June 14, 2024 • 16 mins
In this exciting episode of "Crossing Beats," Kudzai sits down with Kingsley, a dynamic Zimbabwean rap artist and student making waves in South Africa. They delve into Kingsley's unique journey, exploring how he balances his burgeoning music career with the demands of academia. Kingsley shares insights into his creative process, the challenges and triumphs he's faced, and his vision for the future of Zimbabwean hip-hop. Tune in for an inspiring conversation about passion, perseverance, and the power of music to bridge cultures and communities.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's Up Everybody? Welcome to the Chatroom, a podcast dedicated
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(00:25):
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Speaker 2 (00:26):
Enjoy the episode. Yo yo, yo yo, What's Up Everybody?
My name is kazim Or Chandi It Bayer and welcome
to the last episode of the month. I think it's
safe to say that this month has been incredible in
terms of interviews, and today, you know, we're just going
(00:47):
to continue with another great interview. I have a friend
of mine, Kingsley.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Bro.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
How are you doing, m G.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I'm great, Bro, How are you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I'm cozy man, I'm just glad that the Month of
Love is over. G. So you know, along those lines like,
let me ask you what did you do for your
girl this Valentine's Day?
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Man?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Did you do something special? Or you know, was it
all sleep?
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Oh? Sleep?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Man?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
You know I'm single, so there's not much of that
going on.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
So yeah, okay, so you were taking care of yourself.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Man.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Now we love to hear it, man, But yeah, I'm
just so glad you're here. Man. This has been on
the rocks for a minute now, and like you could
hop on.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Man.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
So I just want to ask, and I think this
has been a question with some of your fans as well.
You know, a lot of rappers, because you are a rapper, right,
A lot of rappers come.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Up with, amongst other things.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Years continue lovely.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
But yeah, let's let's let's talk about your rap right,
And your stage name is Kingsley, which is your name.
So what made you decide to go with the stage
name that you know your name and not come up
with something fancy or clear.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
I just thought that it was dope already, to be
honest with you, And yeah, I was just gonna save
me the time.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
You know. I don't think I was going to.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Be able to carry a you know, a made up
name for a career, you know, because I'm in this
for like a career. So I just thought, you know,
just being authentic because it gets it would be the
better thing to do, which just happened to be the
name that I got from my parents.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Oh all right, man, that's I think simple enough. So
what inspired you to come in that band in the
first place?
Speaker 4 (02:43):
I mean, I think different things from from just being
into music, I mean diffferent things over what is my
life so far? Right, from just music being around me
as a kid growing up to TV, you know, seeing
(03:04):
Lil Wayne for the first time or whatever.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
And you know, just and especially high school.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
I think you know, when you get to high school,
you then start to really blend cultures and interests.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
With other people.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
You see when other people's children like you know, and
you're also getting interactive, You're finding yourself and all that.
So I think it was a slow and steady build up,
you know, and then this.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Happened, all right?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Cool?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Gee?
Speaker 2 (03:34):
And you mentioned that you're, oh, you've been always, always
around music. So you know, something that I've realized with
or noticed with rap music and rappers in general, is
that they talk so much about how you need to
be able to write your own music. So you know,
of course, someone that doesn't like you know, that's not
(03:57):
actively in the rap game, right. I just I like
listening to rap music, but I've never really understood that culture.
Why is it so important for a rapper to be
able to write his lyrics.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
It's in a competition. I think. You know, hip hop
is more than just you know, the song. It's a culture,
it's a way of life.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
So you know, taking it to the beginning of this thing,
you know, it's always been a competition. So it's I
can't really give you props for doing something and saying
it's your work but it's not. You know, or you
become number one, but it's not your work. It's just
that thing.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
You know.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
In other genres, you know, it's cool Beyonce's songs, you know,
she doesn't write all of us songs. You know, in
other genres, it's cool they can do that. But here
in hip hop, you know, it's just like a unwritten rule.
But I guess you know, that's just the rap.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Part of it.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
But when it comes to just you know, songwriting and collaboration,
so like you can write a song with someone you know,
but just the raps alone, you know, Nah, it's very
there's there's.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Yeah, very interesting actually, because yeah, I've just always wondered,
you know, you you think of the whole Drake Meek
Mill thing where you know, just by Meek saying you
know you don't write your own reps. It was this
whole saga and all that stuff. So it's always just
been interesting. So just to get into your music, Dog,
(05:31):
And you've got one project. And when I say one project,
I mean like one EP album type of vibes, you know,
Magnum EP. There we go and it's Magnium.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
So why did you choose such a name, Dog, because
you know, I struggled to even pronounce it.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Now. I was thinking, Man, you're crazy. But yeah, that
that one.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
I think that project, that EP happened in twenty eighteen.
I don't really I don't really like to look back
at my own music because I just always think about
creating the next.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Thing most of the times.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
So but you know, since you asked, that thing, was
just me getting back into rap after you know, a
period of time where I had said to myself, I
was just gonna focus on, you know, just pushing my life,
my education and all all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Did you So, yeah, rapping, I'm just too interrupted. When
did you start start?
Speaker 5 (06:38):
If it wasn't, I mean, to be honest with you,
I started rapping when I was in form one. As
soon as I stepped into high school, and I saw
my brother rapping on stage. I was like, Okay, if
he can do it, then I probably can do it too.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
And I just so happened to be good at it.
That's the real story, all right.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Cool, And you said you don't like talking beat, but
let's let's talk forward thing because you've been releasing single
after single, So are you teasing us, bro? Like, is
there something that we should expect coming out to you?
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Yeah? Definitely there is there is something coming.
Speaker 4 (07:18):
The name I'm struggling to choose whether I should just
call it the mixtape or an album because I've been
pretty much making this thing for over a year and
now a year in some months. Pretty much, I can
definitely say the first single from this thing is.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Already out, which is I Got It? You know that one? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (07:44):
So the name of the project between I'm gonna choose
whether it's some next tape or an album, but the
name of it is called Therapy, And yeah, I think.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Why is that? Why is that other for yourself or
is it for like us the listeners?
Speaker 4 (08:02):
I think I think it's definitely for myself because on
this project, I just tried to make music that I
wanted to listen to. You know, you get to a
point where even okay, for example, an artist or a
point that I.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Had reached it.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
You know, during this journey was a point where I
was making music, but it wasn't the music that I
wanted to listen to or that I liked to listen to,
you know, so I had to kind of take a
step back.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
And it's just part of the reason why the project
project is called therapy.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
But yeah, it's it's it's just one of those things
where I just wanted to start making music that I
actually wanted.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
To listen to, all right, And that's that's a crazy story, man.
And just to talking about discover rediscovering your yourself, you know,
finding your sound. Did you have any direct influence? And
when I say that, I mean like, like you know,
growing up you mentioned you were a fan of Low Weigh,
So was he like a direct influence or are you
(09:08):
thinking I don't know, But do you understand what I
mean when.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
I was dead, I mean overally or just on this
project alone?
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Are you talking about just like on my stosterapy as
it is going to be.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
No, no, no, I'm talking about generally like your overall
because you talk you talked about taking a break and
being coming back. So during that break, you know, who
was your inspiration? Like, where were you looking at?
Speaker 4 (09:36):
I was looking all over, to be honest, because I
like all kinds of music.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
I don't just like hip hop. I like pop, I
like R and B, I like G funk.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
You know, I like a lot of stuff that a
lot of people might not like or might not want
to admit in front of their friends.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
You know, that's that's me. That's me. And and here's
what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
If I can be that person that listens to all
this music and all this music inspires me to make
hip hop or whatever that I'll be making with my voice,
I feel like, you know, it's just a wide spectrum
of things that inspire me in general. But you know,
I do think obviously Low Wayne jay Z, just in
(10:26):
terms of rap. Yeah, those are the two amongst other
other other other other people.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Yeah, all right, man, that makes sense. Gee, And I
mean rap music in Africa is just, you know, it's
not that big. I don't know if it's starting. It's starting,
it's starting, it's starting to be big. So where do
you think your place is in hip hop in Africa?
Because you know, all these young people and young rappers
(10:55):
are coming up, so we wised Kingsley and all that.
When you play your party, you.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
Know, you just have to plan your your career accordingly,
you know, everyone.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
I'm not trying to be in someone else's laying.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
I'm not trying to do what what someone else has done,
you know.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
I'm just trying to bring out the best version of me.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
But on your point, my position in rap in Africa
where I am right now expanding into whatever, I just
think the aim is not really to just be in rap,
is to just really have a place in music, you know,
(11:38):
in music just because you know, the thing is, at
the end of the day, you it's the music that communicates,
you know.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
So it can be rap, it can be bus it
can be that.
Speaker 4 (11:49):
But I just like to think that it's buddles at
some point, because you know, when you when you're getting
up for an award or whatever, you're up against other
people who might not be in the same genre as you,
and now you're asking yourself, you know where am I?
So I just don't like to put a lot of boundaries,
and I think that's my place. Yeah, I'm limitless. I
(12:11):
just want to be limitless.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
That's that's cozy, man, And I'm sure everybody is excited
to hear what you've got in store for us, man.
And I've just got a couple of questions you know,
that are fun. I love to call them my fun questions,
and it's basically what do you prefer this or that
or yes or no question type of vibes. So the
first question that I have for you, man, and this
(12:36):
this one, I've been curious, bro, I've really been a left.
No it's not deep, but like it's it's something that
has been on Twitter as well. So yeah, Cardi b
or Nicki Mina.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
You know, I grew up on young Moneys, Nikki.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Megy all Day, Nicky all Day and Jake Cole or
Lamar Kendrick.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Kendrick you gotta be first attire you got no, Yeah,
all right, cool. And I'm not saying Jacob isn't. I'm
not saying Jacob isn't. I'm just saying, you know.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Thank you for ed thank you for editing, because I
was like, yeah, because I know, but that's a tough one.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Yeah, I just have in my phone.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
All right, all right, that's interesting man, So say it's
your first date. It is the month of love, so
I had to ask this question. But say you're taking
your girl or a girl for the first date, would
you take her out for dinner or would you take
her out for a movie.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Dinner dinner.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
I like privacy, I like I contact, I like you know,
I like to fill your presence and all that.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
I hope you if if you're into dinner, you know
whose DMS to hit up tonight. But yeah, any I'm
more Christen. Would you reply your girl if you are
playing FIFA with the guys, what.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Do you mean by your girl? Like, what's the title
your girl? My girl? Is that she's your goal?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Man?
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Girl?
Speaker 1 (14:23):
What?
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Like the people get offended? Man? You need to clear
that up? Like girlfriend, girlfriend right, like a girlfriend.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
Let's go with that.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
I would at some point, I would definitely imply the message.
I mean, like, then you're stepping on man is stumbling?
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Man is stumbling.
Speaker 4 (14:52):
The thing is, you know, the thing is I'm not
like a FIFA person, So I probably reply when it's
see about that, see about that?
Speaker 2 (15:03):
That makes sense, That makes sense, So I'm sure those
goals will still hit up your DM. I mean, I mean,
I'm just missing with you I'm just missing with you.
But man, it's been a blast having you here. And
just before thanks for having Yeah, but before we let
(15:23):
you go, Gee, you know we want to hear what
you think, and please please make your advice. You know
African rappers that are trying to get into the game
and you know that are just out there doing the thing. Man,
what advice can you give them?
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Do what you love? I guess, do what they the
way you want to do it.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
You know, because if you're doing it the way someone
else wants to do it, they're just living their dreams
through you. So it's just best to attack something.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
You know.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
It's just best to own your time. You know, you
got to own your time. But that takes a lot
of understanding to do. So just do things the way
you want to do that.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
All right?
Speaker 2 (16:02):
Cool man? Short, sweet and simple, that's how we love it.
But Kingsley, Man, it's been a blast having you here.
And trust me, we are all excited you know for
that EP or mixtape or album to drop man who knows,
who knows what the futures and story. But thank you
for coming on.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Gee, welcome bro, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
No problem, and yes chat is that's the end of
this episode, and that's the end of the month of
Love here, let's call it that. But it's been a
blast and yea, until next time, peace,
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(00:25):
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Speaker 2 (00:26):
Enjoy the episode. Yo yo, yo yo, What's Up Everybody?
My name is kazim Or Chandi It Bayer and welcome
to the last episode of the month. I think it's
safe to say that this month has been incredible in
terms of interviews, and today, you know, we're just going
(00:47):
to continue with another great interview. I have a friend
of mine, Kingsley.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Bro.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
How are you doing, m G.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I'm great, Bro, How are you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I'm cozy man, I'm just glad that the Month of
Love is over. G. So you know, along those lines like,
let me ask you what did you do for your
girl this Valentine's Day?
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Man?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Did you do something special? Or you know, was it
all sleep?
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Oh? Sleep?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Man?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
You know I'm single, so there's not much of that
going on.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
So yeah, okay, so you were taking care of yourself.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Man.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Now we love to hear it, man, But yeah, I'm
just so glad you're here. Man. This has been on
the rocks for a minute now, and like you could
hop on.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Man.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
So I just want to ask, and I think this
has been a question with some of your fans as well.
You know, a lot of rappers, because you are a rapper, right,
A lot of rappers come.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Up with, amongst other things.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Years continue lovely.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
But yeah, let's let's let's talk about your rap right,
And your stage name is Kingsley, which is your name.
So what made you decide to go with the stage
name that you know your name and not come up
with something fancy or clear.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
I just thought that it was dope already, to be
honest with you, And yeah, I was just gonna save
me the time.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
You know. I don't think I was going to.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Be able to carry a you know, a made up
name for a career, you know, because I'm in this
for like a career. So I just thought, you know,
just being authentic because it gets it would be the
better thing to do, which just happened to be the
name that I got from my parents.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Oh all right, man, that's I think simple enough. So
what inspired you to come in that band in the
first place?
Speaker 4 (02:43):
I mean, I think different things from from just being
into music, I mean diffferent things over what is my
life so far? Right, from just music being around me
as a kid growing up to TV, you know, seeing
(03:04):
Lil Wayne for the first time or whatever.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
And you know, just and especially high school.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
I think you know, when you get to high school,
you then start to really blend cultures and interests.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
With other people.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
You see when other people's children like you know, and
you're also getting interactive, You're finding yourself and all that.
So I think it was a slow and steady build up,
you know, and then this.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Happened, all right?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Cool?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Gee?
Speaker 2 (03:34):
And you mentioned that you're, oh, you've been always, always
around music. So you know, something that I've realized with
or noticed with rap music and rappers in general, is
that they talk so much about how you need to
be able to write your own music. So you know,
of course, someone that doesn't like you know, that's not
(03:57):
actively in the rap game, right. I just I like
listening to rap music, but I've never really understood that culture.
Why is it so important for a rapper to be
able to write his lyrics.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
It's in a competition. I think. You know, hip hop
is more than just you know, the song. It's a culture,
it's a way of life.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
So you know, taking it to the beginning of this thing,
you know, it's always been a competition. So it's I
can't really give you props for doing something and saying
it's your work but it's not. You know, or you
become number one, but it's not your work. It's just
that thing.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
You know.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
In other genres, you know, it's cool Beyonce's songs, you know,
she doesn't write all of us songs. You know, in
other genres, it's cool they can do that. But here
in hip hop, you know, it's just like a unwritten rule.
But I guess you know, that's just the rap.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Part of it.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
But when it comes to just you know, songwriting and collaboration,
so like you can write a song with someone you know,
but just the raps alone, you know, Nah, it's very
there's there's.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Yeah, very interesting actually, because yeah, I've just always wondered,
you know, you you think of the whole Drake Meek
Mill thing where you know, just by Meek saying you
know you don't write your own reps. It was this
whole saga and all that stuff. So it's always just
been interesting. So just to get into your music, Dog,
(05:31):
And you've got one project. And when I say one project,
I mean like one EP album type of vibes, you know,
Magnum EP. There we go and it's Magnium.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
So why did you choose such a name, Dog, because
you know, I struggled to even pronounce it.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Now. I was thinking, Man, you're crazy. But yeah, that
that one.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
I think that project, that EP happened in twenty eighteen.
I don't really I don't really like to look back
at my own music because I just always think about
creating the next.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Thing most of the times.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
So but you know, since you asked, that thing, was
just me getting back into rap after you know, a
period of time where I had said to myself, I
was just gonna focus on, you know, just pushing my life,
my education and all all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Did you So, yeah, rapping, I'm just too interrupted. When
did you start start?
Speaker 5 (06:38):
If it wasn't, I mean, to be honest with you,
I started rapping when I was in form one. As
soon as I stepped into high school, and I saw
my brother rapping on stage. I was like, Okay, if
he can do it, then I probably can do it too.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
And I just so happened to be good at it.
That's the real story, all right.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Cool, And you said you don't like talking beat, but
let's let's talk forward thing because you've been releasing single
after single, So are you teasing us, bro? Like, is
there something that we should expect coming out to you?
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Yeah? Definitely there is there is something coming.
Speaker 4 (07:18):
The name I'm struggling to choose whether I should just
call it the mixtape or an album because I've been
pretty much making this thing for over a year and
now a year in some months. Pretty much, I can
definitely say the first single from this thing is.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Already out, which is I Got It? You know that one? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (07:44):
So the name of the project between I'm gonna choose
whether it's some next tape or an album, but the
name of it is called Therapy, And yeah, I think.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Why is that? Why is that other for yourself or
is it for like us the listeners?
Speaker 4 (08:02):
I think I think it's definitely for myself because on
this project, I just tried to make music that I
wanted to listen to. You know, you get to a
point where even okay, for example, an artist or a
point that I.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Had reached it.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
You know, during this journey was a point where I
was making music, but it wasn't the music that I
wanted to listen to or that I liked to listen to,
you know, so I had to kind of take a
step back.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
And it's just part of the reason why the project
project is called therapy.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
But yeah, it's it's it's just one of those things
where I just wanted to start making music that I
actually wanted.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
To listen to, all right, And that's that's a crazy story, man.
And just to talking about discover rediscovering your yourself, you know,
finding your sound. Did you have any direct influence? And
when I say that, I mean like, like you know,
growing up you mentioned you were a fan of Low Weigh,
So was he like a direct influence or are you
(09:08):
thinking I don't know, But do you understand what I
mean when.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
I was dead, I mean overally or just on this
project alone?
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Are you talking about just like on my stosterapy as
it is going to be.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
No, no, no, I'm talking about generally like your overall
because you talk you talked about taking a break and
being coming back. So during that break, you know, who
was your inspiration? Like, where were you looking at?
Speaker 4 (09:36):
I was looking all over, to be honest, because I
like all kinds of music.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
I don't just like hip hop. I like pop, I
like R and B, I like G funk.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
You know, I like a lot of stuff that a
lot of people might not like or might not want
to admit in front of their friends.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
You know, that's that's me. That's me. And and here's
what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
If I can be that person that listens to all
this music and all this music inspires me to make
hip hop or whatever that I'll be making with my voice,
I feel like, you know, it's just a wide spectrum
of things that inspire me in general. But you know,
I do think obviously Low Wayne jay Z, just in
(10:26):
terms of rap. Yeah, those are the two amongst other
other other other other people.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Yeah, all right, man, that makes sense. Gee, And I
mean rap music in Africa is just, you know, it's
not that big. I don't know if it's starting. It's starting,
it's starting, it's starting to be big. So where do
you think your place is in hip hop in Africa?
Because you know, all these young people and young rappers
(10:55):
are coming up, so we wised Kingsley and all that.
When you play your party, you.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
Know, you just have to plan your your career accordingly,
you know, everyone.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
I'm not trying to be in someone else's laying.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
I'm not trying to do what what someone else has done,
you know.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
I'm just trying to bring out the best version of me.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
But on your point, my position in rap in Africa
where I am right now expanding into whatever, I just
think the aim is not really to just be in rap,
is to just really have a place in music, you know,
(11:38):
in music just because you know, the thing is, at
the end of the day, you it's the music that communicates,
you know.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
So it can be rap, it can be bus it
can be that.
Speaker 4 (11:49):
But I just like to think that it's buddles at
some point, because you know, when you when you're getting
up for an award or whatever, you're up against other
people who might not be in the same genre as you,
and now you're asking yourself, you know where am I?
So I just don't like to put a lot of boundaries,
and I think that's my place. Yeah, I'm limitless. I
(12:11):
just want to be limitless.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
That's that's cozy, man, And I'm sure everybody is excited
to hear what you've got in store for us, man.
And I've just got a couple of questions you know,
that are fun. I love to call them my fun questions,
and it's basically what do you prefer this or that
or yes or no question type of vibes. So the
first question that I have for you, man, and this
(12:36):
this one, I've been curious, bro, I've really been a left.
No it's not deep, but like it's it's something that
has been on Twitter as well. So yeah, Cardi b
or Nicki Mina.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
You know, I grew up on young Moneys, Nikki.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Megy all Day, Nicky all Day and Jake Cole or
Lamar Kendrick.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Kendrick you gotta be first attire you got no, Yeah,
all right, cool. And I'm not saying Jacob isn't. I'm
not saying Jacob isn't. I'm just saying, you know.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Thank you for ed thank you for editing, because I
was like, yeah, because I know, but that's a tough one.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Yeah, I just have in my phone.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
All right, all right, that's interesting man, So say it's
your first date. It is the month of love, so
I had to ask this question. But say you're taking
your girl or a girl for the first date, would
you take her out for dinner or would you take
her out for a movie.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Dinner dinner.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
I like privacy, I like I contact, I like you know,
I like to fill your presence and all that.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
I hope you if if you're into dinner, you know
whose DMS to hit up tonight. But yeah, any I'm
more Christen. Would you reply your girl if you are
playing FIFA with the guys, what.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Do you mean by your girl? Like, what's the title
your girl? My girl? Is that she's your goal?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Man?
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Girl?
Speaker 1 (14:23):
What?
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Like the people get offended? Man? You need to clear
that up? Like girlfriend, girlfriend right, like a girlfriend.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
Let's go with that.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
I would at some point, I would definitely imply the message.
I mean, like, then you're stepping on man is stumbling?
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Man is stumbling.
Speaker 4 (14:52):
The thing is, you know, the thing is I'm not
like a FIFA person, So I probably reply when it's
see about that, see about that?
Speaker 2 (15:03):
That makes sense, That makes sense, So I'm sure those
goals will still hit up your DM. I mean, I mean,
I'm just missing with you I'm just missing with you.
But man, it's been a blast having you here. And
just before thanks for having Yeah, but before we let
(15:23):
you go, Gee, you know we want to hear what
you think, and please please make your advice. You know
African rappers that are trying to get into the game
and you know that are just out there doing the thing. Man,
what advice can you give them?
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Do what you love? I guess, do what they the
way you want to do it.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
You know, because if you're doing it the way someone
else wants to do it, they're just living their dreams
through you. So it's just best to attack something.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
You know.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
It's just best to own your time. You know, you
got to own your time. But that takes a lot
of understanding to do. So just do things the way
you want to do that.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
All right?
Speaker 2 (16:02):
Cool man? Short, sweet and simple, that's how we love it.
But Kingsley, Man, it's been a blast having you here.
And trust me, we are all excited you know for
that EP or mixtape or album to drop man who knows,
who knows what the futures and story. But thank you
for coming on.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Gee, welcome bro, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
No problem, and yes chat is that's the end of
this episode, and that's the end of the month of
Love here, let's call it that. But it's been a
blast and yea, until next time, peace,
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