putting pen to paper (writing his own<br />
works) in the year 2011 while furthering his<br />
studies doing Computer Science at the<br />
University of Limpopo. And to date, he is believed to have shown so much growth as a<br />
performance poet. “Life is but a poem to me” he says.<br />
He has graced many stages with his works of poetry and<br />
drama, platforms such as the International Poetry<br />
Festival which was held in the University of Limpopo in<br />
2013, Poetry With Presence of JC Reigns, Limpopo Arts<br />
& Culture Association (LACA), Polokwane Literary<br />
Festival, Artistic Youth Expressions in Mokopane and his<br />
work was also featured in media platforms such as Thobela<br />
FM, Radio Turf as well as appearing in publications such as<br />
'Review Newspaper' and 'Keyaka Student Magazine'.<br />
Life is but a poem.<br />
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MEGA POET<br />
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Sad Songs Of The South<br />
Uhuru, an undiscovered dream<br />
There are young<br />
Raging revolutions of spoken words<br />
Revolving on my tongue<br />
Rituals of truth<br />
Performed by mockingbird<br />
Captured in tears<br />
Falling down the eyes of a man with<br />
uncertain footsteps<br />
Stick in hand, walking down town<br />
Wearing torn brown gown, faith shaking<br />
in voice<br />
Singing sad songs of the south<br />
Of how each one eat one in a place<br />
called home<br />
Where parents teach children how lie low<br />
Down on their back, throw their bleeding<br />
eyes into the blue skies<br />
To see where time flies, in disguise<br />
They watch September crumbling down<br />
into eleven pieces<br />
Seven rainbow colours, the moon, the<br />
sun, blood and the gun<br />
Bullets are not for you to keep<br />
But each shot you take leaves with us<br />
mothers of struggle chains<br />
Cold blooded fathers, bottle slaves<br />
Sisters who mastered the art of digging<br />
shallow graves<br />
And building tombs out of wombs<br />
Cocoons of sleeping giants, us, silent<br />
suicidal sons<br />
Rising with heavy guns in the midst of<br />
foreign lands<br />
Where history repeats sad tunes for fire<br />
wood children to dance<br />
Children whose mothers cannot afford to<br />
glance<br />
At the blood spread all over the hands of<br />
time<br />
Instead, our mothers sing sad songs of<br />
the south<br />
As of a bird with a broken wing<br />
They sing of homemade broken bones<br />
Unfortunate descendants of fallen souls<br />
Stabbed wounds, terminated smiles<br />
Shut eyes, swallowed tears, lost souls<br />
Meandering into a direction of no<br />
liberation<br />
To a place called home<br />
With no walks in the park<br />
Where no one walks down the isle<br />
Just a pile of breathless bodies and<br />
homeless homies<br />
Blood, a divine stream flowing out of a<br />
torn heart<br />
Into a red sea where one can only see a<br />
reflection<br />
Of nothing but a dead nation walking in<br />
silence<br />
Freedom is nothing but a dream<br />
undiscovered<br />
When you grow to see lives perish at an<br />
infant age<br />
Freedom is nothing but a dream<br />
undiscovered<br />
When a place you called home smells of<br />
blood<br />
Freedom is nothing but a dream<br />
undiscovered<br />
When our mothers know nothing of sleep<br />
but to weep<br />
In a silent voice singing sad songs to a<br />
lost generation<br />
About how we lost generations in pursuit<br />
of freedom<br />
For more information contact details:<br />
Mobile: +2771 256 7031<br />
Email Address: sellochokoe@yahoo.com<br />
Twitter: @Poetic_Lion<br />
Facebook: Sello Alpheus Chokoe<br />
Facebook Page:Poetic-Lion<br />
Instagram: poetic_lion1<br />
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R<br />
adio was the first<br />
electronic medium of<br />
mass entertainment<br />
and radio is a more<br />
psychological medium.<br />
Its relationship with its audience is<br />
b a s e d o n a n e m o t i o n a l a n d<br />
imaginative bond. In 1997 radio has<br />
not lost its importance as a huge and<br />
significant source for news and<br />
entertainment and the opportunity to<br />
hoodwink the audience is as strong as<br />
it has ever been.- Tim Crook<br />
Mega Artist Magazine shares Tim<br />
Crooks sentiments because we<br />
believe radio is still very much<br />
powerful, but of course, every<br />
argument needs to be substantiated<br />
and demonstrated and or verified.<br />
MAM decide to search for a role player<br />
in the radio broadcast industry – a man<br />
who loves radio more than anything.<br />
Fortunately we did not have to look far<br />
to find our radio scientist.<br />
We only just had to walk around the house right here at Mega Artist Magazine<br />
headquarters and Yes! Just at the backyard right in the heart of Polokwane, Biccard<br />
Street, Biccard Park 43, corner Thabo Mbeki and Biccard Street we found a living<br />
legend, Shonisani Aubrey Muleya. This man did not or does not only represent South<br />
Africa but also as a full time son of the soil he represents his hometown and Province<br />
Limpopo , exceptionally well and many of us are proud of him and his work.<br />
continue next page<br />
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MEGA ARTIST<br />
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MAM sat with Mr Muleya in one of the brightest and colourful Energy FM offices – one<br />
can actually smell the fresh new furniture and the vibrancy of the newly established<br />
urban community radio station for Polokwane and the surrounding areas, Energy FM<br />
“The Pulse of the City” 102.1. As an African tradition and culture greetings is a norm to<br />
soften each other and to get the feel of the environment and to welcome God and our<br />
ancestors to join in the meeting. After the small chat we got to know the man behind<br />
the establishment of “radio” and learn from his experience and expertise in as far as<br />
radio is concerned.<br />
Shonisani Aubrey Muleya affectionately known as Ashifashabba was born in Venda, Vhufuli<br />
Hospital. “I was born on a Thursday at 16h30, my mom told me” said Shabba. He was bred in<br />
Makwarela Township and studied and practiced Civil engineering and Computer<br />
engineering at Technikon Northern Transvasal where his comedic creativity and radio<br />
career kick started. His first radio job at TNT Campus Community Radio was being a<br />
Presenter and Technical Manager.<br />
Like many of us, we have role models and people who influence us, In his early years<br />
Shabba was influenced by the likes of author Bra Mike Muendane, Karl Max, Nelson<br />
Mandela, Tich Matazz, Mr Bean, Richard Prayor and Ali G. Growing up as a teenager like<br />
every teenager he picked up a nickname which represent a certain act and or activity that he<br />
once performed – sometimes we do not like these nickname(s) when given to us by friends,<br />
but Shonisani liked his and decided to keep it . "Ashifashabba originated at Technikon<br />
Northern Transvasal, I was participating in their Freshers ball's fashion show and I was<br />
wearing the Shabba Ranks debut hairstyle and round shades, the audience started calling/<br />
shouting “shabba!!! Shabbba!!! Shabba!!, I then embraced the nickname and used it on the<br />
Campus Radio station TNT Radio between 1993 and 1996 as a Technical Manager and<br />
Presenter” said Shabba.<br />
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Ashifashabba radio broadcasting<br />
experience.<br />
I started radio 21 years ago at Campus<br />
Radio TNT, then moved to YFM as a<br />
Technical Producer and DJ in 1999 and<br />
then moved to Capricorn FM as a<br />
shareholder, programmes manager and<br />
Presenter, and was approached by the<br />
Energy FM board in 2014 to help set up the<br />
station and mentor the new breed of<br />
presenters.<br />
What led you to a career in radio?<br />
I love attention, so radio is one of the<br />
platforms that I thought people will give me<br />
that. Lol …<br />
Radio landscape in Limpopo.<br />
Well, we are getting there but we are behind<br />
most progressive radio markets around the<br />
world, like : New Zealand, Canada, North<br />
America and Britain, in terms of technology<br />
and creative ideas. We are doing basic<br />
radio or should I say radio 101, I think there<br />
is a lot we are not doing and we have to<br />
stand up and start pushing the envelope<br />
and squeezing the creative juices out our<br />
brains.<br />
Do we still need more community or<br />
commercial radio stations?<br />
A big YES, North America has more than<br />
18,000 radio station on air as we speak. SA<br />
has less than 300. I know the frequency<br />
spectrum is clogged up, but I am happy that<br />
the Digital Migration process will resolve<br />
that challenge and as a country we shall be<br />
able to put more radio stations on air to give<br />
our citizen more choice and variety.<br />
Lack of professionalism at community<br />
radio stations. Problems and Solutions.<br />
Most of the problems are related to<br />
incompetence and other non-progressive<br />
stuff is happening mainly on black radio and<br />
that has to change, black listeners in this<br />
country deserve better. ICASA, MDDA,<br />
BCCSA, SAARF, NCRF and DOC should<br />
come to the party to educate and empower<br />
the organisations who have been awarded<br />
community broadcasting licences, we need<br />
more education and empowerment on<br />
needs of the sector. Exchange programs to<br />
other countries can also help.<br />
Current state of the radio "talent pool”<br />
particularly in Limpopo.<br />
Well, if the radio managers do not have the<br />
support from MDDA, DOC, ICASA, SAARF,<br />
NCRF and BCCSAwe are basically<br />
doomed, new talent will simply not survive.<br />
What is it about radio broadcasting<br />
that keeps you wanting to do it for a<br />
living?<br />
My passion for my audiences who need a<br />
different approach on how to consume<br />
information keeps me wanting more. I use<br />
humour to communicate and deal with<br />
serious issues in our communities. I believe<br />
that radio forms part of my purpose on<br />
earth. My business is entertainment; all I do<br />
is entertainment on all possible platforms -<br />
TV, Radio and stage.<br />
Radio NOW and THEN<br />
Wow, radio was great then, obviously<br />
because it didn't have much completion<br />
from new media like facebook, twitter,<br />
instagram, internet and other technologies<br />
distracting or taking away radio audiences.<br />
The relevance of radio in future<br />
Well, it is up to the practitioners themselves,<br />
I call upon all involved to commit to offer<br />
great radio for the sake of our listeners. Let<br />
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us start to look for ways on how best we can<br />
serve the listeners by producing compelling<br />
content. Let us stop regurgitating content<br />
from the internet or Google, the truth is 80%<br />
of radio's audience have access to the<br />
internet. So by the time you go on radio,<br />
your information is history. Presenters need<br />
to learn to have an opinion and personality<br />
and learn to tell stories of things they<br />
observed, that way our listeners will gain a<br />
lot fresh content on radio.<br />
Difference between a community radio<br />
station, commercial radio station and<br />
public radio<br />
Community radio is owned and the<br />
community itself get involved in content<br />
generation. commercial radio is owned and<br />
operated by private companies where<br />
programing is dictated by the private<br />
company that own it and public radio station<br />
– owned by the government and it main<br />
responsibilty is to keep the citizens<br />
informed about the government's projects<br />
and inform the public about issues of<br />
national interest, while upholding and<br />
preserving citizens values and more. simple<br />
neh?<br />
Qualities of a good radio presenter<br />
To be a great presenter you need to have a<br />
personality that sets you apart from an<br />
average presenter, an individual who<br />
understands what the listeners need and<br />
want. Have an opinion on almost everything<br />
that the listeners are exposed to. A good<br />
presenter is an individual who aims to tell<br />
the listeners new stuff every time they are<br />
on air. They must be ultra-creative, use the<br />
microphone to change lives, someone who<br />
is doing radio to make a difference. It is not<br />
about fame. The presenter should have an<br />
honest relationship with the listeners and<br />
the listeners should know him as if they<br />
have met him in real life.<br />
Educational qualification for one to be on<br />
radio.<br />
No educational qualification needed, talent<br />
is all you need. But I'll hasten to say that<br />
education will really give you an added<br />
advantage, education will help you<br />
understand life better and therefor qualify to<br />
make logical and progressive comments on<br />
the radio. Presenters MUST respect the<br />
microphone, that thing right there is a very<br />
powerful communication tool.<br />
The 'worst' part of radio work and the<br />
'best' part of radio work.<br />
Worst part is, when you do not have a clue<br />
of what you are doing on radio and the best<br />
– it's when you are completely in charge of<br />
your content or show and making a<br />
difference in the life of the listener.<br />
How easy or hard it is to start a radio<br />
station and what is needed to do so?<br />
I am not sure if it is easy or difficult, it is<br />
relative you see, I would rather propose that<br />
you visit www.icasa.org.za there is a lot of<br />
info there regarding your question.<br />
The inspiration behind Energy FM.<br />
The inspiration is to give the community of<br />
Polokwane and the surrounding areas a<br />
voice, a platform for them to enjoy<br />
democracy and their rights to the fullest. To<br />
give potential individuals a chance to learn<br />
and realise their dreams of being on radio,<br />
while and creating job opportunities.<br />
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What makes Energy FM different from<br />
other community radio stations?<br />
Energy FM is the only urban community<br />
radio station by virtue of it being based in the<br />
capital city of the province. The<br />
programming ideas which are responding<br />
to the needs of the community prove to be<br />
resonating with the general community of<br />
Polokwane and the surrounding areas, the<br />
research that the facilitators conducted<br />
before going on air helped to shape the<br />
programmes that are currently on air and<br />
more feedback sessions will be held<br />
annually across the foot print to make sure<br />
that the community participates in keeping<br />
the radio station relevant to their values,<br />
dreams and more.<br />
People assume that you own Energy FM<br />
as an individual. Enlighten us on the<br />
ownership of a community radio station<br />
in particular Energy FM.<br />
No individual can own a community radio<br />
station, Energy FM is owned and managed<br />
by the community. Simphiwe Mdlalose and<br />
Myself are mentors or facilitators who have<br />
been tasked by the Energy FM board to<br />
transfer skills to the young and old<br />
individuals who are currently at Energy FM,<br />
it's main mission and vision is to be the<br />
breeding ground for new presenters who<br />
will soon join Commercial and public radio .<br />
The presenters at Energy FM are not there<br />
to stay; they are en-route to realising their<br />
full potential and dreams somewhere at a<br />
radio station in South Africa or the world.<br />
The type of training they are getting will<br />
equip them to handle any position at any<br />
radio station around the world. Give the<br />
station about two years and the presenters<br />
from Energy FM will take the radio industry<br />
by storm, this is after they graduate from the<br />
station.<br />
Ashifashabba's job at Energy FM.<br />
I am their Mentor and presenter of the<br />
weekday breakfast show, that's all. I am not<br />
part of the board nor the management. I<br />
love talking on the radio and making a<br />
difference in the lives of the listeners.<br />
Boardrooms are boring for me. I have a<br />
passion for teaching radio!! I breathe, eat,<br />
sleep and dream radio.<br />
First love - radio , comedy or acting?<br />
Radio is my first love, in fact comedy needs<br />
radio to reach more people you see, TV is a<br />
cool platform to show people how I look, it<br />
also helps me spread my brand.<br />
W h a t ' s i n s t o r e f o r d i e h a r d<br />
Ashifashabba fanatics or is radio your<br />
last act?<br />
Lol, people are demanding my return on TV,<br />
and the answer is YES, that day is soon.<br />
Retiring from radio anytime soon?<br />
I will not retire, I will teach radio until my last<br />
breath.<br />
You're stuck on a deserted island and<br />
you only have 5 CDs with you.<br />
Only 5? You are not fair; let me see .Tracy<br />
Chapman, Michael Jackson, Smokie<br />
Robinson, Clarence Cater, Joyous<br />
Celebration, Nicky Minaj and Rihanna.<br />
What do you like to do for fun when<br />
you're not in radio mode?<br />
Cycling, DIY and Hiking.<br />
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MEGA TOPICS<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
MARKETING:<br />
AN ARTIST’S SHARPEST WEAPON.<br />
South African media was recently abuzz with an open letter<br />
that was penned by poet and 'singer', Ntsiki Mazwai, and<br />
addressed to our Minister of Sports and recreation, Mr Fikile<br />
Mbalula aka Mr Razzmatazz. According Mazwai's open letter,<br />
Razzmatazz is obsessed with Beyoncé, and he deems her<br />
more important than our own local artists. Some people feel<br />
that the minister's obsession with Beyoncé has nothing to do<br />
with his responsibilities as the minister while others think he<br />
shouldn't be obsessed with American artists to an extent that<br />
he even dress like them… But what prompted Miss Mazwai to<br />
sit down and actually point out that the minister is ignoring<br />
gold in his own backyard? Is it really his obsession with B, or<br />
is it a cry for help on behalf of some South African artists who<br />
feel like their existence has been forgotten by potential<br />
business providers? Whose responsibility is it, if that's the<br />
case, between the artists and potential clients to make sure<br />
that the artist' work doesn't fade away from the audiences'<br />
mind?<br />
Tshegofatso Rasekgothoma<br />
Photo and Article by: TR<br />
Ask any teenager who Ntsiki Mazwai is, and listen while<br />
they try to connect what they can actually recall from what THEY Have heard<br />
from someone or read a while ago about her. Now, ask them again who<br />
Beyoncé is. I bet to you the list of everything they know including her<br />
songs will come out of their mouths as if its water coming out of a<br />
tap. But why is this? The answer leads to marketing. If one<br />
considers themselves a brand, they should always put<br />
marketing on top of their “to accomplish list” because at the<br />
end of the day, like in any other industry, we get hired<br />
because we have successfully marketed our craft.<br />
We are living in a market-led world, and as such artists<br />
should invest in the best marketing plan for their work.<br />
There is no denying the fact that a brand is, and will<br />
always remain a brand through marketing. Artists<br />
should always know what they are trying to achieve<br />
and how they hope to do it. There are various types<br />
of marketing one can adopt as an artist. The<br />
following are just some of the marketing tools<br />
artists should consider to market their craft.<br />
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MEGA TOPICS<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
1. Agents.<br />
Agents act on behalf of artist. They handle<br />
the business side of an artist's life. These<br />
are the people responsible for bookings<br />
and marketing. Investing in one is very<br />
important because in most cases these<br />
people are trained and knowledgeable<br />
about the art and entertainment industry.<br />
Always bear in mind too that they come<br />
with a price attached.<br />
2. Direct approach.<br />
What better way to market your craft than<br />
through pulling the bull by its horn?<br />
Approaching businesses about what you<br />
have to offer shows how a person is<br />
adamant and determined to deliver to the<br />
audience. One cannot always wait for<br />
businesses to approach them, because<br />
sometimes with lack of marketing some<br />
businesses don't even know one has<br />
something to offer.<br />
3. Press releases.<br />
We all got to hear and read about Ntsiki<br />
Mazwai's open letter to Mr Mbalula on the<br />
media. So why not market your craft<br />
through it? Most artists take advantage of<br />
the social media, and it would be<br />
comparative that any emerging artists<br />
should also adopt this platform and get<br />
themselves and their work out there. Letting<br />
people know who you are, what you have to<br />
offer, where and when they can see your<br />
work can reach the masses through just a<br />
tweet or status update, coming from that<br />
smart phone of yours.<br />
4. Networking<br />
Go out there. Be seen. Exchange numbers.<br />
Enlist your name for the open mic session if<br />
you're into poetry. Attend events that are<br />
related to what you do, and see what other<br />
people are doing. It will benefit you. Sitting at<br />
home and hoping to wake up with an<br />
invitation to an event that could benefit your<br />
career is just useless.<br />
5. Brand packaging.<br />
As a brand, one should also consider how<br />
they present themselves to potential fans,<br />
what they say in public that could damage<br />
their reputation and work as artists, what<br />
worthy causes they associate themselves<br />
with and how they behave in public places.<br />
Brand packaging means being true to<br />
yourself, that is, not stealing and copying<br />
other peoples work, because diversity is a<br />
great thing and bad publicity isn't always<br />
good publicity.<br />
6. Consistency<br />
In order for one to excel in anything, a rule of<br />
consistency should be applied. An artist<br />
doesn't sit and fold their hands after having<br />
one project that doesn't sell or attract more<br />
customers than he had hoped it would. One<br />
is bound to be forgotten if their work is<br />
released five years apart, learning from<br />
Beyoncé is actually beneficial. Her<br />
consistency commands you not to even<br />
dare forget her because even if you wanted<br />
to, you wouldn't.<br />
The above mentioned marketing tools are<br />
but some of the tools that one can use to<br />
nurture their career as an artist. Put them to<br />
test. One can argue that by having a great<br />
marketing plan, open letters that suggest<br />
ministers overlook local artists and in Miss<br />
Mazwai's words, “…put Americans before<br />
their own” will not plague our social media<br />
and ignite twars, in the long run. The<br />
minister might even consider his obsession<br />
with Beyoncé and obsess on a local artist.<br />
Marketing will always be, after an artist's<br />
actual craft, an artist's sharpest weapon in<br />
the war that is the art and entertainment<br />
industry.<br />
Tshegofatso Rasekgothoma is a<br />
seasonal Poet, Writer, Educator, MBA<br />
student at University of Limpopo<br />
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MEGA PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
SUN<br />
AMUN<br />
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY: GEORGE KAMBWIRI (AMUN SUN)<br />
George Kambwiri (25) was born in Malawi,<br />
grew up in South Africa, Free State and now<br />
a resident of Limpopo, and it is here where<br />
he found solace in photography . George is<br />
also a writer who believes that whatever he is<br />
today is not a mistake, “who would be<br />
equipped to express unique perspectives on<br />
life, if not a culturally ambiguous individual<br />
such as myself and humanity?” said George.<br />
Relatively new in photography George has<br />
acquired an ability and experience that<br />
makes his work amazingly inspiring and<br />
unique. “I am currently exploring<br />
photography as a means of documenting<br />
and sharing the everyday encounters I have<br />
with life as it manifests. Having gained a<br />
relative degree of experience in the threeodd<br />
years I have spent as a closet<br />
photographer, photography has been an<br />
interchangeable medium of expression for<br />
me through which a personal project has<br />
emerged, called Sun Disk Photography.”<br />
Making use of online social-media platforms<br />
such as Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram,<br />
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MEGA PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
Pinterest and Facebook is the only facility or<br />
platform that George shares his work. “I<br />
share photos I have taken on my journey<br />
towards truth and beauty, in an attempt to<br />
build interest in creative thought through<br />
social media since is the only available<br />
easily accessible and affordable space. I<br />
enjoy witnessing the idea of oneness that is<br />
the connected existence we collectively<br />
lead in our war with ideals about happiness,<br />
surrealism, fulfillment, the mundane and<br />
spirituality. As such I am always a sucker for<br />
an interesting subject, inanimate or living, in<br />
whatever manner evokes an emotion from<br />
whoever might drop a good glance”, said<br />
George.<br />
For more on THE SUN DISK<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY please visit the<br />
below links.<br />
www.soundcloud.com/amun-sun<br />
www.amun-sun.tumblr.com<br />
Twitter: @noyz<br />
Instagram: @sundisk_photography<br />
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MEGA PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
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MEGA BOOK REVIEW<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
283:TheBadSexBet, authored by<br />
Mofenyi Malepe, is a tale of how a man<br />
openly speaks about his sexcapades<br />
and a bet he took during his years as a<br />
young strong lad – the first Impala boy .<br />
In the 283: The Bad Sex Bet Mofenyi<br />
openly acknowledges his mistakes and<br />
advices that sometimes the things we<br />
do in our past do come back to haunt us<br />
in the present. The book will leave you<br />
yearning for more but also it aims at<br />
educating old school fathers and to<br />
breed new school fathers.<br />
Mofenyi Malepe explicitly expose His<br />
philander initiated by a bet to bed 250<br />
girls/woman in a year from having sex<br />
orgy with married women and cougars,<br />
sisters and friends, three somes , sex at<br />
the graveyard, highways and hospital<br />
basements , Mofenyi declared himself<br />
as the God of “Panja” as he calls it<br />
.While reading the book one is sexual<br />
aroused and left with much to the<br />
imagination. 283: The Bad Sex Bet<br />
encourages communication manual for<br />
parents to talk to their children and<br />
couples to talk about sex. The book is<br />
erotically explicit – Mofenyi describe in<br />
details every sexual encounter he had<br />
with these women.<br />
The idea was to traditionally highlight<br />
some extracts in the book but we found<br />
it hard to select just one because they<br />
are many encounters that are just so<br />
stimulating and enticing one finds it<br />
hard to pick .Get yourself the book and<br />
read for yourself and pick your own<br />
favorite scenes.<br />
MAM caught up with Mofenyi for a small<br />
chat and to ask a few important<br />
questions.<br />
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY: MOFENYI MALEPE (AUTHOR)<br />
Describe your writing style and the genre<br />
of you book.<br />
Come of age, Progressively African and<br />
brutally futuristic<br />
The significance of number 283.<br />
She is the Woman who bore me Heir to the<br />
throne, my One and only Son.<br />
Lows and highs of getting the book<br />
published.<br />
The lows will be not having a stringent<br />
publishing house hierarchy, from the Editors<br />
to proof readers but we made do as Team<br />
283. The highs I guess will have to see all of<br />
us seeing our Work out there for the public to<br />
bite something out of, the challenges I would<br />
say the reluctance of established<br />
bookstores wanting you to come with their<br />
distributors and eventually when you corner<br />
them with your sterling work and the high<br />
demand, they in turn corner you by wanting<br />
mark up slightly equal to yours-sad.<br />
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MEGA BOOK REVIEW<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
You had to deal with editors and<br />
publishers. Is this letter/book as raw as<br />
it comes or some information had to be<br />
omitted or edited out?<br />
I have an Editor who understands that I<br />
didn't sugar coat, altered yes we did on<br />
some things but it comes as raw as I dislike<br />
it myself.<br />
Many writers write , speakers speak and<br />
producers produce dramas/films<br />
(example, YizoYizo ) but information gets<br />
misinterpreted and distorted or<br />
unintended opposite action are carried<br />
out as opposed to what the book wanted<br />
to achieve. Are you not somehow afraid<br />
that temptation might just get an<br />
upgrade just by mere reading your<br />
book?<br />
I think towards the last pages one gets a<br />
Divine sense that, there is no need to<br />
upgrade the temptations, I think even if it<br />
was TD Jakes or Bishop Mosa Sono who<br />
wrote about the beauty of purity, others<br />
would just want to be curious and de-purify<br />
the talk of purity for JUST THAT. I ran the risk<br />
of saving few and killing many but I pray I did<br />
it the other way.<br />
You attracted people of your kind –<br />
sexually obsessed people. Do you think<br />
you had/have some hypnotic natural<br />
sexual aura that was just waiting to be<br />
unleashed when you went to varsity or<br />
you found yourself in the right place at<br />
the right time making the right moves or<br />
you were simply pressured by the bet?<br />
We are all sexual beings, God granted but it<br />
would be wrong to class people I had<br />
encounters with. To nutshell it, I was just<br />
under a spell that many are under, the devil<br />
of lust is pretty strong if you are not well<br />
prepared morally.<br />
Your advice comes in a form of a rather<br />
erotic book. South Africa as a developing<br />
country the new-generation is extremely<br />
sexual active and the situation is<br />
uncontrollable (level of HIV/AIDS,<br />
Teenage pregnancy etc.) – and given the<br />
fact that when one reads you book gets<br />
sexually aroused and that can cloud the<br />
j u d g m e n t o f a l o t o f * w e a k<br />
people,coupled with the general notion<br />
that most people do not read, do you<br />
think writing a book can triumph in<br />
remedying this situation or writing a<br />
book is enough?<br />
We can write as many books as we wish and<br />
want, but if people do not want to take what<br />
they read seriously, then there is nothing a<br />
mere you and I could do, it is just a case of<br />
one chiding themselves to not be involved in<br />
other things. One must bet his/her boots on<br />
the bone that, if it means being alone, I won't<br />
rush into the dangers of sexual activities and<br />
involvements.<br />
Why advice married people? Your take<br />
on marriage and the important of sex<br />
for married people?<br />
It is a pity it comes out like a Lion is dancing<br />
to songs meant only for Elephant ears and<br />
feet because I am not married. I think<br />
marriage is sacred and wonderful, and<br />
should be highly rated. Sex is God ordained,<br />
one was requested in ancient times to spend<br />
the whole year with his wife engaging in sex<br />
after getting married, so clearly sex is very<br />
important, married people must not even<br />
now live in BC huts, they must make sex in<br />
marriage fashionable.<br />
Is sex is spiritual or a mere physical<br />
activity?<br />
Both, but it starts with the realm of spirit,<br />
when the soul doesn't give into it, the body<br />
won't be a lone negotiator.<br />
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MEGA BOOK REVIEW<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
Where you trying to also prove that<br />
women love sex as much as men do?<br />
I was telling the truth. I spoke the truth the<br />
best way I know it. I was not trying to prove<br />
anything, but laying bare the truth of sexual<br />
blindness.<br />
You sound like you know your bible very<br />
well in your book and you used<br />
scriptures to justify your sadistic sexual<br />
behavior. What's your favorite bible<br />
scripture?<br />
There is plenty, and yesterday I was reading<br />
the book of Proverbs, and took in Proverbs<br />
31: 1-9. 283: The Bad Sex Bet is the second<br />
Bible but I still put the First Holy book in front<br />
and try to understand fully the teachings and<br />
wisdom jotted in there.<br />
Favorite sex position<br />
Ask me when I am married<br />
Favorite condom brand<br />
Condoms promote promiscuity/ Hehehe<br />
Yellow bones or Black beauty<br />
She must just have her heart in the right<br />
place<br />
Favorite author and or book<br />
There are few that I love, but top of them<br />
has to be Niq Mhlongo, his book "Way<br />
Back Home" was just a work of genius,<br />
utterly out of this planet, unbelievable<br />
crafted.<br />
One thing you cannot leave the<br />
house without?<br />
My phone. My work and speed dials are<br />
all in there.<br />
Any other projects, book or letter in<br />
the pipeline?<br />
We are busy with the film script, more<br />
an adaptation of the first book, with the<br />
sequel set for release same date the<br />
film premieres. Oh, do check out my<br />
www.phahamiso.com<br />
How to connect with Mofenyi Malepe<br />
Book Title: 283: The Bad Sex Bet<br />
Author: MofenyiMalepe<br />
Edited by: Mafedi Selepe and Reuben<br />
Malema<br />
Book Launch: 21 November 2014<br />
Published: KOMA publishing<br />
Twitter @283thebadsexbet<br />
Facebook: 283:The Bad sex Bet<br />
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MEGA BUSINESS<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
Kholofelo Pholafudi whom is better known<br />
as "the Why guy" is a National Motivational<br />
Speaker, Author, and as he claims, a "Peak<br />
Networker". He inspires entrepreneurs with<br />
his turn around strategies of businesses<br />
(even in the worst of situations). Kholo now<br />
shares his intensive knowledge on how to<br />
"turn contacts into connections" which is<br />
based getting what you want from what<br />
you've got with thousands of his followers -<br />
making breakthroughs from self limiting<br />
beliefs.<br />
He has used the same proven strategies to<br />
launch his career as a national speaker and<br />
now sharing with as many people as<br />
possible through live seminars, e-courses<br />
(offered online) and personal coaching for<br />
individual business owners on how start or<br />
grow businesses using “ZERO” capital (no<br />
money).<br />
Born on 20th January 1982, at a Village<br />
called Ga-Phaahla in Skhukhune. The selfmade<br />
"peak networker" is well known of his<br />
energetic personality, a razor sharp mindset<br />
and enthusiasms on taking on extreme<br />
challenges like walking on coals, breaking<br />
arrows, bungee jumping and many other<br />
adrenaline pumping activities.<br />
This is a man who has had the privilege of<br />
looking over the shoulders including sharing<br />
stages with great global & local<br />
entrepreneurs like, Mike Handcock, Dave<br />
Rogers, Dr.Hannes Dreyer and many others<br />
worldwide. It has been through this type of<br />
intensive learning that he is now sharing with<br />
his followers through his Talks in Seminars,<br />
Mentorships & Coaching programs on how<br />
he managed to obtain 2 997 000% (Return<br />
On Investment) from his initial Investment in<br />
Property and how he started several<br />
businesses "using no money" including his<br />
current business called AFR8.<br />
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MEGA BUSINESS<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
About the book The Psychology, Science & Art of Turning Contacts into<br />
Connections<br />
The book (The Psychology, Science & Art of Turning Contacts into Connections) is about<br />
leverage. That is the art of getting what you want from all you've got. It so happens that most<br />
(if not all) people suffer from this syndrome of thinking that they are not enough to can pursue<br />
their wildest dreams and as a result, they never manage to get themselves to action towards<br />
such goals. Something that I refer to as personal power and that is our ability to get<br />
ourselves to take action.<br />
In this eBook, you will Discover the key principles on: -<br />
• The best place to begin when you want to turn your idea into<br />
business (breakthrough strategies into any market/industry of your<br />
choice)<br />
• The basic fundamentals that cost companies millions of rands every<br />
day despite the amount of money they make<br />
• How to get or attract the right partners to your business in the right<br />
places to make your business thrive.<br />
• Fail proof strategies on how to start a new business using no money<br />
(ZERO capital)<br />
• How to use “networks” as a business tool to help you and your<br />
business to prosper, even in this tough economy<br />
Primary Strategy on how to start a<br />
profitable business using no money and<br />
without any security according to<br />
Kholofelo Pholafudi<br />
There are plenty of ways in which this can be<br />
achieved and one of the obvious ones is to<br />
sell your vision before it actually materializes<br />
and actually have people pay you hard cash<br />
before the realization of such visions. It all<br />
starts with us believing that indeed one can<br />
believe that you can start a business without<br />
using money because it incredibly difficult to<br />
can get yourself to such possibilities if you<br />
believe it's not possible. The only sad truth is<br />
that whilst many out there are busy hunting for<br />
funding in order to bring their ideas to life, the<br />
elite few are making incredible profits from<br />
their ideas which did not cost them anything in<br />
order to bring such ideas to life.<br />
It has always been an idea that when one has<br />
an idea of some sort that they would have a<br />
form of vision in terms of how they see that<br />
idea unfolding in a number of ways. It is at<br />
such a time that depending on the<br />
competency of the individual that he/she<br />
could start creating alliances or clients that<br />
could start making hard cash commitments<br />
and they can only do so if they truly believe in<br />
what you have to offer.<br />
For example, without spending a cent out of<br />
my own pocket when I wrote my first book<br />
(The Psychology, Science & Art of Turning<br />
Contacts into Connections), I sold more than<br />
147 copies within a month at a cost of R199<br />
per copy before its first print out. That's almost<br />
R30 000 in the bank account before the<br />
printing even starts. The one reason why<br />
many people are obsessed with looking for<br />
capital to kick-start their own ideas is the fact<br />
that they do not want to start from the ground<br />
but rather at a specific level.<br />
A level that many cannot handle as evidenced<br />
by the high failure rate of more 83% of<br />
businesses failing within the first year despite<br />
any amount of money that they received.<br />
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MEGA BUSINESS<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
Henry Ford once said that, “whether you<br />
believe or you can't, you are right.” This<br />
means that depending on your focus, that<br />
which you put much focus on will become a<br />
reality for you. If you believe that you need<br />
money (capital) to start a business then you<br />
will find it difficult to find out which ways in<br />
which you can get yourself started without<br />
using money and the opposite applies. To<br />
date, I've started more than 5 businesses in<br />
different industries all without using any<br />
money and helped more hundreds people to<br />
do the same through my workshops and<br />
mentorship programmes.<br />
F O R M O R E I N F O<br />
L O G O N T O :<br />
networkingbreakthroughs.co.za<br />
To get him involved in your<br />
events or just being in<br />
touch with him, simply send<br />
y o u q u e r y t o<br />
afr8bookings@gmail.com<br />
or on 072 3082554<br />
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MEGA ARTIST<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to<br />
mark a two-dimensional medium. Instruments used include graphite pencils, pen and<br />
ink, inked brushes, wax colour pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, various kinds<br />
of erasers, markers, styluses, various metals (such as silverpoint) and electronic<br />
drawing. An artist who practices or works in technical drawing may be called a drafter or<br />
draftsman or draughtsman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing<br />
The above mentioned tools are what Mojalefa Maponya born and bred in Seshego 29<br />
years ago uses most of the time for his work. He works at a bank as a financial advisor<br />
and during his spare time he is busy with drawing. He is more focused with making<br />
portraits of people. The only platform he uses to share his work is through social media<br />
preferably -in fact only on Facebook. Mojalefa says that he can draw on any page size,<br />
A4 to A1 page. “Those who want a drawing normally send me their photo and I sketch<br />
them, it normally takes me a day or two to complete the sketching”. If you want a pencil<br />
drawing of yourself made unique and artistically authentic.<br />
Contact Mojalefa: 071 871 9274 or send an e-mail to mailmjaymaponya@gmail.com<br />
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MEGA ARTIST<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
Jean-Michel Basquiat<br />
ABSTRACT, FIGURATION<br />
22 DECEMBER 1960-<br />
12 AUGUST 1988<br />
Mega Artists Magazine takes time to<br />
remember revolutionary artists. Artists<br />
who by their work, a movement or style<br />
of thinking and acting has started. A<br />
synopsis of their background is<br />
compiled, to bring light to our readers,<br />
about this Mega Artist.<br />
On this month’s issue we remember a<br />
legend, a free spirited youth who let<br />
nothing pull him down. Jean-Michel<br />
Basquiat was a Black-American artist,<br />
born in Brooklyn, New York. Who by the<br />
age of 4 could read and write. After his<br />
mother’s mental health failures, he started<br />
running away from home, sleeping on park<br />
benches.He would get arrested and<br />
returned home to his father. Basquiat<br />
dropped out of school; his father banished<br />
him from the household and basquait<br />
stayed with friends.<br />
Scull<br />
The Trumpet<br />
Basquiat started a street movement called<br />
“SAMO”(meaning same old shit) during<br />
his teenage days, surviving by selling t-<br />
shirts and home made post cards. During<br />
the day he worked for the Unique Clothing<br />
Warehouse. At night Basquiat and friend Al<br />
Diaz became SAMO, painting his original<br />
art on neighbourhood buildings.<br />
Basquiat’s name is now heard on almost<br />
every rapper(hiphop artist) all over the<br />
globe. His artistry and hunger to survive<br />
using his art as form of expression made<br />
him a legend he is today. As a symbol of<br />
endurance and courage to the youth, JEAN-<br />
MICHEL BASQUIAT is truly a Mega Artist.<br />
COURTESY: www.wikipedia.org / Jean-Michel_Basquiat<br />
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MEGA ARTIST<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
Compiled by: Chantel Seanego<br />
....invest in<br />
yourself, in<br />
your Art.<br />
After reading the cover<br />
story of MAM issue<br />
#2 featuring the<br />
wise 'Senokwane sa Polokwane'<br />
himself, Mopedy, titled 'not a local artist' I got<br />
inspired to write this piece. Mopedy raised an<br />
important point when he explained why he has distanced<br />
himself from the term 'local artist' which in a nutshell is due to<br />
the inferior complex local artists are subjected to, though I advise you<br />
download the issue to read the entire article. He also mentioned the<br />
importance of self-empowerment and being truly hungry to make it, a<br />
timeless article indeed.<br />
Artists in Limpopo, South Africa and all over the world we as your<br />
fans only ask one thing of you: please give us your best. Bring your A<br />
game all the time and we will respond accordingly. To local artists this<br />
hits an even bigger mark, if you want to be respected by promoters,<br />
fans, event planners and your peers, let your work speak for itself.<br />
We are tired of people providing mediocre work with little effort put<br />
into the craft and expecting to be given credit because they are 'local<br />
artists'. Game recognises game-the handwork you put into your craft<br />
will be recognised by other hardworking individuals who will help you<br />
to grow. The least you can do when complaining the state you are<br />
subjected to is to prove that you don't deserve that and the only way<br />
to do that is to produce quality.<br />
The art industry, particularly music since it is what I am a bit familiar<br />
with is tough, there are lots of musicians and dj's appealing to the<br />
same crowd trying to be heard and supported and sadly few of them<br />
are actually making a living off of it. If you want to be among the few<br />
who make it and enjoy the benefits of doing what you love you need<br />
to realise that it is your job. It might excite you, it might be glitsy and<br />
glamy when you are on stage and the adrenaline of a great<br />
performance kicks in. Any successful musician will tell you that lots<br />
of work goes into being successful, I'm sorry to confirm that indeed<br />
nothing that is worth it is free.<br />
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Stop spending the little money you are<br />
making on partying, girls and booze, you<br />
aren't bowling yet- it is not yet time for that,<br />
invest in yourself, in your art. Record your<br />
music in proper studios, get a quality sound<br />
engineer to work with you and always be<br />
open to learning new things. Check out<br />
other artist's offerings and make friends who<br />
share the same vision as you. By friends I<br />
mean contacts namely. Other artists, radio<br />
music compilation staff, journalists and<br />
editors of local magazines and art<br />
organizations (you have nothing to lose and<br />
everything to gain). All in all ensuring that<br />
the publicity you get allows your work to<br />
speak volumes on your behalf.<br />
Your potential contacts are always looking<br />
to make new contacts as well, but as I said<br />
game recognises game so ensure that the<br />
quality you are providing is worth being in<br />
the big league. It is no secret that most event<br />
organisers disrespect local artists; grow<br />
above this by ensuring that your work and<br />
behaviour is worth respecting. A good<br />
reputation and work ethic goes a long way.<br />
Have a standard and always be above it and<br />
above all else listen and appreciate all<br />
feedback whether positive or negative.<br />
Sometimes the best advice might come<br />
from your worst critic or 'hater' as you cool<br />
people like saying. Lastly please remain true<br />
to yourself, grow, learn and be influenced<br />
but never conform. The last thing we need is<br />
saturation of what we are already hearing.<br />
Till next time, gabotse<br />
Chantel is a writer, blogger and self<br />
proclaimed lover of art.<br />
Twitter: @chantel_sean<br />
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Issue no: 03<br />
RIOSITY<br />
Q-riosity real name, Emmanuel M. Mokoka<br />
Jr. born July the 07th 1988 grew up in a<br />
small town in Limpopo province called<br />
Mokopane.Life was not a walk in the park<br />
for Q but his love for music was an escape<br />
route from all the heartaches and pains. In<br />
his first year of high school he was<br />
introduced to hip hop by his brother<br />
Onismus, listening to and imitating rappers<br />
like Wu tang clan, Eminem, Proverb,Jay-z<br />
and Nelly Ville he fell deeply in love with hip<br />
hop and even deeper with the crowd<br />
response whenever he stepped on stage.<br />
He started writing his own songs in 2003,<br />
and was officially introduced to<br />
underground hip hop by Egg-head in 2004<br />
and that's where hip hop started making<br />
sense. After his completion of matric in<br />
2006 he went to study B.compt (bcom<br />
accounting sciences) in 2007 at University<br />
of Limpopo, during the same year he<br />
released his first hip hop project an EP titled<br />
“THE MIC RIPPER” which got him<br />
popularity in the university campus.<br />
Performing at school concerts, hip hop<br />
shows, talent nights etc. Q-riosity was<br />
slowly but surely making a name for<br />
himself.<br />
In 2012 Q-riosity was in his 2nd year out of<br />
varsity he started working on his solo<br />
project, a mixtape titled “If I Knew Then<br />
What I Know Now” featuring hit tracks like<br />
“NkabeKetsebile, Ndiyahamba, and<br />
Whatever It Takes”, which was released on<br />
the 9th of August 2014; Moving physical<br />
Photo by: Q-riosity<br />
copies and selling his music online<br />
@(www.waptrendz.com) he sold over<br />
1500 copies over the past 6 months. Q-<br />
riosity is currently working on music videos<br />
for the mixtape on songs like "The lost<br />
children and Bulamabati".<br />
In December 2013 Q-riosity was granted<br />
an opportunity to be one of the founding<br />
members of a movement in Mokopane<br />
c a l l e d “ A R T I S T I C Y O U T H<br />
EXPRESSIONZ” which aims to utilize art<br />
to positively influence kids in the<br />
community and create a platform for<br />
aspiring artists.<br />
In early 2014 Q-riosity took part in an<br />
international emceeing competition called<br />
“END OF THE WEAK”, during May 2014<br />
he then went to compete in Johannesburg<br />
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and won at the provincial level of the<br />
competition but unfortunately He didn't<br />
make it past the nationals. Q-riosity is not<br />
just solely focused on his music career but<br />
he's also working 8-5 at a local bank, and<br />
he is also writing a hip hop film entitled “IT<br />
IS WHAT IT IS” to be released soon. He is<br />
also a founder of a Hip Hop Battle rap<br />
circuit called "Heads Collide" which hosted<br />
one of the most vicious rap battles on the<br />
1st of Nov 2014 (Double_G vs Q_riosity)<br />
and this battle league will be hosting<br />
monthly rap competitions during 2015. It is<br />
without a doubt that this youngster is<br />
making major moves and will definitely<br />
take South Africa by storm.<br />
For bookings and features<br />
Cell: 0787279785 / 0760313583<br />
Email: Doperhymesayer@gmail.com<br />
Facebook: Q-riosityjnrMokoka<br />
iF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW is<br />
one well-thiought-of mixtape with a flair of<br />
nice flows and vernacular rhymes . Q-riosity<br />
feature a list of talented hip hop artist to<br />
name a few BirthmarkQ , Renegade and X-<br />
Man.<br />
Tracks to look out for on the mixtape is<br />
Nkabe Ke Tsibile , a nice and well<br />
produced track with a good message. It<br />
talks about how crime does not pay-which<br />
is something hip hop artists no longer<br />
preach about. Ke Lahlilwe is also one<br />
motivational somewhat inspiring track with<br />
a dope stroy line and draws a picture of the<br />
struggles of life. Bula Mabati on this one<br />
Q-riosity was just showing off his lyricism<br />
skills. He comes too aggressive and<br />
boastful about how he is the dopest MC.<br />
And on this track he actually sounds like<br />
one.<br />
Like every street credible mixtape, If I knew<br />
Then What I Know Now, stands amidst an<br />
array of well composed mixtapes around<br />
the country. The beat selection and<br />
Production of the mixtape is well arranged<br />
and organised. Like any artwork, flaws are<br />
inevitable. Some tracks sound like they<br />
were recorded in a rush, in a low-budget<br />
studio. But all is well that ends well. Get<br />
your own copy to make and rate the<br />
m i x t a p e , c a u s e t h i s i s m y<br />
experience/opinion and feel with regards to<br />
the mixtape.<br />
The whole mixtape deserves three-and-a<br />
half Mega Stars. We looking forward for<br />
a n o t h e r, h i g h q u a l i t y p r o d u c e d<br />
album/mixtape from this outstanding artist.<br />
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