09 The One (Gobbla Remix)

08 History

07 Ceiling

06 Interlude

05 Bad Girls

04 Won't Stop

03 Interlude

02 Bluff

01 Intro

Radiofien talks about her Take One EP, and gives an impromptu freestyle... two of them. 

Radiofien Cliff Central Interview

Bad For You (prod. by Dutch)

Radiofien is the last born of Zimbabwean parents who led somewhat of a nomadic lifestyle in her earlier years, moving from Zimbabwe, to Botswana, eventually sinking their roots into the concrete jungle that is Johannesburg. 

A performer at heart, Radiofien started off dancing, doing the Running Man to Janet Jackson’s “Pleasure Principal” in front of amused family members. But as time went by, growing up on a strict diet of “when they still played music” MTV, and VH1, she discovered her love for music. Singing Aerosmith songs she barely knew the words to at a tender age on a makeshift microphone her parents got her for Christmas, she set out to lay the foundation for her musical talent.

As she grew older, she pestered her parents into buying her an electric guitar, and started guitar classes at 14, but neglected the practice months after. Music was her love, a forest she wandered through restlessly in search of a genre she could nestle into and call home. She soon found that home in rap. Her best friend and her would goof around in boarding school doing spoof raps, but after she left high school and took a gap year, Radiofien started to take the art form seriously. She was familiar with rap, as she’d often crossed paths with it in the streets, nodding in acknowledgment by regurgitating all of Tupac’s lyrics to “Changes” at 7 years old. But she finally struck up a conversation with it when she listened to a J. Cole album. 

From there, she started writing more and more, recording her first song “What’s Up” with the help of rapper and producer J-Lawless, who would soon be instrumental in her growing in the genre. She went on to do two more songs with the rapper, “The Way” and “Till The Early Morning,” produced by model Willy Monfret. “Casualty of Love,” another one of Radiofien’s singles, also made its rounds on 5FM and stations in Zimbabwe. Radiofien also joined forces with TRK, a talented, Zimbabwean rapper who she’s done a number of songs with such as, “To The Money,” played on a number of stations in Zimbabwe. “Humble,” produced by TRK, whose song it also is, hit number one on popular South African DJ Ms Cosmo’s Top 5 Local Hip Hop countdown. 

Right now, staring down the bedazzled barrel, Radiofien is ready at a shot at fame. 

 




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