Karma is an afrobeats/rap collaboration between Sydney's MC Connect and his younger brother, 19 year-old, Sr.Malakai who arrived in Sydney from Nairobi in October 2023. 

The song is about a relationship Malakai had with Leni, who broke his heart and left him for man in a better financial position. The song is a stoic response to heartbreak, which contemplates a future where Malakai has gained career and financial success and despite all this, won’t take Leni back. 

Malakai's soulful afrobeats singing soars, elevating the heartbroken heartbreaker while Connect delivers a fiery rap that encapsulates the raw emotion felt when a lover goes astray.

The track was made over the internet while Malakai was in Nairobi, Kenya and MC Connect was in Sydney, Australia in October 2023.

Karma

Soon as I asks the question, why does love have to be so damn complicated?

'Soon as I' is the second collaborative release of Sydney's MC Connect and Kenyan native, Sr. Malakai.

Produced, mixed and mastered by MC Connect.

Soon as I

Soon As I

The idea and arrangement for Snake began with a sample-programmed drum beat that MC Connect created in 2018. In 2019 Connect wrote synth bass and developed the instrumentation and arrangement with samples. In 2020, Connect began penning lyrics to the instrumental during a jam session with mates in the garage of his Parramatta home. The theme of the song became the prevalence of fraudulent rap artists who quickly come and go from the spotlight and are unable to sustain their image because they are not genuine.

In 2021 MC Connect brought the song idea to Martin James’ studio, where the arrangement of the song was transformed. The intention was to create a song with very few repeating parts, and for the arrangement to seamlessly flow into new parts without the listener realising that this was not the usual chorus, verse, chorus, verse, bridge, chorus formula. 

In production of the song, Martin James played bass guitar and electric guitar, MC Connect recorded vocals and following this, Avinash Chordia recorded live drums in the cramped space of Martin James’ Parramatta studio. MC Connect finalised the song with various samples and synthesizers. The song was mixed by James and Connect in 2022 and mastered by MC Connect in 2024. 

In 2023 and 2024, MC Connect has been a regular live performer on the Sydney music scene playing at local bars and clubs alongside Sr. Malakai. Subscribe to MC Connect's mailing list at www.connectordiemusic.com

Snake

Sr. Malakai is a 19-year Kenyan singer who arrived in Sydney from Nairobi in October 2023. Linking with Sydney-native MC Connect, the duo have released several singles including the popular 'Karma', 'Soon As I' and 'Ghetto Bunny'. Being brothers, the pair have irresistible chemistry and stage presence, consistently getting crowds up and dancing at festivals including the Sawa Sawa Festival earlier in June 2024 and at top venues including Marble Bar in Sydney CBD, Man on Marrickville, Moshpit in Newtown, O'Malley's in Kings Cross, Insitu in Manly and Hamilton Station Hotel in Newcastle to name a few. Blending Swahili and English language the pair deliver a fresh take on Afrobeats, RnB, Soul and HipHop singing about love, rejoice and heartbreak.

You can catch Malakai and Connect performing at the Africultures Festival on 28 September at Kathy Freeman Park in Sydney Olympic Park. $6 entry.

Tufurahiane

This track was written by Malakai and Connect in mid 2024 over a couple of red wines about when romance is going the way you want it to, but you need reciprocation to keep it going in the right direction.

Balance

After a year of performing at top venues in Sydney including the Metro Theatre and Oxford Art Factory, MC Connect caps 2024 with 'Gratification Delay', a song about growth, development and putting in the work for a long term goal. Completely self-produced, the track features MC Connect singing a chorus about traveling down a road towards a goal that seems ever out-of-reach despite unwavering dedication and effort.

Gratification Delay

After a year of playing dozens of shows around Sydney including at the Metro Theatre and Oxford Art Factory, and the successful December 2024 release of popular rap tune, 'Gratification Delay', MC Connect returns in February 2025 with the trap-inspired ode to the peaceful life, 'It is WHAT it is'. 

Featuring inimitable UK Rapper (now resident in Sydney) Raddie, the track is about pushing boundaries, achieving success, and the choice to avoid hate in all its forms!

It is WHAT it is

It Is WHAT it is feat. Raddie

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Better Man

This beat got heat just like Wasabi! 🌶️ Raddie & MC Connect return with their second single, 'Waiting'. Wicked flows 💦 and a lyrical reminder to never leave ya mans waiting, whichi is exactly what the lads are not doing with this one. Tell ya mum to tell the other mums!

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Waiting

The first collaboration between Connect & Deluxe, 'Everything' is about wanting everything that is owed to you; the good, the bad and the ugly!

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Everything

We all got em, and they play on our mind. Problems 😤 Your time is your currency, spend it accordingly ⏰💰 TIME vs MONEY // The FRAGILITY OF LIFE // PROBLEMS. The first collaborative release between Deluxe, MC Connect & Raddie, this is a song about the modern dilemma, PROBLEMS 🔥

Problems

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Connect began rapping and producing HipHop in the late 2000’s performing alongside Huske in Western Sydney house party HipHop act ‘LMNO’.

In 2011, Connect began his solo act releasing dozens of raw hiphop tracks online, garnering a large underground local and online following and collaborating with international producers.

Connect  released his debut EP, The Blue Pause, in 2017 which showcased his maturity as a musician, producer and artist. The Blue Pause marked a musical milestone for Connect, blurring the lines and seamlessly aligning genres to create a hiphop, rock, blues, jazz fusion.

In 2018 Connect formed Rock/HipHop duo, Light from a Stranger with Jyder and they released their debut EP, Grey Area in 2019. Throughout 2019 and up until the COVID lockdowns of 2020, Light from a Stranger became a mainstay in the Sydney music scene earning the respect of the local HipHop community as pioneers of the modern HipHop Rock sound.

In 2020 MC Connect released his debut single Passion for the Passion, a fast-paced ode to his love for music and life. His fiery, high energy rap style and  witty wordplay cement Connect as a force to be reckoned with.  

MC Connect followed up with his second solo single release, I'm Lucky in 2021, a song that recognises his position as both a privileged man living in the first world, and his relative disadvantage as a young man from Western Sydney having to work up from a position of no wealth or status. 

With COVID in the rearview mirror, in 2023 MC Connect began releasing popular afrobeats/rap tunes with Sr. Malakai who recently arrived in Australia from Kenya, Nairobi. In 2024 the two became regulars on the local Sydney music scene performing at top venues in Sydney including the Metro Theatre supporting international superstars, Hart_The_Band in July 2024. 

On the 13th of April 2024, MC Connect launched 'Snake' reflecting on some of the less-than-genuine characters in the rap game who quickly come and leave.

In December 2024, MC Connect returned with his new single, 'Gratification Delay', a song about growth, development and putting in the work for a long term goal. Completely self-produced, the track features MC Connect singing a chorus about traveling down a road towards a goal that seems ever out-of-reach despite unwavering dedication and effort.

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