PapInkunzi

Alias: PapInkunzi
Also known as: Pablo, StreetJesu, Esco
Affiliations:Iy'nswela Crhyme Family (I.C.F)
Active Since:2020

Siphesihle Ngidi (Born 08 March 2002) known as PapInkunzi is a South African rapper, singer, songwriter, poet and record producer from South Africa.

EARLY LIFE
Born in the province of KwaZulu Natal Greytown and raised in Pietermaritzburg Thokozani Location in the Umshwathi area.Raised by father who sadly passed away in 2011 and later lived with grandmother constantly changing schools as he moved from Pietermaritzburg to Durban to live with mother and later back to Pietermaritzburg where his completed his matric In Kharina Secondary School in Northdale 2019 , later officially moving to Durban Pinetown KwaNqetho.

MUSIC CAREER
He began his music career in 2010 at the age of 8 years after being recruited to the first ever Hip hop crew in the Umshwathi area known as Chilli Gangstaz founded by OG's and first ever rappers in Thokozani Location who were Chilli Powda, Giraffe & Bulldog.Pap being the youngest amongst several other peers.Between the years 2010 - 2014 they released various singles under the name Chilli Gangstaz recording under TBOS Records in Section D Thokozani Location.He started focusing on his solo career after completing matric in 2019 releasing his first solo project Umgodi EP and later moved to Durban.

PRESENT
After Moving to Durban his cousin Idelakufa introduced him to KwaNqetho's heavyweight Producer Problematic who mainly produced oldschool type beats which Pap was a huge fan of since a young age.Problematic Produced , mixed and mastered Pap's first ever studio Album which would later become a master peace known as Straad Chronicles which was released in 2022 with features from Problematic ,Thwasa ,NkuleeVocalist & S.B 1189.He later released a deluxe edition of the Album in 2024 with hits such as Ingagara, iMovie and classics such as Thokozani and No Matter What.He also founded KwaNqetho's ruling Hip Hop crew with Sangoma ,Nogwaja and the late Zinga Boss known as Iy'nswela Crhyme Family (I.C.F) later joined by many other members such as Mvddy ,Idelakufa,Rasta ,Real STR & Dagga.