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Hip-Hop : Metaphysics talks diamonds
décembre 2012 | Projets culturels | Musique | Zimbabwe
Source : African Hip Hop
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Herbert Schwamborn a.k.a Metaphysics is credited for being one of the pioneers of hip hop in Zimbabwe. Based in Germany and with frequent visits back to the motherland, last month he was at a diamond conference held at the Victoria falls in Zimbabwe. For those not acquainted with the MC, there is a short bio below. In the videos below he talks about his transition from being an artist to an activist, and gives an insight on what the conference was all about.
Born on the 8th of December 1973 in Mbare, Harare, Zimbabwe, to a German father and a Zimbabwean mother, Metaphysics is one of Africa's most well known MC's. Having formed his first rap crew in 1985 together with Tel a Ryme, the group was known as Lethal Language, and had even been featured in The Source.Magazine's Unsigned Hype section in 1989. The two parted ways and Metaphysics (then known as Qwela tha Brainchild) initiated Zimbabwe's first well known afro hip-hop group A Peace Of Ebony in 1991, along with fellow rapper Tony Chihota, Producer Keith Farquharson and Singer/Songstress Chiwoniso Maraire (...)
[Read the Full Article on AfricanHipHop]
Kataklizim, Night N Day (1996) :
Born on the 8th of December 1973 in Mbare, Harare, Zimbabwe, to a German father and a Zimbabwean mother, Metaphysics is one of Africa's most well known MC's. Having formed his first rap crew in 1985 together with Tel a Ryme, the group was known as Lethal Language, and had even been featured in The Source.Magazine's Unsigned Hype section in 1989. The two parted ways and Metaphysics (then known as Qwela tha Brainchild) initiated Zimbabwe's first well known afro hip-hop group A Peace Of Ebony in 1991, along with fellow rapper Tony Chihota, Producer Keith Farquharson and Singer/Songstress Chiwoniso Maraire (...)
[Read the Full Article on AfricanHipHop]
Kataklizim, Night N Day (1996) :
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