The spin master of all young DJs : CYA_TheDEEJEEY

 CYA_theDeeJeey 

The spin master of all young DJs

There are tons of DJs in the South African industry who are working and battling it to become the best of the best in mixing music but many of us will agree that CYA the DeeJeey is outdoing himself in this industry to become the best! With his new single titled New Kid ft Jei x Myster, who wouldn't want to know more about this young Hip Hop influence since his first hit #EMOJI.

Siyabong Wiseman Hadebe is a 25 year old spin master from Cosmos Park, Standerton in Mpumalanga.

For CYA, music has always been a passion and calling but to him, passion and a calling are not enough when you really want to be the best, so he enrolled at the Soul Candi DJ 101 school in Johannesburg. This enrollment changed his entire skill, helping him gain his confidence and own style in the year 2011: making us rock on the dance floors!

His passion for music arose at a young age when he would spend time around the taxi rank in his area. The different music,the distinct sounds played by taxi drivers as well as the different performances in and around the taxi rank by other artists entertaining masses evoked his deep love for music. What more did he need to actually discover that mixing music was exactly what he wanted to do?

Known as the guy who would play music in his taxi, CYA would sometimes be given the taxi to drive by his dad, who is a taxi owner.

What would family be without a bit of concern?
CYA's parents showed a great deal of support for his dream but advised him and encouraged him to obtain a qualification to fall back on if his dream does not follow through. He enrolled at the Central Technical College in Johannesburg where he successfully completed a course in Human Resource Management, graduating in 2015.

CYA adds "My dad told me that I should always thrive to be a leader. He wanted me to move back home and help him run his taxi business but my heart was with the music. I chose to the  leader and drive my own path in music."

CYA ,masters different sounds and does not want to be fixed on one music genre. He dabbles between Hip Hop, Jazz, House, Maskandi and Kwaito which makes him stand out in the DJ booth. Not only is our CYA a well known DJ but behind the scenes he is a praying young man, a thorough believer and an entrepreneur.

So what would CYA be doing if he wasn't a DJ. Give his love for helping others,CYA would be a motivational speaker or a role model who would do a lot of humanitarian work to benefit the community.

This young man is the next plug of all young disadvantaged children who are talented in the music industry, who sees himself owning one of the biggest record labels in the country within the next few years.

Listen to New Kid by clicking on this link!
https://www.audiomack.com/song/fairamountentertainment/new-kid

Also, check out the making of CYA's New Kid music video by clicking on this link!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0opJkd906UY

Shout out to Fair Amount Entertainment for blessing our ears with CYA!
Shout out to CYA for the great music he has brought and will continue to bring to us on the dance floor!

New kid on the block : Jeii

New kid on the block

Jeii

I was going about my business when I received a phone call telling me about this "new kid on the block". I wondered who he could be and what he brings to the table. With no further delays I came across his hit single #Hold Up. With just one listen I knew that this "new kid on the block" I keep hearing about from Johannesburg is just what my readers need to know about! This artist I am writing about goes by the name Jeii. I took my time off to learn more about him and where he is heading in the industry.

1. Where does your stage name Jeii come from? What or who inspired you to usethat as your stage name?

My stage name has grown with me through the years, it's a name I was given by my hood friends, since they used to call me Jedakiss (Jeda) and Yung Jeezy (Jeezy). As I grew older, I cut the name short into J. Since that was cliche, I added the letters 'e' and the double i's to be different.

2. What are your full names, if you don't mind sharing?

My full names are Andile Andy Ndlovu.

3. Your age? (Prudy chuckles)

(Laughs) I'm 23 years old.

4. Please share with the readers: Your journey from where you have been up until where you currently are?

I've honestly had a long journey into music, I started music at a very early age. I think I  was about 12  years old when I developed the love for music. I remember I used to be part of music related events at my primary school even before that but I only started my own music from the age of 12.

At 15 I had my very first studio session at a friend's backroom studio. Around the age of 16 I started production and tried to gather up my own equipment and practiced.

By the next year, I met with Emtee (AmbitiouzEnt) who introduced me to other artists and great producers like Maraza, Ruff, Zingah, Zikode, Mashaya Bhuqe and Cya-theDeeJeey just to name a few.  I started a company with Cya-theDeeJeey Fair Amount Entertainment which houses Jeii,Cya_theDeeJeey, DJ Nebza and Wayne. We dropped our first collaboration #Emoji last year October, which was a real chart topper on most of the major radio stations in the county. We aired our first music video in November and it aired in February this year,which had us dominating television and was received pretty well as well as got us performances all over the country. Now I have just dropped my first solo single #Holdup which I am promoting.

5. What are your short terms aspirations in the game?

My short term aspirations so far would be to be recognized by end of this year as one of the most promising new comers in the game for 2018 and to dominate the airwaves of course. I know the future too bright so for now I want to build my audience.

6. I hope this question doesn't get you into trouble but has your family always been supportive of you pursuing music. Was it easy to let them know?

It wasn't as easy as I  had hoped it would but eventually I showed them that this is what I want to do and what I have dreamed of since I was a child. Of course, they had different dreams for my future but they were not what I felt I was destined for.

7. Are your friends supportive of you?

Yes, my friends are supportive and they favour me a lot. You know, we artists never have everlasting friendships but the close ones I keep have had my back.

8.How long have you been in the game , would you say?

I've been in the game for about 7 years right now but I have been rapping for 11 years.

9. Which local rappers would you say are inspiring your rap technique or sound?

No local rapper inspires my rap technique or sound, I'm from the future, PRINCE OF THE NEW WAVE (laughs) but if we were close, I would say I am a mixture of Anathii and KidX.

10. Personal question,  who is your current favourite rapper and why?

I have a lot but A-Reece is my favourite. He's a burst of talent.

11. Do you see yourself collaborating with him?

Yes, I defintely do, I'd really like to work with him.

12. Where can our readers download your tracks?

My tracks are on radio, AudioMack and soundcloud as well as slikouronline, feature. Watch the #EmojiMusicVideo by CYA_theDeeJeey my team mate on YouTube.

13.Would you collaborate with any other upcoming artist? Who would it be?

Yes I would. That would be Zooccie_Coke_Dope

14. Tell us more about your hit single, Hold Up

#Holdup is basically about me telling people to stop telling me what I should and shouldn't do. It's me snapping at people on some 'ATTENTION' attitude. I know what I'm doing and I'm on a roll. I wrote the song in a very dark corner last year and I want it to motivate the youth about standing up for what they believe in.

15. Do you have any words or motivation to share with upcoming artists?

Yes, definitely. Never allow someone to tell you that you can't do anything and that you won't succeed. Always tell that person "hold up."

Goodbye Density : My departure from The Density and AmbitionZAR

  Goodbye Density.

My departure from The Density and Ambition.

Well ,it's been real. It's been really really REAL!!

A decision I didn't make overnight, a decision I didn't want to make but had to. It took me quite some time to actually reach this point,which explains my rather strange silence.

Due to personal growth and other factors , I have decided to stop blogging in co-relation with Vaal's Number 1 media collective AmbitionZAR. Meaning, The Density will be no more.

It has been such a lovely few months with the team and with the role models I interviewed! I will forever cherish all those moments.

Reaching almost 5000 followers on The Density , believe me it is such a hurtful experience to let all of that go!!! My heart bleeds and I just want to crawl and run away to cry my heart out. I saw loyalty in all those people who actually sat down and read my posts. For that , I will forever be grateful!!! I am really thankful for all those followers.

However, Prudy Blue won't stop blogging. I will share on my Facebook wall , a link to my new upcoming blog titled "Miss Blue's Corner". Same old princess of talk , same old critical rationalist, continuation of role model of the week and entertainment , just on a new site, under a new name and also rather independent.

It really will take a lot to bring my new blog up to the same standard as The Density but you never know how far you can go if you don't try.

To all my followers ,hope to see you on the flip side!

I have moved to wordpress now, still building the blog and will continue to share my links on my timeline - for easy viewing and quicker access and because the site isn't indexed by Google as yet.

So yes, goodbye and do best to all my loyal followers.
You guys showed me so much loyalty.

Mwaah mwaaah!!

Prudy Blue.

Why I refuse to turn up on the 16th of June : Is it necessary for the youth to celebrate June 16?

Why I refuse to turn up on the 16th of June.

Is it necessary for the youth to celebrate June 16?

 

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While many were getting 'turnt' or 'blazed' on the 16^th of June, I was indoors. I sound boring right?  Ha-ha well it works for me but really. What drove me to not call anyone and ask them where they were for the 16^th June 2016?

For those of you may not know why the 16^th June is a public holiday in South Africa, let me enlighten you.

The 16^th of June is known as Youth Day. The history lies behind a student uprising in Soweto, a township in the Southwest of Johannesburg, which happened in the year of 1976. Students of colour were protesting against Afrikaans language being implemented as a medium of instruction within schools all over South Africa in non language subjects such as Mathematics and Science.The issue, however was not just primarily about the language of learning and teaching but also the inequalities of the then education system, namely the Bantu Education System which characterized separate schools and universities, poor facilities,overcrowded classrooms and inadequately trained teachers.

Yes, that is what it is all about.

Now, why I chose to stay indoors.

In my own opinion, such momentous days should not be celebrated but rather commemorated. The Oxford advanced learner’s dictionary of international students (2010:225) defines celebrate as  “to show that a day is special by doing something special on it”.  The Oxford advanced learner’s dictionary of international students (2010:286) defines commemorate as “to remind people of an important person or event from the past with special action or object”. Celebrating only means that we are enjoying the day whereas half the people don’t understand it. Commemorating is deeper than that; it means although we are enjoying it, we alert people of what it’s about. We need to enlighten that other half that doesn’t know or understand. 

It goes beyond hundreds of students protesting for the future of South African students of the next generation.  Hundreds of students sustained injuries while others lost their lives: Hastings Ndlovu and Hector Pieterson. How many of our current students are willing to die for the next generation, coming after us?

Would the students back then still have protested if they had known years later the youth would be more involved in drugs and reckless celebrations?   Well, I believe that they would have, but would they have done it wholeheartedly if they had known how we would turn out? Think about it...long, hard and critically before you answer.

 

Photo: Hector Pieterson being carried by Mbuyisa Makhubo. His sister, Antoinette Sithole

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The students of 1976 were not only considering themselves and how much they disliked the unjust system. They had our best interest at heart when they peacefully marched towards the Orlando Stadium that morning.

The 16^th of June today, in my own view, is the best day to march and raise educational issues such as high tuition fees, textbooks delivered late and unjust bursary systems that we hear about within the perimeters of  our South African education. Instead we use the day to get drunk, blackout, and have no idea where we will wake up the next morning. Is that what Hector died for? We protest all year round but on the day we are actually supposed to, we run to the streets (ironically) and to the pubs.

Why are we filling clubs up instead of education programmes?

In fact, I firmly believe this is the one time schools should be opened, not for a normal school day but to inform learners and focus entirely on the history of South African education. I don’t think it’s only the Education students who should understand the curriculum changes within South African education. I don’t think only the History students should understand racial segregation in South Africa. If we are all citizens, it should be shared to every one of us.

I remained indoors because it would break my heart to know that I fall under the category “youth” of South Africa yet I’m wasting the day away with alcohol. I can drink on any other weekend, my calendar has 365 days. Out of those 365 I exclude religious and South African holidays, how many other weekends do I have to get turned? Yet I choose this one day that could have been used to enlighten me...

Resources

•     Government of South Africa, 2016. Youth Day 2015. http://www.gov.za/youth-day-2015.   Date of access: 18 Jun 2016. 

•           Heffernan A, 2014. Lessons SA students can learn from the leaders of 1976. http://theconversation.com/strategic-lessons-south-africas-students-can-learn-from-the-leaders-of-1976-60976 . Date of access : 18 Jun 2016.

• Oxford advanced learner’s dictionary of international students.  2010. New 8^th ed.  Oxford University Press.

Prudy Blue

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