Issa Matthews Is A Male, Born in PRETORIA At Ga-Rankuwa Hospital On The 5th July 1988. He Grew Up In The EASTERN CAPE (Sterkspruit) In A Small Rural Village Called KwaMagadla, Where He Was Raised by His Grandparents But Now He Is Based In Pretoria (Atteridgeville). He Also Spent Three Years In KwaZulu-Natal (Umzimkhulu) Attending School At Malenge J.S.S And Spent A Year And Few Months In Johannesburg Were He Attended Collage At The Academy Of Sound Engineering. He Is An Artist/Rapper, Song Writer, Producer, DJ, Comedian And A Graduate In Sound Engineering And Music Business. Issa Fell In Love With Music At An Early age He Used To Listen To The Likes Of Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, R.Kelly, Eminem, The Late Whitney Houston To Name A Few, He Then Started Writing His Own Songs In 2003 Which Was A Mix Of Kwaito And Hip Hop At That Time, He Recorded For The 1st Time Ever In 2006 With His 1st Band/Group Called E.C SQUAD. In 2008 Thats Where Issa Matthews Decided To Leave The Group And Pursue His Dream In Music As A Solo Musician/Artist, Being Nominated And Making It To The King of Cap City Last 8 In 2012, He Managed To Get His Songs Like Sakanyuka, Take Over, Sthandwa Sam Played On Radio Stations Like EH fm, ECR, Tshwane fm, Mams fm, Moretele Community Radio, UNISA Radio To Name A Few And Has Been Interviewed On Metro fm, Umhlobo Wenene fm, TCR fm, Tshwane fm, Midrand Thembisa TV, TshwaneTV Mams fm To Name A Few, Issa Matthews Was The 1st Pretoria Artist To Hold The Number One Spot For More Than Two Weeks on The Motsweding fm Top 10 Bokamoso Ba Hip-hop Charts. This Amazing Rapper Is Known For His Funny, Crazy And Creative Xhosa Rhymes And Punchlines Which He Calls New Age Xhosa Rap. He Has Featured on Magazines Such As Y-Not-Culture Online Magazine 6th Issue, Tsa Pitori Online Magazine, ACE Ends Online Magazine, CAP-CITYmag Has Featured On A Couple Of Blogs As Well. He Was Selected Two Times By Red Tape Records To Be One Of The Few Artists To Perform At The KASI 2 KASI FESTIVAL At Jack Budha In Mamelodi West Joining The Likes Of Well Known Rappers like Nveigh, Pdot, Ras, FlexBoogie, Thick n Thin, XLR Music Group Just To Name A Few. On The 10th August 2013 At The 3rd Annual Tshwane Hall Of Fame Awards Which were Held In Pretoria, He won the BEST SOLO MUSIC ARTIST Award. After Winning That Award, Doors Started Opening For The Young Rapper, People Started Paying Attention To This Work. On The 20th June 2014 He Was Crowned King Of Track Battle At The Youth EXpression Festival. The Biggest High Light Of His Career Was Performing Live On SABC 1 On A Show Called Good Morning Brazil During The 2014 Soccer Soccer World Cup In Brazil Hosted By: Andile Ncube, Xoli Zondo, Tips Shampoo & Lerato Kganyago Which Also Led To Another Award Which He Won At The 4th Annual Tshwane Hall Of Fame Awards 2014 Were He Won The The Biggest Award Of The Night ARTIST OF THE YEAR And On The 1st November 2014 He Was Crowned The Winner Of The Rap Activity Jam On Metro FM Hosted By Oskido I Believe. He Has Worked & Shared Stages With Dr Vusi Mahlasela, Harrison Crump, Infinite Boys, K.O, Mandoza, Cassper Nyovest, DJ Clock, DJ Zan-D, Busiswa, Vatkuk And Mahoota, Miss Pru, Josi Chave, Just Mo, Mpumi, Kenny Kunene, DJ Divalash, UDO, Major League DJs, Lyquid DJ, Lesego, Nantes, Mashabela, Tips Shampoo, Zakwe, Kid-X, Khuli Chana Boy Wonder, Pitch Black Afro, Kwesta, Driemanskap, Velisea Skeyi, Khanyi Mavi, Skillo, Frost, Mathata Boys, Areece, Injah King (Jamaica), Lyrics Lesis (Nigeria), Kapce Boys, SK95, Komplexity, Lolli, Bright Design Media, Vegita, XLR, Stan-B, MissP, Rogue Fortune, MBK Entertainment, KimrO BeatZ, Cliff Beats, Boy Peza, Dee-Rex, Mx Da Fresh Prince, Lemapi Entertainment, A.Matthews, Mosankie, D-Mo Beats, 012 South, Sabelo Gumede, Crazy Bee Clothing 012 Entertainment The List Gos On. He Has Performed At Events Such As Kasi 2 Kasi Festival, RVK Fashion Week, Kapa Dry Hip Hop Sessions, Cap City Unite, 1st Annual Sterkspruit Festival, Youth EXpression Festival, Artists in Motion, Pretoria VS Cape Town Door 2 Door, Reason II Rhyme, 1st Annual Infinite Boys Pre-Youth Day Festival, All White Affair Party, Infinite Boys Birth Day Experience, Tips And Friends Comedy Nights, Colour Blocking Party The List Gos On. Issa Matthews Has Been Travelling Around South Africa Performing At Places Like Cape Town, Johannesburg, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, Free State, Pretoria To Name a Few. He Will Be Releasing His Long Awaited First Solo Project Called Evergreen EP Which Is Said To Drop Early 2015, Issa Matthews, He Is Also The Founder And Director Of A New Up And Coming Recording Studio Called Nix Mapha Music Studio And A Movement Called Nix Mapha Music Group, This Young Man Is Also Trying To Create A Name For Himself In The Fashion Industry With His Stok Swit Clothing Fashion Company He Owns With Two Of His Friends Sikelela Msopi And Luvo Maqungo. Looking Up To Artists Like Kwesta, iFani, Kanye West, Lira, Driemanskap, Khanyi Mavi, Boy Wonder, Infinite Boys, DJ Cleo, Oskido, DJ Sbu, J.Cole, And Jay-Z. He Has A Bright Future Ahead Of Him. He Is Looking Forward On Owning His Own Successful Recording Company & Clothing Company In The Near Future, He is Still An Unsigned Artist. I Guess Now Its Safe To Say Issa Matthews #Uphambene_Laweeei Call That #UMSWEKO_Kaloku For More Info: Facebook: Issa Matthews Laweeei (Fan Page) Twitter: @Issa_Matthews Instagram: @Issa_Matthews Whatsapp Fan Line: 0735255645 E.mail: nixmaphamusic@gmail
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:39:11 +0000
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