GREEK.

BIO

GREEK. (f.k.a GREEKGOD) is a rapper, singer-songwriter, and producer from Cape Town, South Africa.

His eclectic musical style is hard to pinpoint. He takes influence from a variety of different genres, although hip-hop is the main area in which he operates. To describe himself, he says he’s an artist birthed by the culture of hip-hop, but whose work is not exclusive to the sound of hip-hop. Besides rap, his work has taken cues from R&B, electronica, house, indie, etc.

GREEK.‘s released work begins with his 2016 demo project titled </3 (or 'HEARTBREAK') EP. This project was comprised of roughly mixed demos that were meant for a larger project, until most of the material for that project was lost due to the unfortunate robbery of his laptop. Thereafter, he released PHILA EP, which was a completely self-produced, self-engineered 9-track project featuring a host of collaborators. The project saw a release in July 2018, and spawned the street hits “Xa Ndvuka,” featuring SimulationRxps, as well as “HLANGANISA”, featuring M’tunez-i and Salayi. “HLANGANISA” has even went on to play on T-bo Touch’s online radio platform Touch HD, and was also played by Scoop Makhathini on his The Rodeo show on YFM. His most recent works would be THE YUNG LORENZO TAPES EP series, which has seen the releases of volume 1 in 2019, and volumes 2 and 3 in 2021, respectively. “MAMA PRADA ME,” an introspective cut taken from VOLUME 2, was playlisted on The New Mzansi playlist on Apple Music, serving as his first entry onto any major streaming platform playlist. “RHULUMENTE,” the first single from VOLUME 3, featuring frequent collaborators Guy Onke and mtshanakamalume, has become his most successful single to date. The song saw its release in October 2021 and garnered much momentum thereafter, with thousands of streams/views and multiple playlist placements to its name. “RIP R MASHESHA,” also taken from VOLUME 3, has also proven to be a fan favourite, with it also amassing thousands of views within a short time period. It also even went on to be featured on the January 2022 edition of Hype Magazine’s Hype Sessions playlists. Amongst other things, GREEK. is now preparing the release of the anticipated remix of “RHULUMENTE”, which is set to feature a plethora of some of South Africa’s biggest rap acts. This is set to be on the deluxe version of VOLUME 3, slated for an April 2022 release. He is also gearing up to release his debut full-length project, slated for release in late 2022.