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Nkanyiso Mtshali - Uyena Lo

Coz You Luv Me

Nkanyiso Mtshali ft Brillante - Coz You luv Me - produced by Lweggah Beats

Born free in 1994, Poet Nkanyiso Mtshali aka Rapper Brillante hails from KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. Besides being proudly South African, he is the ultimate creative all rounder and inherent branding advocate. He is also a writer; actor; choreographer; entrepreneur; photographer & filmmaker.
He is a storyteller by nature and music is but one of the tools he uses to deliver, send, pass, tell messages or stories. He preaches self-acceptance, self-education and staying true to oneself.
Growing up, he was more of a film/ drama/ movie fan and it was the Bafana character on the first season of the SABC 1 drama, Tshisa, that inspired him to write music. 
He got into the arts industry when he was 10 years old doing and in the school's traditional dance group. He made up his own films and would “play” them for his friends using cut wood sticks.
He was fortunate to be surrounded by Hip Hop gurus like Melusi Ntanzi who guided him on his raps and his journey into Hip Hop began alongside good friend Nkanyiso Thabethe aka Bhungu Raps. Thereafter he taught himself to write more than one genre and explored even more through his voice and body in many other forms of art.
In 2005 he started writing music, doing Karate and also got into street dance.
He also started writing his own animated/cartoon stories and would read it for his classmates. He was known by every learner as he stretched his body like rubber.
In 2006 he went on with the animation stories and street dance, dancing for a group he founded.
In 2007 he started writing real movie scripts, as was he motivated by the acting projects they did at school.
He wrote and directed stage plays from his classes groups throughout 2008 and 2009.
In 2010 he joined Kwaito Music and Poetry and recorded his first poem titled ‘Uyena Lo’ using his real name, Nkanyiso Mtshali, as his stage name.

In 2014 he studied Film & Television Production, Business Management and Journalism. He also won the INK Arts Festival's title INK (Inanda, Ntuzuma, KwaMashu) Artist Of The Year 2014 Award.
He has always been inspired by networking with likeminded people and researching the industry as a whole. 
Currently, he is working on his Preddy Poet Album; The Freellante Mixtape;
opening his Brillante Brands Boutique and an adult content company called Sexisfied, for which they’re currently shooting a series for.
An ongoing project that brings him much satisfaction is being part of the organising team of the Ink Arts Festival since 2016.
Ultimately, he is interested in and writes for almost all music genres, and loves all things business and entrepreneurship.