One thing is for sure, the young kids these
days definitely have it easier in as far as options to follow music as a
career. In our day, you would’ve gotten a good caning for wanting to o anything
other than school while your parents paid fees.
As an artist it always takes time for you
discover yourself and what works perfectly for you. The high school act award
will ensure competition and good music starts at an early age. The quality of
Zim Hip Hop is bound to get better exponentially!!
This young man started getting involved
with hip hop in 2009 when he was a student at Kutama College. Teri Joc and some
friends had a clique of rappers where they involved the whole stream but were
the leaders as they were deemed the cream of the crop. This was all for fun
though, those who have been to boarders know you need to keep yourself sane.
It was only after he transferred to
Churchill that a lot of people pressured him to take hip hop up seriously since
they strongly believe he would make it. It was the pressure and encouragement
that drove him to work harder and he went on a grind in search for studios to
work at. His first recording was at a home studio (sound familiar?) owned by
Almera, the dancehall artist who he worked with on the song.
The great support system at home helped him
make the next big steps. He was told to contact his cousin Tatea who seemed to
be getting it right in the industry. He linked up with him, one thing led to
another and Tatea took him to Freestyle Fridays with the rest of MMT. Really
impressed by this Teri’s work, later took him to Rehab Entertainment studios
where he was introduced to and immediately hit it off with YoungNash. That led to the making and subsequently the
release of his first track. Teri told the PUSH Team of the pleasant surprise of
hearing himself on radio some time afterwards.
Teri then had to deal with a fame burst as
everyone at school suddenly wanted to be his friend and his friends increased.
He told us how hay he was as he had made his family proud; his mother, his
grandmother, everyone really
He recently release a single titled
“Hapana” which features Boi Mac and triple award nominee Crooger. We had the
opportunity to hear it and we loved it! He believes people love it and it has
been a part of the puzzle that earned him his nomination for Best High School
Act in his first year in the industry! He says that after awards he starts work
on his first Album but gave no release date or period.
The PUSH Team also asked him a couple of
questions and these were his responses:
How seriously do you take the music? A lot of artists
slacken when they get older. Do you see yourself joining that wagon?
“Noo I love music... I see myself s a grandad still making
music. Well, at JayZ's age I definitely will still be making music
Who inspires you locally?
“Tatea, Yachi (Mariachi) & Jnr Brown”
Who would you want to work within the industry?
Producers and artists
“Simba Tagz, Few Kings, Kapital K, Take 5, YoungNash
(as an artist this time), Marcques “
So, as the PUSH
Team, we want to thank everyone believed in this young artist and the many
others like him.
PUSH
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