Dradboy

BIOGRAPHY
OF
DRADBOY
South African Rapper

Name : Mokgoma Tshepisho
Surname : Maake
Stage Name : DRADBOY
D.O.B : 10 July 1985
Qualification : Journalist
Signed : Loud Jam Entertainment
Owner : Loud Jam Entertainment (Pty) Ltd
Started : 01 February 2002 till present
Position : Managing Director/Co-Founder/Artist/Producer/Songwriter/Sound Engineer
Profession : Hip-Hop Artist/Producer/Songwriter/Managing Director/Music Producer
Prev. Co. : Deeper Thesis Records
Prev. Work : Artist/Assistant Producer & Sound Engineer
Prev. Projects : Love, Musiq & Life Mixtape 2006
: Train of Thought Mixtape 2007
: P.U.S.H Mixtape 2015
Rec. Projects : Rhythm and Poetry Mixtape 2017

Mokgoma Tshepisho Maake (born July 10, 1985), known professionally as DRADBOY, is an South African rapper, music producer, composer, sound engineer, record label owner , and songwriter. Born and raised in Limpopo, Ga-Sekgopo Village, he became the first rapper in 2001 and after several of his online posts and audio songs went viral on www.slikouronlife.co.za, facebook, soundcloud, reverbnation, soundrop, tunecore and music in africa. From 2015 to 2017, he appeared as a yearly Balo Soul music festival in Limpopo following his single Street Callin' (Murder), and released his mixtape—Rhythm And Poetry.

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DRADBOY has earned three number-one singles on the GL FM; "Street Callin (Murder)" made him the first male rapper to top the chart with a solo output—following King Monada in 2016, "Ga-Sekgopo Bona Fide (featuring Dr. BZ)" made him the first male rapper to attain multiple number-one songs on the chart, and his Drake collaboration "What if" extended that record. His debut studio album, Rhythm And Poetry (2017), on which the first two songs were included, debuted at number one on the radio stations top 40 charts, broke several streaming records and earned him three Award for Best Rap single (Street Callin (Murder), Best Hip-hop/Rap album, and Best Produced album making him the only man to win the three awards as independent artist. Also in 2018, Daily Sun included him on their annual list of the 100 most young influential people in the world of music. Among his numerous accolades, he has won an Award for his lyrical genius, three LIMA nominee, and Hip-hop awards nominee.

Early life

Mokgoma Tshepisho Maake was born on July 10, 1985 in Limpopo borough of Ga-Sekgopo to a Pedi father and mother. he was raised in the Setaseng neighborhood of the Ga-Sekgopo north, and spent much time at his paternal at parents' home with his grandmother, which he credits with giving him "such a thick […] accent." Maake eveloped the stage name "DRADBOY" as a form of his previous hair style, a rum brand by which people used to call him. As a youth, DRADBOY was a member of the Undaground Breakas, and has said he was a gang member since the age of 17. He went on to attend Maladuma Primary School, Mohumi High School, and Boston Business College...