Naked eYe/The Beat Bender
(Hip-Hop Artist/Beatmaker and Producer)
Born Masilo Moroenyane in Evaton a town South of Gauteng on the 26th of July 1984, Naked eYe has grown to be one of the most influential artists and activist in South African Hip-Hop. In 2005 he and rhyme partner, Thapelo “DisMental Thee Example” Motlana formed and started a hip-hop duo named One-2.  

The two started working on their first project late 2005, a 10 track E.P titled Full Circle fully produced by Naked eYe that was set to establish them as a brand to be reckoned with in and out of Gauteng. The motive proved to be a success as they managed to establish their brand (One-2) by handing out their first E.P freely around the Vaal and the greater Gauteng. This managed to get them calls to perform on various Hip-Hop and Poetry shows in and around Gauteng, and invites to VUT fm & Theta fm as well as gracing the pages of Hype Magazine.

In 2006/2007 the duo then began on working on their debut full length album titled Microphone Blank Checqk, with Naked eYe producing 90% of the project. It did well in getting the duo recognition in Hip-Hop circles in and around Gauteng with singles such as Dedication landing on the #1 spot for 4 weeks on the VUT fm’s Top 40 Block Busters and Setsenwa causing a Bluetooth craze. The album sold 300 copies in just a few months via hand to hand retail.

In April 2009 the duo released their 3rd instalment We Ain’t Done Yet... with more than 50% of it produced by Naked eYe and the rest by the likes of Instro,  MoKatalyst and Eazy. The album featured Mothipa, Feastore, Samza (The Fridge), Zeeko and Tshwarelo. The album received massive air-play from UJ Fm, Metro FM, Y FM, Umhlobo Wenene, T.U.T FM, Theta FM, V.U.T FM, Aganang FM and Karabo FM. It also went on to receive 2 nominations at the 2009/10 MTN HYPE Awards in the categories Best Album and Best Mixtape with the lead single video Ahuu! receiving air-play on Soweto Tv and Channel O. The project sold well close to 3000 copies with hand to hand retail and direct mail order system and landed the duo on Ses’ khona (SABC 1), YO-TV (SABC 1), Shiz Niz (eTV) and Ziyawa La (SABC 1). 

It also saw them sharing stages with South Africa’s biggest names, the likes of HHP, ProVerb, Skwatta Kamp, Last Days Fam, Sake Of Skill, Khuli Chana, Optical Illusion, Hymphatic Thabs, The Soil, R-senic, Driemanskap, Abdus, Zakwe, PRO, AKA etc. 

Now Naked eYe also known as The Beat Bender releases THE BEAT BENDING SESSIONS VOL. 1(January 2013) featuring The Beat Oven under his self-owned label DIG IT DEEP PRODUCTIONS. This project is set to affirm his intentions as a Beatmaker/Lyricist and a well rounded Hip-Hop revolutionary using music as a torch for those seeking light and insight.

Kayee is a rapper who is part of the crew The Intellex. Orginally from the Vaal which is South of Johanessburg in SouthvAfrica Kayee started rapping in High School at Riverside High that is where he met up with his crew members and various other rappers such as Mo Katalyst, Mothipa, Mr Kalibre and Intro. 

Thato Tempo Beatz Molefe is a  music producer, recording, mixing & mastering engineer from Vaal, Vereeniging. He owns a music production company called We Make Music, that comprises of music artists, writers, singers, producers and beat makers all composing and recording their own music. Tempo Beatz has produced for numerous artists in and around Swaziland, Cameroun, Johannesburg + Vaal (South Africa) and Zambia, namely Manyofonyofo, Mothipa, Benson n Hedges, Dig It Deep, X Rated, Mr Beef, Principle, Zeeko, Size Killa, Nongoloza, Tuff Swazi, C Trix, Mighty Moose, Projektah, Da South Pole, Jhey Dot and many more. 12 albums have been released to date under Tempo Beatz’s We Make Music stable between 2011 and 2013 whereby all recordings and production where done by Tempo Beatz. 

my poetry adapts itself to the environment, i can freestyle over house music beats in a shebeen.......AND carry a soulful set with my band at a festival.....whichever way i do it....it gets done....
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Pho’netiQ aka Pharoah Pho' (real name Motau Tshepo Ngoasheng) is a young cohesive spiritual
revolutionary underground Hip Hop MC and a Hip Hop activist from Polokwane, Limpopo Province. His
style is of complex lyrics, complex delivery, internal and multisyllabic rhyme schemes that challenge the
listener’s intelligence. He started writing raps early 2008 as a crew member of Da Carnivores alongside Ryder; better known
as Da Capo, who is currently a house DJ/Producer and Brian better known as Brinco. 

Pho'netiQ was
only interested in higher education when he moved to the Vaal in the Gauteng Province in 2009.
Performing at local poetry sessions and various hip hop shows this started to build his street credibility.
With his passion and desire for hip hop this young man managed to get his skills recognized by most and
as time passed DisMental Thee Axe'ample of One-2 noticed the boys’ potential and introduced him to
Dig It Deep Production.

Performing around the country, Pho'netiQ got himself sharing stages with South Africa’s most
respected artists such as Last Days Fam, Golden Shovel of Optical Illusion, Beat Oven, Cryogenic,
Zakwe, Zeeko, One-2, Mothipa, Liquid KZN, Ntja Pedi, A_Huge_Impakt, Baleloko and more. He
also had an honor of getting a spot to share the same stage with an international rap icon Copywrite of
MHZ from Columbus, Ohio alongside Naked eYe on the 3rd December 2011, the same day as the
release of his first project titled Beginning of a New Era (Street Soul UnMixtape) consisting of 17
tracks

He later formed a clique with his close friend Antidote and together they call themselves A&P (Antidote
& Pho'netiQ) and they are releasing a Free EP end of October 2012 which will be titled "True School
Preservation" and will serve as a prelude to the official EP of this dynamic duo.
Pho'netQ is currently working on his 2nd mixtape "Let It Be Known (The Era Has Begun Mixtape)"
coming out December 2012 which is a follow up to Beginning of a New Era and also a prelude of his
official EP to be titled “A Young Man With an Old Soul” dropping next year along with the Dig It Deep
collaborative debut album (Miner's Gold). Expect more soul, passion, hunger, growth in the music, lyrics
and delivery.
“….keep in mind it’s the beginning its only gonna get better, New Era…”
- Pho’netiQ –

Born May 07th in 1988 in Sebokeng zone 13 to Johanness Mkhwane and Tlaleng Mirriam Kalake, he is the second eldest of four other siblings, three brothers named Martin, Paul , Mandla and a sister Relebohile Kalake. He grew up in Sebokeng his early memories of hip hop he recalls are performing for the first time at the Bophelong Ragga City “the response was overwhelming and started getting love from different people professionally”. His biggest musical influence is his dad because of his vast music collection “he’s always playing different sounds and styles of music, which taught me that as an artist you should never listen to a specific sound because that limits your creativity and versatility”.
 He states his childhood has played a big part in his art as now he can be more expressive than when he was younger “I never had a voice and I had so much to tell, and no one gave me a chance until, I pushed to write everything I wanted to share and express”.
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
Year started 
2010 to present

Credits 
None yet

Tapes featured on 
Kasi Classic 2014 (Snatch)
Marathon Mixtape 2014 (Klassik Entertainment)
Me and The Mic 2014 (Innercore)
Mehatong Ya Kganyapa 2013
On tour tape BBI  2013
The Play On Mixtape 2013 (O production)
The preview tape 2013 (BBI)

Associations 
 BBI
Snatch 
Innercore 
Klassik entertainment 
O production
Kganyapa

 
He states some of his musical mentors as Jay z, Eminem, Rhapsody, Busta Rhymez, Osmic and Mothipa. He has love for his crew Boom Baptiq Inx he fully chose rap full time in 2012. His favorite track of all time has to be Hii power “for it motivates us as people to write our own history and build our pyramids so it motivates me to make sure that whatever I do must be documented in our history book and it must live on years after I’ve lived”.
His classes dr dre as his favorite producer “his been around for years and he manages to keep up with the changes that happen within the industry, and his unpredictable”. KRS ONE s lyrical content and his lyricism make him his favorite mc.
“Good things come to those who wait ,but better things come to those who chase- unknown”
  




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