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JOHN 'JIGSAWCE' NA$H, BIRTH NAME MASHUDU LUCKY MASEKO (BORN 7 OCTOBER 1998), IS A SOUTH AFRICAN RAPPER LOCATED IN JOHANNESBURG, GAUTENG.

HE IS MOST KNOWN FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE HIP-HOP SEGMENT, THE HIP-HOP FLOOR "THE DIGITAL CYPHER" WHICH WAS HOSTED BY DJ SPEEDSTA AND DJ ZAI MAYA ON THE STATION YFM 99.2 IN 2016, WHICH HE WON FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS. HE HAS SINCE RELEASED 3 PROJECTS AS A SOLO ACT AND 1 WITH A GROUP, WHICH HAVE WENT AND GARNERED THOUSANDS OF STREAMS ON THE STREAMING SITE SOUNDCLOUD.

*EARLY LIFE & CAREER*

MASHUDU MASEKO ORIGINATES FROM VOSLOORUS, IN THE EAST SIDE OF EKURHULENI, GAUTENG. H­E STARTED WRITING MUSIC IN PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE 7tH GRADE, AFTER LISTENING TO CARTER IV, A HIP-HOP/RAP ALBUM BY LIL WAYNE WHICH HE RECEIVED FROM A FRIEND, DURING A TOUR THE LATTER ARTIST WAS DOING IN THE COUNTRY AROUND 2011.

BEFORE HE WENT BY HIS CURRENT MONIKER "JOHN NA$H", HE WAS FIRST KNOWN AS "YOUNG GUDDA" THEN LATER CHANGED IT TO "VERNAL" WHICH WERE BOTH INSPIRED BY ARTISTS WHO WERE SIGNED UNDER THE STABLE "YOUNG MONEY."  
FROM 2012-2013, HE WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN FREESTYLE BATTLES AS A WAY TO GROW HIS SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE HIP-HOP CULTURE. IT WAS UNTIL IN LATE 2014 THAT HE RELEASED HIS SINGLE, "SWERVE FREESTYLE," WHICH RECEIVED POSITIVE REVIEWS FROM SCHOOL MATES SINCE IT HAD NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY RELEASED.

IN 2015, HIS INVOLVEMENT IN FREESTYLE BATTLES GARNERED HIM SOME RECOGNITION AROUND HIGH-SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. HIS FREESTYLE SKILLS WERE PRAISED BY SCHOLARS AND NON-SCHOLARS ALL AROUND VOSLOORUS. IT WAS LATER THAT YEAR, THAT HE DROPPED HIS SINGLE "TRUST NOBODY," WHERE HE EXPRESSED HIS VIEWS ON THE SUBJECTS OF HONESTY, INSECURITIES & FAMILY FEUDS.

IN 2016, HE AND FRIENDS, CALVIN ABSTRXCT AND MXNDE FORMED THE RAP GROUP IN THEIR MATRIC YEAR, "THE PXRTY PXCK" AND RELEASED TWO SINGLES "SIYABANGENA & PXRTY ANTHEM" WHICH GARNERED SOME ATTENTION AROUND THE TOWN. THE GROUP DISBANDED IN THE SAME YEAR.

IT WAS THE SAME YEAR WHICH HE HAD PARTICIPATED IN A RAP RADIO COMPETITION (WHEREBY UP-COMING ARTISTS HAD TO SEND IN THEIR RAPS THROUGH AN E-MAIL) WHICH WAS HELD ON YFM, BY HIP-HOP DJ's SPEEDSTA & ZAI MAYA CALLED *THE DIGITAL CYPHER* ON THEIR SHOW *THE HIP-HOP FLOOR*. HE WENT ON TO WIN THE COMPETITION, THREE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.

IN AUGUST 2016, HE RELEASED HIS SOLO TRACK "SAME CUP" WHICH COVERED HIS DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES WITH ALCOHOL AND PEER PRESSURE.

IN THE YEAR 2018 HE MADE HIS MARK IN THE LOCAL RAP SCENE WITH HIS DEBUT PROJECT *BEYOUTIFUL EP* WHICH WAS MET WITH POSITIVE REVIEWS FROM RAP FANS ALL ACROSS THE REGION. THE PROJECT FOCUSED ON SELF-LOVE, CONFIDENCE AND MIND POWER. IT WAS RELEASED ON HIS BIRTHDAY (7 OCTOBER), A PRE-SEQUEL OF THE EP TITLED *JUST BEYOUTIFUL* WAS RELEASED A MONTH LATER, IT CONTAINED PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONGS WHICH WERE NOT PART OF THE *BEYOUTIFUL EP*.

ON JANUARY 2019, HE FORMED A SUPERGROUP "DREAM KIIIDZ" WITH FELLOW LOCAL ACTS, THREAT, C-LAWZ, CALVIN ABSTRXCT, AND ETC. THE GROUP DROPPED THEIR DEBUT PROJECT, TITLED "INTRO" A MONTH LATER. A PROMO VIDEO FOR WHATCHU WANT WAS RELEASED DURING MARCH 2019.

ON APRIL 8TH 2019, HE RELEASED HIS THIRD SOLO PROJECT TITLED "808s AND PRAYERS." A PROJECT WHICH GARNERED HIM ATTENTION FROM BILLBOARD HITMAKING PRODUCERS, NAMELY *KE ON THE TRACK (WHO PRODUCED "YOU THE BOSS" BY RICK ROSS AND NICKI MINAJ)* AND ETC.HE RELEASED AN OFFICIAL PROMO VIDEO FOR THE SONG "ESCAPE" ON YOUTUBE, WHICH FEATURES I LEE SWIISH AND ZAKES, A VIDEO WHICH WAS DIRECTED BY TONY BRAVO. AFTER A FEW MONTHS HE WAS FEATURED ON TWO SONGS, WHICH WERE ON A PROJECT BY HIS FELLOW CREW MEMBER "THREAT" TITLED "NO SCHOOL." HE WENT ON TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAME COMPETITION HE HAD PREVIOUSLY WON A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, *DIGITAL CYPHER* ON YFM 99.2, WHICH WAS NOW HOSTED BY DJ ZAN D AND OG SAMKE, AND GARNERED ATTENTION AND COMMENTS THAT LED HIM TO BE COMPARED WITH THE GREAT S.A ARTIST STOGIE T.

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John Na$h