KrTC

Born in April, KrTC (real name Thamsanqa Sibandze) is a songwriter and occasional vocalist from Swaziland. His stage name KrTC is pronounced as courtesy. He is the co-founder of HeadCount, a hip-hop orientated youth skill development platform. After completing his high school, he chose music as his career. While growing up, he spent most of his time in the library reading marketing books and visiting music studios so as to learn more about sound engineering and music production. To fulfill his ambitions within the music industry, he established a crew called Mic’aholix. The group was made up of rappers, a beat boxer and a poet. As a group, they hosted and performed at numerous shows.

He later left the group and formed Siyinqaba together with Muzi Mozaik Ngwenya. The duo made history when they won the prestigious Tihlabane Album of the Year Award in 2010, making them the first contemporary music outfit to ever win this award.

In 2013, his album ‘Hip Hop in 3D’, sold over 300 copies in two weeks.

He decided to go solo and left the group. He has performed in and outside the country at all major events including the King’s birthday, all Fanta Mega Party’s, the Fifa World Cup Trophy Tour, the Frelimo Election Party in Mozambique, the Mpumalanga Hip-Hop Festival, the Annual Spring Bash and Summer Showdown.

He has shared the stage artists such as US’ The Game, Amu, Tumi and the Volume, Pro, Young Nation, Skwatta Kamp, Bricks, Ntando, American Rn’B sensation Blu Cantrell, Jozi and many more.

He is also the founder of ‘One of US’, a teenager focused social responsibility program which seeks to curb the excessive indulgence of alcohol and other intoxicating substances. This is done through creating and maintaining an alcohol and substance free environment. The ‘US’ is an acronym for ‘Un-intoxicated Soul’.