
Cape Town has always been one of the most profound places in discovering the next possible big act in the music scene, from legends such as your AKA, Youngsta CPT , from a gqom perspective , their is your Mr Thelas, Cairo CPT , and ofcause the young considered O.G’s who have steered the Cape Town Hip-pop scene , the likes of Dee Koala , Bravo Le Roux , Simulationrxps, K.Keed, Orish just to count a few. But the main question that we are looking to answer , with the current representations of the mainstream artists mentioned above , what is actually happening on the street industry , I mean we can mention the likes of Tallrickyworldwide , Lizzy Lane, Prochxld however we all categorize them on the mainstream hip-pop scene with a similiar sounding type of style In one of our discoveries , we have ran into a profile of an artist who seems to representing a totally different shift , a new style that is undifined yet so filled with such authentic sounds that you would not expect from an artist of this region ( seeing that cape town is the home of spaza sound) , this artist has managed to differentiate a whole different sound that contains the current elements that you would find in the mainstream media , he has managed to merge the sounds of Amapiano , Kwaito and Hip-pop to create a tacky ,tropical sound that still carries the blueprint of what it means to be a gent from ko Kasi . Meet UPhunyuka Bemphethe , an artist that is based in the monumental township known for creating great musical legends like your Brenda Fassies , also the town carries a reach history of being one of the first townships created in Cape Town (Langa). Although the artist is based in Langa , he is originally from Eastern Cape , Uitenhage , started off his career as local Emcee for entertainment & beverages establishments , including local festivals like Rocktober , Jordans ways of Cooking, Tembas fast food just to name a few. He pioneered his music career in 2021 , in which now his achieved many accolades like releasing his first ever project titled Y&M (2024) , and has also released a total of 4 music videos from the same project which have done really well and have received recognition from well established media platforms like Cape Town TV , Kumkani FM , Xhosa Hip-pop mainstream page just to name a few . The artist has went ahead and collaborated with the best producers and artists in the local space of Cape Town , Such as Bhutlegend, Tallrickyworldwide , Progresyv CPT ,LeroTHeHustler and has been rumoured to be working with Emiky as well (source from picture seen together in Sportscene studio) which is one of the many establishments he has managed to collaborate with He will also be dropping a new song on the 22nd of January 2025 titled 2by2 , which features Eastern Cape Based Dj and Producer “Lele Wepavi “ in which it seems they may be working on a mini project together which will be set to be announced soon. We wish him the best and cannot wait to see what the year 2025 holds for this young legend in the making.