New rapper Kapfresh is determined to prove to everyone why he's billed as the next best thing in the local hip-hop scene.
The rapper, whose real name is Koketso Motseothata, is an MC on the rise. One of the 23-year-old's hits, Won't Stop, is used as the theme song of SABC1's Mzansi Insider.
He was featured on Yfm's People We Should Know About, while his music has been playlisted on the youth station.
He is calm but speaks with confidence. "I understand someone not liking my style or music, but if you don't like even one song then you're just hating," he says.
Kapfresh is from Lindhaven in Roodepoort and says he wants to represent the West Rand in the hip-hop industry.
"The West Rand is very quiet. I really want to bring more attention to that side. I can't say there's someone holding the flag for us there."
I meet the novice at our offices in Rosebank and with the straight cap he's got on, I double check that he isn't the younger brother of Idols SA presenter Proverb because of the similarities.
He laughs and says: "Not at all. I get that a lot from people though."
He raps in Tswana and English and says his rap style is influenced by the likes of Khuli Chana and Proverb himself.
He tells me his stage name, Kapfresh, was given to him by friends and school mates.
"When I first started in 2012 I went by the name Capital K and then I decided to switch it up. I added the 'Kap' because I'm always wearing a cap and added the 'fresh' because people always tell me I look fresh in one," he says with much swagger.
Kapfresh is not average rapper but he is also a self-taught producer who learnt to master music-creating software. "I want to take responsibility for my work."
One of his self-produced singles, Skang Jella Mona, comes out today.
He came to the interview straight from a class at University of Johannesburg where he is studying computer science.
"I wanted to study music but my mother was sceptical about me studying it; she didn't want me to."
He does plan on studying music in future and is spurred on by the fact that music runs in the family.
"My grandmother is in the church choir, she is a great singer. She always encourages me to do music because years ago when she was around my age, she was offered a contract by one of the record companies but her father said no to her making a career of music."
The rapper will soon launch his own website and was recently unveiled as the ambassador of clothing brand Blur Clothing.
Rapper a fresh voice on hip-hop scene
New rapper Kapfresh is determined to prove to everyone why he's billed as the next best thing in the local hip-hop scene.
The rapper, whose real name is Koketso Motseothata, is an MC on the rise. One of the 23-year-old's hits, Won't Stop, is used as the theme song of SABC1's Mzansi Insider.
He was featured on Yfm's People We Should Know About, while his music has been playlisted on the youth station.
He is calm but speaks with confidence. "I understand someone not liking my style or music, but if you don't like even one song then you're just hating," he says.
Kapfresh is from Lindhaven in Roodepoort and says he wants to represent the West Rand in the hip-hop industry.
"The West Rand is very quiet. I really want to bring more attention to that side. I can't say there's someone holding the flag for us there."
I meet the novice at our offices in Rosebank and with the straight cap he's got on, I double check that he isn't the younger brother of Idols SA presenter Proverb because of the similarities.
He laughs and says: "Not at all. I get that a lot from people though."
He raps in Tswana and English and says his rap style is influenced by the likes of Khuli Chana and Proverb himself.
He tells me his stage name, Kapfresh, was given to him by friends and school mates.
"When I first started in 2012 I went by the name Capital K and then I decided to switch it up. I added the 'Kap' because I'm always wearing a cap and added the 'fresh' because people always tell me I look fresh in one," he says with much swagger.
Kapfresh is not average rapper but he is also a self-taught producer who learnt to master music-creating software. "I want to take responsibility for my work."
One of his self-produced singles, Skang Jella Mona, comes out today.
He came to the interview straight from a class at University of Johannesburg where he is studying computer science.
"I wanted to study music but my mother was sceptical about me studying it; she didn't want me to."
He does plan on studying music in future and is spurred on by the fact that music runs in the family.
"My grandmother is in the church choir, she is a great singer. She always encourages me to do music because years ago when she was around my age, she was offered a contract by one of the record companies but her father said no to her making a career of music."
The rapper will soon launch his own website and was recently unveiled as the ambassador of clothing brand Blur Clothing.
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