I listen to quite an extensively long list of artist both local and international. I'd like to focus on the former in this next post.
There's one artist who is head and shoulders above any other artist in this country and as always this is strictly my PERSONAL opinion.
That man is the reigning, defending, undisputed king of Cape Town, Youngsta. He's been doing music nearly he's entire life and is finally getting some (just some) of the recognition he deserves.
He first came to my attention in 2010 when I took a taxi in Athlone going to Hannover Park via Crawford. Had I not been an atheist, I'd have believed it to be a random act of God.
I woke up late that particular morning and completely missed my bus to Town Centre. Which meant taking a taxi and then taking a bus to Athlone.
It was either that or take a Mowbray bus that was going to drop me off at college late. So I took the first option (obviously). I can honestly say that it's one of the better decisions I made in 2010. So as the taxi was driving this track came on and it just caught my attention and maintained it.
I asked the "sliding door operator" what song this was and he replied, "I don't know the name, but this is Youngsta." It turned out it was a track called Mother City off of he's The Fresh Prince of Nike Airs Vol.1 mixtape.
The song was completely relatable for me and I connected with every syllable. I searched for more material and eventually stumbled upon more mixtapes that he dropped and followed he's now famed "24 mixtapes in 24 months" throughout the rest of 2010 into 2011.
Today, Youngsta is an accomplished artist and regularly murders other rappers on features for sport. I'm proud that he's from KAAPSTAD and representing the city in every aspect of music.
He's released (I think) 27 mixtapes and a few EP's and quite a few singles too. The best taxi ride of my life is the one I took by complete chance.
I decided to write about him, due to missing Russ' come up, but I didn't miss a single second of Youngsta's come up.
Wow, he´s awesome, thank you for sharing this with us! You just earned a new follower with this post!
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You're more than welcome buddy. Yeah he's an amazing artist. Thanks for the follow too
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