Artists should stick to their strongest weapons – their art – said hip-hop artist Efese 'Fanatikus' Betela, during a concert organised by Purple Pineapple Productions at the City Hall recently.
Poets, comedians, vocalists and live bands were featured.
Artists should stick to their strongest weapons – their art – said hip-hop artist Efese 'Fanatikus' Betela, during a concert organised by Purple Pineapple Productions at the City Hall recently.
Poets, comedians, vocalists and live bands were featured.
The rain doesn't stop us from doing what we love to do, Betela told Grocott's Mail. He said when people understood the basics of art they recognised their dignity. Betela launched his set with a poem titled The Ill Planet. Betela flowed his rhymes with rhythm, metaphors and syllables explaining his life and how he get himself strong.
Tsepiso Nzayo kept the audience laughing for 15 minutes with his stand-up routine – mostly in isiXhosa.
Poet, Siphelo Dyongman, known as Nqontsonqa, took over the stage, bringing Xhosa to life in an extraordinary way. He recited a poem about how men abuse and make fools of women in the township. Most men can promise women the whole world – but what they want is sex, he recited.
The event was not going to be anything without the sounds of Zimsto Top eRoofini, Emancipation Movement and Struggle Is Growth. Zimkhitha Ntebe, lead vocalist form Zimsto Top eRoofini, said the event had been well organised. They performed Imfuzo, Ibhotile ebuhlanti and Ndiyavuma.
