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HIGHBROW: Sizwe Moeketsi

 I do not swear. But I speak about things that would make the listener swear 

He comes across as a well-mannered man.

Moeketsi says his previous job in advertising played a key role in shaping his look and mannerisms.

He said: "My fashion sense was influenced by my previous job. I used to handle a clothing store account. This exposed me to different styles and different people."

But what would rap music be without a sprinkle of a swearword or two?

"I do not swear. But I speak about things that would make the listener swear. This is informed by the realisation that I do not exist in hip-hop, but hip-hop exists in me," says the witty rapper.

The 25-year-old decided, at 22, to marry his girlfriend of seven years "after realising that we were going to be together for a while".

The father of two was exposed to rap at a tender age when he used to listen to his cousin's CDs.

He came up as a battle rapper competing in numerous competitions, both official and on the street corner.

"When my cousin left our house, he left me with most of his music. I used to spend time listening to it. Rap music grew into me," says Moeketsi, who was born in Tembisa and raised in Katlehong.

He later met a friend, Sithembiso Herimbi, with whom he recorded a CD. His maiden studio release, The Reasoning, boasts the production talents of Battlekat, Instro, Mizi, Rastic Ras and Ootz the Afronaut. The offering garnered critical acclaim posting four stars in Hype Magazine, positioning it as one of South Africa's highest rated albums in 2010.

He then joined Kool Out Entertainment as the featured emcee and host for all Johannesburg events. He has performed with international artists, such as Ras Kass, Qwazaar (Typical Cats), K'naan and Masta Ace.

It wasn't long before Johannesburg took notice and he began appearing on YFM delivering breakfast jingles for DJ Fresh on the station's then Unrestricted Breakfast Show in 2005.

About his latest album Moeketsi says: "The album is a futuristic look into hip-hop and how musical it can be. It is produced by some of the best and it is set to excite music lovers."

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Tue May 21 15:01:45 SAST 2013 ::

Jul 9, 2012

Memme

Ke mang mosemane woo bathong? Okare ga a hlape skoon so. Lebella dieta tsa gagwe...
Hai - ke tshaba fashion.
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Jul 9, 2012

mathopeed

At age 25 you fathering two kids. Married at the age of 22. Yeeer, i wonder how many youl have by the age of 40. Sekolo sona o se tseni nako mang buti?
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Jul 9, 2012

daluks

REASON de Mass
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Jul 9, 2012

daluks

One o' the best mrapper mo Mzansi
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Jul 9, 2012

KAPITALV

THANKS TO ZENOYISE JOHN FOR DOING THIS ARTICLE.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SPLEEPING ON THIS REPPER. SOONER OR LATER YOU GUYS WILL KNOW WHAT THIS MAN IS ALL ABOUT.
AND I KNOW HE AND TUMI FROM THE VOLUME ARE BREWING SOMETHING SPECIAL.
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Jul 9, 2012

MzCritic

Memme & Mathopeed why comment on something or some1 you don’t know, I actually know dis guy bcoz I grow up with him in Mofokeng Sec Katlehong, his actually a great person, he grow up in a township faced with many obstacles, but he managed to overcome most of them & I respect him for that, we can all ask for Jesus to help us but not all of us are going to get helped, so not all of us are going to get educated to be able to make money & earn a leaving, I take it that both of you are educated but you are busy reading & hatting on an uneducated rapper who is trying to make a leaving, Reason rocks so deal with it
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Jul 9, 2012

Epic1

HOMEBOY!!!!! K1 STAND UP!!!!!!
DO IT LIKE I CAN!!!!
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Jul 9, 2012

Tabza325is

@MzCritic, advice your homeboy to go back to his job cause rapping in SA doesn't pay.
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Jul 9, 2012

rabelanil

rap is all about swearing and bling bling so those hu got prob must fist look at the roots of rap then complain.... big up reason... u r awa nas and busta rhyms
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Jul 9, 2012

Tabza325is

@rabelanil
"rap is all about swearing and bling bling so those hu got prob must fist look at the roots of rap then complain.... big up reason... u r awa nas and busta rhyms "

You must be new to hiphop, listen to old school Cool Moe Dee and Melle Mel, Rakim back in 86, before gansta-rap, rappers were clean back in the days, bling and swearing are not the roots of hiphop, I would say flair instired of bling was the root of arrogance in MCs, Big Daddy Kane, KRSOne the roots of straight talk in rap, Melle Mel from the Furious Five was first rapper to call himself an MC long before rappers called themselves MCs, the Furious Five were clean and had an arrogant flair in how they presented themselves, back then cats were all about being smooth, not swearing and bling bling....
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