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Y’all gonn’ learn today, we say that because we got an alumni in the middle seat. Sobering masses we got the one and only ByLwansta, a creative multi disciplinarian of note. Since we last caught up with him, he’s gone on to release the two final chapters of his Spijonget trilogy and he’s also spearheading his creative flanked by two of his business partners, making sure the ByLwansta brand soars even higher in varying creative forms. Press play and enjoy. Don’t forget to use the promo TCTS30 on TuneCore for a dope discount on your first or next upload.

00:00 Intros
03:30 Catching Up With ByLwansta
06:00 Take outs from every Spijonget chapter
26:00 Keeping the By without favours and the NORMVL businesses.
49:28 Partnering with brands
01:00:55 Second Guessing Yourself As An Artist
01:12:10 Independent AF with TuneCore
01:35:00 Outros

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Filmed at Flame Studios, Con Hill.
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It’s season 6, you know we goin’ in hard. We still rolling with TuneCore and pushing independence to the core. In the middle seat we got the man, who some have also described as a myth, but we’re here with Mashayabhuqe Ka Mamba a.k.a Mr South Africa to put all those myth chats to bed. This man fathered a whole sound and bunch of kids but disappeared, today he’s back in the cut and telling his story. You know it’s bound to be litty. Press play and enjoy. Don’t forget to use the promo TCTS30 on TuneCore for a dope discount on your first or next upload.

00:00 Intros
04:06 Catching Up With Mashayabhuqe
08:20 Independent Hurdles
17:36 Royalty Corruption
24:28 Beginning Of The Quiet Storm
40:06 Pulling Down Music From DSPs And The Future In Space
01:09:40 Animosity On Past Affiliations
01:30:10 Hitting Zuck Up
01:40:00 Outros

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Editor: Lwazi @Umsindisiwesiko
Photographer: Ben @Benxtrill

Oh, we back-back and we’re at Flame Studios with TuneCore, the dopest digital distributor. You know how we do; we’re touching on some of the recent events just before we put you on game on how to get your coins with your music with TuneCore. Sit back, press play and enjoy.
 
00:00 Intros
02:16 Heavy Lifting, Rest In Peace to Our Fallen Soldiers
10:30 The Catch Up
12:20 New Music
24:12 The Independence Way, The TuneCore Way
35:10 The Beautiful Indie Struggle
40:00 Outros
 
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Editor: Lwazi @Umsindisiwesiko
Photographer: Ben @Benxtrill

Back at it with another special episode with none other than the very talented visionary and multi-event curator, Nandi ‘MamakaShaka’ Dlepu. You might know her from The WKND Social back in the day or most recently with all her fire parties and listening sessions. Nandi has been at the eye of the storm with her business since the pandemic hit, we get to find out how she prevailed and what it means to her and her business for people to roll up their sleeves and vaccinate. Press play, enjoy the episode and don’t forget to #RollUpYourSleevesSA and vaccinate.

This episode is brought to you by the @The Solidarity Fund

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Being an OG takes sometime but not for our guest, Lucasraps. On this episode we get to find out how the 031 rapper got OG status at such a young age, not only that; we also dig deeper into his story and find out what made him drop out of school, his relationship with DJ Maphorisa, his new album ‘031 To The World’ and much more. Press play and enjoy.

00:00 Intros
05:16 Straight Into The Criticism
08:46 Getting To Know Lucasraps
19:20 Dropping Out Of School and Moving In With DJ Maphorisa
41:00 Winning ‘Put Me On’
50:00 Eminem Divides The Room
56:00 Relationship With Blxckie
01:04:00 That Big Ass House and The Business
01:14:00 Getting Into ‘031 To The World’
01:36:00 Outros

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We’re back and aware that we skipped episode 12, that’s because 13 is Kid X’s fav number, so we did what we had to do for Zen’s father. Day ones already know what it’s like when we link up with X, a beautiful time of double dutching. There’s a lot to catch up on with X, so we close some loops that developed over time and get into the future and the present at the same time. Press play and enjoy.  
 
00:00 Intros
06:38 The past collapses – The Mediator
31:38 Consumed by the art
48:22 Working on Thank Da King
52:38Working on Father Of Zen as a Family and the Egypt influence
01:00:38 The Art and The Music
01:09:38 The Profit
01:12:34 Riddance Of Vices
01:26:38 The ‘Missing’ Rhyme Scheme
01:44:25 The closing of the chapters
01:52:40 Outros
 
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We back and we outside, coming to you from the north-north with the one only Lord of The Jig, Zingah. Definitely one of the realest out there, been in the game for a while and there was definitely a lot to talk about. Zingah doesn’t hold back as we get to understand his journey better and his upcoming project.

00:00 Intro
04:21 Getting into other genres
07:21 From Smashis to Zingah
18:38 Being A Musician
28:26 Poking At Bears
34:20 Lessons From CashTime
42:00 Moving Around and Ending Up In Jozi
49:37 The cup in the hand
01:03:27 The album
01:15:00 Wrap Up

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Ladies and gentleman, we got one of the hardest working rappers in the country. Gigi LaMayne is in the middle seat with her Mermaids and stuff. There is quite a bit to chop through with Gigi, from her spiritual journey to her independence and everything else in between. Press play and let’s go play with the mermaids.

00:00 Intro
03:00 New music talk
07:30 Catching Up with Gigi
24:52 Moving From Mabala Records to Ambitious Entertainment
29:34 Going Back To Indie
36:00 Mermaids and Stuff
52:30 Gigi’s Ways Around The Bag
55:56 Darkest Time In The Industry
01:02:20 Outro

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We got a very special alumni in the middle seat, so a re rappeng. Ladies and gents, Priddy Ugly is in the cut, we were lucky enough to catch him just before his upcoming album hits DSPs, which we delve into and much more. You know the vibes when we link up with Priddy, press play and get with the vibes. Mokgethwa couldn’t make the episode but the bling bow must go on. Enjoy!

00:00 Intros
03:00 Catching up with Priddy
18:50 The GAS x Stay Low relationship
27:56 The birthday freestyle
37:00 The minute project with Youngsta CPT
45:20 Lining up the features for the next album
01:05:00 Getting into the album, SOIL
01:39:00 Outros

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Shot and edited by Snaps By Kitso
Photos by @Benxtrill

If you’re about your fresh you’ve definitely heard of Dale Strime, the mastermind behind Swede & Crowe, Streeks and now at the helm of design at Jonathan D. This man has been a key figure in the Joburg streetwear scene for almost ten years now, thanks to the good people at KIWI, we’re able to have a chat with him and get to understand how he lines up his fits and much more.

00:00 Intros
03:00 Events and Music Recap
16:00 Getting To Know Dale and His Position at Jonathan D
24:07 Dale’s Style Journey
42:00 Where Does The Whole Style Thing Come From?
47:47 The Future of Fashion and Responsible Buying.
01:00:07 Assessing The Streetwear and High Fashion Landscape
01:21:00 How Do You Wear Your Pride?
01:24:00 Outros

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