Skhanda musician Ma-E on his love for music
Ma-E visited the City of Stars on Wednesday, 24 January to promote his latest album 212, which he shares is a mixture of Hip-Hop and Kwaito
POLOKWANE – According to Skhanda Musician Ezee Ma-E Hanabe, the definition of hip-hop within the country is undergoing a change.
Ma-E’s thirteen track album has been released under his own Gandaganda record label after the musician and songwriter spent a year creating and completing the album.
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The album contains tracks such as Ntwana Yam, Bumpa Remix featuring Flex Rabanyan, Khethile Khethile, Yizinto, Don’t Worry featuring Kid X, Kanjalo featuring Maggz, Angazi Kanjani, Mercy featuring Da Les, Sharp Huzed featuring Yanga Chief and Lousta Simone, Uyaspeeda, Ngawe Remix and It’s Over feauring Da Les.
Ma-E first got a taste of the limelight when he acted in a Shaka Zulu production, landing himself a tour to Scotland in 2004.
It was upon his return that him and his brother, Ntukza joined forces with fellow Vaal University of Technology (VUT) student K.O and formed the Hip-Hop and Rap group, Teargas. In 2013 Ma-E and K.O teamed up with long time music and marketing executive Thabiso Khati to start Cashtime Life, an all surrounding entertainment and lifestyle company with a 360-degree approach exclusively focusing on urban youth culture entertainment.
“I joined the entertainment industry when I got signed in Teargas in 2009, then we dropped our first album K’shubile K’bovu. My journey has been very interesting from Teargas, after our fourth album I number number we all parted ways and went solo.
“My first solo single Ugogo was released with K.O in 2014. Now my latest album 212 is all about motivation. This is the most authentic album one can find which is mixture of Hip-hop and Kwaito. Kwaito is the sound originated in South Africa. Mixing Kwaito and Hip-Hop is only an indication of where I come from. I decided to come up with something unique to me and to South Africans which is Skhanda music,” he concluded.
