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Biography
Supah Mpondo

Short Background

Birth name Andile Nyembezi. Originally coming from the forgotten dusty rural corner of Eastern Cape, in a village called Bizana. A Durbanite since 2013, Where he joined a university based arts organisation Keen Artists and became the music coordinator. A seasoned slam poet, battle-rapper and Hip-Hop artist active from 2013 to present.

Accolades

Current State of Poetry Festival
The first ever poetry meets theatre festival in Durban, was held at Playhouse by Current State Of Poetry. Supah Mpondo and Sqwayi Khumalo were contracted to write and act in a two-man hour long play. The play was titled The Blood Line, a gothic drama about a young boy who lost faith in church after the loss of his mother, and seeks the path back to righteousness. The two actors interchanged characters of hostage, priest, teenager with multiple personality disorder and servant. The task was completed in a space of two months. Supah Mpondo was solely responsible for composing original music, rhyme dialogue and coordinating musical instruments. The festival ran from July 23- 26, 2015. 

Poetry
- Playhouse Sundowners 
- Poet in a Suit 
- Cup Of Thought Slam Champion 2013 
- Current State of Poetry Inter-varsity Slampionship 
- Poetry Africa Slam Champion 2014 and 2015
- CSP Slam Book 2 Chapter 3 

Battle Rap
- Gagasi FM' Freestyle Thursday battle-rap champion
- Raw Deal Undefeated Champion 
- Decypher Da Cypher Undefeated Champion
- Scrambles for Money
- Bars Over Everything

Headline Performances
- Decypher Da Cypher presents Supah Mpondo
- Retro Bazaar
- BarWarz
- Something to Talk About
- Original Material Awards
- Cool Running's ILLegible EP launch
- Touch Base Live
- Red Bull Culture Clash
- Sessions ( Howard, UKZN)
- Unchained Voices
- Varsity Social (Skyy Bar)
Music
Mixtape
2013
- Faceless
Faceless was nominated for Original Material Awards - Mixtape of the year category. The mixtape featured singles like Go!!! & Ce Thru Rappaz which received rotation on Gagasi FM.
2015
-ILLegible
ILLegible was released digitally and the single Slow movin'
 received positive reviews on Slikour Online plus rotation on Gagasi FM.

Current Projects
- Safe & Supah
In 2016 Supah Mpondo merged with DJ/Producer Safecutz to form a duo. The  single "DO HE ROCK" which was released in 2017 received positive reviews from Move Hip Hop SA & Commit or Quit. The headlined their first event at Retro Bazaar and is currently working on an EP scheduled for release mid 2017.

- Playing in Mud
A collaborative venture with Thaw Odd Sounds which features the breakaway single Him a Bad Guy. The tape features 5 songs and was release at 07 July 2017 (because the date looked cool).