Birth name Boitumelo Molekane Labels Motif Records Instruments Vocals Record label Motif Records | Role Rapper Name Tumi Molekane | |
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South african veteran rapper tumi molekane hello hello kitty
Boitumelo "Tumi" Molekane (born 16 August 1981) is a South African rapper and poet. He was the lead vocalist of Tumi and the Volume, that was officially disbanded in 2012. In 2016 Stogie T released an album called Stogie T which features Emtee Nasty C Yanga. He has 2 singles from the album.The first single Diamond Walk features Zimbabwean/South African rapper Nadia Nakai in the video.His second single from the album is called By Any Means which features a hook and verses from Emtee and Yanga. By Any Means is one of the biggest songs in SA. Emtee features on the hook and a verse while Yanga has a verse.
Contents
- South african veteran rapper tumi molekane hello hello kitty
- Bittereinder a tale of three cities featuring jack parow and tumi molekane
- Background
- Music career
- References
Bittereinder a tale of three cities featuring jack parow and tumi molekane
Background
Tumi and the Volume also comprises the members of the Mozambican band 340ml.
Molekane was born in Tanzania while his South African parents lived in exile there. In 1992 he repatriated to South Africa and took up residence in Soweto.
Music career
In 2005, he recorded the song "Trade Winds" with Cincinnati-based rapper Main Flow. In 2006 he published his debut album, Music from My Good Eye, through his record label, Motif Records.
The album was later listed as one of the greatest South African albums of all time.
In 2006, he was published in the American literary journal The Subterranean Quarterly.
Tumi was also involved in the Dead Prez show around late in 2000 and also took part in the Black August tour to South Africa in 2001.
He has also performed with South African recording artists Blk Sonshine, Keorapetse Kgositsile, Watkin Tudor Jones, Lesego Rampolokeng. Saul Williams, Sarah Jones and Mutabaruka. He's also working alongside Chinese Man, a French Hip-Hop crew.
In his book Stealing Empire: P2P, Intellectual Property and Hip-hop Subversion (2008), Professor Adam Haupt of the University of Cape Town analyzed the lyrics Molekane wrote for the Tumi and the Volume song "76", as well as others. Among Haupt's arguments are that contemporary hip hop music provides critical insights into the inheritance of violence in post-apartheid South Africa.
He contends that, despite commercial and often sexist imperatives in mainstream hip hop music, South Africa has produced a number of socially conscious hip hop artists, who are reluctant to compromise their art and political views. In 2016, He was featured on Ghanaian rapper M.anifest's album Nowhere Cool.