Today on the podcast we are joined by INCENSE, a South African Christian Rap artist born in Soweto & raised in Pakamisa a Township outside

King Williams Town, in the Eastern Cape, who has been an activist for South Africa’s now biggest Hip Hop Sub-Genre “Christian Hip Hop” since 2011, the year he pioneered TAKE TAKE THE MOVEMENT together with his friends. The movement reached more than 2000 young people who were transformed by the gospel carried in the God-inspired lyrics from poets and rappers. He grew up singing in various church choirs, but the love of poetry and rap was always deeper than singing. He comes from a very strong Christian family, so gospel music was the order of the day, yet pop culture and popular music sparked in him a deeper interest for the arts.

DISCOGRAPHY

Classified, 2013 (album)

Dedications, 2014 (mixtape)

The Process, 2018 (album)

Songs For The Winter, 2020 (EP)

Skhaftin, 2020 (EP)

HONOURS

 His mixtape Dedications received a nomination at the inaugural 2015 MZANSI GOSPEL AWARDS.

in the HIP HOP ALBUM OF THE YEAR Category.

 His latest album The Process debuted at number 1 on Google Play & number 2 on iTunes Hip Hop

Albums Charts on 16 April 2018.

 His latest album The Process got nominated at the 5 th Independent National Gospel Music Awards

(INGOMAs) 2018, in the BEST GOSPEL HIP HOP ALBUM CATEGORY.

 His latest album The Process got the nod at the 2018 SABC CROWN GOSPEL MUSIC AWARDS

in the BEST RAP CATEGORY.

 He completed a successful The Process Tour in 2018, with shows in Cape Town, East London &

Johannesburg.

 Appeared on South Africa’s premier TV Breakfast Show, EXPRESSO BREAKFAST SHOW on

SABC 3, for an extensive interview and a performance of 3 of his hit singles from The Process on

July 12, 2018.

 His 2020 single PEACE was featured on Rapzilla.com, the biggest platform for Christian Hip Hop

in the US.

 His 2020 single PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW was featured on Rapzilla’s CHRISTIAN RAP AFRICA

playlist

MUSIC VIDEOS

 In September 2014 he released his debut music video off his sophomore album Dedications for the

single Feminine Cries which enjoyed extensive air play on both Faith TV channel 341 on DSTV

and Bay TV channel 260 on DSTV.

 In March 2015, he released a follow-up music video for another single, Cloudy Days that also

enjoyed an extensive play on Faith DSTV channel 341 on DSTV and One Gospel DSTV channel 331.

 In July 2015 his music video Cloudy Days was aired on South Africa’s oldest and premier Gospel

music TV show GOSPEL GOLD on SABC 1.

 Recently released a music video for ANONYMOUS, a single of his number 1 album The Process. It

is available for streaming on YouTube.

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

 Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality Summer Carnival 2014 in King Williams Town

 LORD I’M ALMOST 30 COMEDY SHOW by NAPSTA the KING OF CHRISTIAN COMEDY in 2015

 EXPRESSO BREAKFAST SHOW on SABC 3 on July 12, 2018

 THE PROCESS TOUR 2018

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