SOUTH AFRICA’S HOTTEST RAPPER NASTY C TEAMS UP WITH DJ WHOO KID FOR FIRST-EVER INTERNATIONAL MIXTAPE RELEASE “ZULU”
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Creative Director: Bee Diamondhead
Photographer: Travys Owen
Grooming: Queen Motlatle
Assistant: Lethabo Motlatle
Studio: SunshineCo
Global multi-platinum rapper, Nasty C, teams up with mixtape legend, DJ Whoo Kid for their very first mixtape collaboration, “ZULU,” out now. The hot new project was created during the international lockdown with Nasty C and DJ Whoo Kid working side by side to put together a musical masterpiece for fans around the world.
“ZULU” features two tracks from T.I., as well as songs with Landstrip Chip, iZZE, Mishlawi and crownedYung. STREAM ZULU NOW HERE
On June 12, the recent Def Jam signee, released “EAZY,” also featured on “ZULU” and the latest single from Nasty C’s forthcoming album, “ZULU MAN WITH SOME POWER.” The visual for “EAZY” brings the track to life with captivating scenes to match its rhythmic lyrics. On “EAZY,” Nasty C raps about putting in work, coming up from his efforts, and earning his way. He raps, “I’m right where I should be.”
STREAM “EAZY” HERE
WATCH “EAZY” VISUAL HERE
Also featured on “ZULU” is Nasty C’s first-ever collaboration with Tip “T.I.” Harris for “They Don’t,” a powerful track created by the rappers in the wake of global unrest over rampant police brutality and racial injustice. On June 23, Nasty C and T.I. joined Late Night with Seth Meyers for a virtual performance of the protest anthem. Watch now HERE.
Proceeds from “They Don’t” are donated to Until Freedom , an intersectional social justice organization focused on addressing systemic and racial injustice, as well as investing in those who are most directly impacted by cyclical poverty, inequality, and state violence and Solidarity Fund, which provides social support, including access to food and shelter, for those in South Africa whose lives have been systemically and disproportionately affected by COVID-19.
ABOUT NASTY C:
For nearly a decade, Nasty C (Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo) has had a singular focus: to push the boundaries of his own potential. He has been pursuing his hip-hop dreams since childhood when, legend has it, he began rapping and learning to lay down tracks at age nine under the tutelage of his older brother. At just fifteen years of age, Nasty released his debut mixtape, One Kid, A Thousand Coffins (2012). He shot to stardom in 2014, with his boundary-breaking second mixtape, Price City, and “Juice Back,” a continent-wide instant classic smash. The “Juice Back” remix featured Nigerian muso, Davido and South African rapper Cassper Nyovest. This early success won Nasty C the Best Freshman prize at the highly competitive South African Hip-Hop Awards.
Nasty C’s popularity detonated with his 2016 debut album Bad Hair, which hit #1 on the iTunes local chart and was the country’s most-streamed album within 24 hours of release. Its re-release, Bad Hair Extensions featured French Montana. The seminal album earned him Nasty C four Metro FM Music Awards, a South African Music Award and a BET Awards nomination. The momentum surged with Strings And Bling in 2018, named one of South Africa’s greatest hip-hop albums by such influential local outlets as TimesLive and IOL. Nasty C was the only South African nominated for a BET Hip- Hop Award in the Best International Flow category in 2019, and was also nominated for an MTV Europe Music Award that year. Strings and Bling won him two South African Music Awards and two AFRIMMAs (All African Muzik Magazine Awards).
