By Mawande Genu

DIS TRACK, CONTROVERSIAL SONGS: WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAN BEHIND SOUTH AFRICAN HIP-HOP STORM

Once upon a time the South African Hip Hop industry was quiet and running smoothly with sturdy success characterized by a few cold wars with subliminal jibs taken from time to time. Kings were kings with very little to no contest from the young princes and peace reigned supreme until one faithful morning came a young prince from the Eastern Cape who reminded everyone that Hip Hop is a contact sport.

The 22-year-old rapper who goes by the name, Big Xhosa, raised eyebrows when he called out some of the biggest names in the South African Hip Hop industry in his now-viral dis track. The rapper name-dropped almost every big named rapper excusing AKA and Big Zulu in his HIT THEM UP inspired war call mentioning the likes of A Reece, Cassper Nyovest, Kwesta and Nasty C just to name but. Big Xhosa, real name Sesethu Myeki hails from the small town of Cathcart in the Eastern Cape and moved to Gauteng in pursuit of his rapping dreams. Seemingly his disc track was just a sample of what we can expect from the rapper who claims to have awakened the sleeping beast that is South African Hip Hop.

The young rapper who also goes by the name, SOS, was quoted as saying in reference to his viral music video “I feel like people are sleeping in the game. I wanted to do something that will make them start rapping again”. The rapper packs a hardcore gangster rap feel infused with rather comical lyrical content that is anything but short of controversial judging by his recent music.

Big Xhosa has detailed his upbringing on one of the local news websites as a tough one having been raised by his grandmother along with some of his siblings with no other source of income except her social grant. He continued to explain how he started following Hip Hop and who inspired him to become a rapper with his list including a rapper he excused in his dis track AKA.