4-Ones

As a born and bred Sowetan, artists from Soweto make me the proudest.

Trompies is a South African music group who specialize in kwaito music. It seems Kwaito is tickling my fancy this month.

The members Spikiri, Mahoota, Donald Duck, Jakarumba & Mjokes grew up together in the Soweto township and agreed to form a band after they had all completed their music studies in college.

Mi Casa is a house trio or band based in Johannesburg, South Africa and consisting of three members, Dr. Duda and pianist, J'Something, and Mo-T. The band was formed in early 2011 in Johannesburg when all three future members were at a night lounge and decided to perform together.

June's Diary is an American girl group formed by singer Kelly Rowland and director/choreographer Frank Gatson Jr. on the American reality television docu-series Chasing Destiny in 2016. I saw them for the first time when they auditioned and finally became an all girl group mentored by Kelly Rowland. 

One of my earliest childhood memories on my grandmothers 20cm television screen was the fierce beauties of boom shaka. 

We didn't really know them by name but back then summer holidays got so much better vibing to the tunes.

Boom Shaka were a pioneering kwaito music group from South Africa, consisting of Junior Sokhela, Lebo Mathosa, Theo Nhlengethwa and Thembi Seete. Their first album was produced in 1994. Boom Shaka's first single "It's About Time" was released in 1993.

Bambanani

It's about time

Gcwala

Thobela

Free

Lerato

Algeria is a country in North Africa bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea. Covering an area of 2,381,741 square kilometers, Algeria is the largest country in Africa and the tenth largest in the world. Its capital is the city of Algiers. Algiers also holds the record for the city with the largest population in the country.

The cover photo in this podcast is of an Algerian teen artist who adopted her style of painting from Picasso and Matisse. In the 1940s, a 16-year-old girl captured the minds of the art world’s elite. The self-taught artist, Baya Mahieddine (1931-1988) — known as Baya — was finally being celebrated in the first North American exhibition of her work, at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery, March 21st 2018. How timely that this Podcast falls on the anniversary of that special launch. 

Kehlani Ashley Parrish is an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Kehlani is originally from Oakland, California, where she achieved initial fame as a member of the teen group Poplyfe. In 2014 she released her first commercial mixtape, Cloud 19.

Fly colourful Birdie. Fly.

5 Lessons I Learned from being friends with Alex:

1 - To have a strong sense of Self Identity

2 - Don't stop learning.

3 - Limit Being Friendly with a Dose of NO!

4 - Quantify what you do with who you are.

5 - Enjoy fulfilling music.

Anthony Hamilton - Cool

Boom Shaka - Gcwala 

Ayanda Jiya - Trade

JayZ and Beyonce - On the Run (Part 2) Like this Podcast, I guess

Chun Li - Nicki Minaj

In 2018, I found a diamond. Not in the rough, but definitely not any anyone's wedding finger. SO I snatched it!

Included Music: 

Mgarimbe - Sister Bethinna

DVSN - Nuh Time / Tek Time

Seba Kaapstad Ft. Zoe Modiga and Ndumiso Manana - Hello

Kanye West Ft. Nicki Minaj, Bon Iver, Jay Z, Rick Ross - Monster

I just love how you can hear my son hollering in the background. 

Really warms my heart. Working moms man!

What Americans refer to as a BBQ is locally known as a "Braai"... If you know, you know. 

Emcimbini