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On this episode of the #TheDojo we introduce yal to Tholulwazi Reconciliator Phungula entrepreneur and founder of T.R.P watches, We find out why he entered into selling watches, why he chose to name the brand after his own name, how he got the business off the ground and the difficulties of doing business coming from a small town like Bethlehem in the Free State. We move on to discuss grooming and compare the grooming habits of men vs women and take sometime to plug products by Manscaped, we got an opportunity to try out and use. We briefly touch on the local elections that are coming up and lament the division of the black vote. We speak on black consciousness and the deterioration of black communities and we round off the pod pondering on our cultural customs and manners.

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

02:42 We meet Tholulwazi Reconciliator Phungula entrepreneur and founder of T.R.P watches.

01:14:00 MANSCAPED promo, we discuss grooming and compare the grooming habits of men vs women and plug products by Manscaped.

01:53:00 Touching on the local elections that are coming up and lament the division of the black vote.

02:27:12 We speak on black consciousness and the deterioration of black communities.

03:09:32 Round off the pod pondering on our cultural customs and manners.

On this episode of the #TheDojo we are joined by the very talented young OG in the South African Hip Hop scene, Maggz. We start things off with shooting the shits with MA double and get his opinion on Shimza's utterances that hip hop in SA is dead. We discuss some hip hop artists jumping on the Amapiano genre and appearing to just be riding on the band wagon. We lament government's support of artists and the favouritism that is apparent with regards to whose initiatives get funded and supported by government. We ponder the pitting of artist against each other in relation to the comparison of Kamo Mphela and Babes Wodumo's careers. We touch briefly on Aka's career and how he's been able to keep himself relevant in light of his recent release with Costa Titch. We ask Maggz if he would take the dinner with Jay Z or 500k. Maggz recounts the end of Glitz Gang and what led to the relationship breakdown between himself and Bongani Fassie. We speak on the business of hip hop and having the right team.

We round out the Pod by delving into Maggz's career and giving him his flowers.

*Recorded, mixed and mastered by Oros42

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