My sound is Neo Soul boombap hip hop#the subject matter is relevant because i believe it is my full responsibity to promote sustancial music to touch other people in a positive manner

ILLTHABZ -HANG IN THERE FEAT TALLY

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ILLTHABZ BIOGRAPHY



Thembela ILLTHABZ Nzuzo –: Being raised in the environment of the Pan Africanist Movement made me realize the importance of ghetto uprising and having some sort of a relationship with your community.ILLTHABZ believe's an action needs to be taken to restore order,meaning it is our full resposbility to set example's in our communities for the sake better enviroments in our black societies & it takes a reliable indivisual,commited,trustworthy & honest for a leader to lead! The disadvantaged backgrounds we hail from should'nt dertemine the future of any generation &'' it takes a tribe to make a village ''so get familiar to the spirit of ''UBUNTU''. Born  @Butterworth hospital in the 80"s and raised in the former Transkei early 90's till late 90's @Cofimvaba Qamata Nogate township till age 11years & then moved to a lot of different towns/cities to seek proper education,places such as Mtata{Mqanduli),PE.(Uitenhage),Queenstown then Johanesburg.ILLTHABZ was raised by his grandparents before his grandfather who he regarded as a father got shot @late 90's when he was only 11 years old.  Being raised by his grandparents taught him patience and obedience and staying true to oneself and respecting elders.Peace be upon my grandparents & mother!!!

“Music is the language for the people, hip hop is the culture something that you should understand and follow”
The love for the hip hop culture & its elements began@early 90's when he stepped on a skateboard before i began to verbalise my thoughts lyricly on a page with a pen in the late 90's & that was ''spoken word/poetry''!
ILLTHABZ emmidiately started to recite his poetry on the michrophone horning his skills & ability on available platforms & ciphering & battling on top of instrumentals composed/produced by international people due to lack of access to resoucers back then & almost all mcees/rappers from that era did the same..He's rapping influence were from hip hop outfits/brands such as KRSONE,THE ROOTS,BIGGY,WUTANG etc...
Now you not suprised why this legendary god mcee is''REAL LIKE THAT''...This veterans sound is driven by dungan,boombap neosoul,jazzy sounds etc.This excptetional world class perfomer believes an artists full resposibility is to spread a positive message musilcy hence his music subject matter/content is thought provoking,uncomfortable truth about people's good & worst expirience's!
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This amazingly unique rapper believe's & takes the quality of music profesional hence his not your everage artist that release albums/material/projects for the sake of dropping without following the right proper distribution & marketing channels..He's more than a decade expirience of holding mic's/perfoming his been dropping tracks on various artists mixtapes all over the country while his been working on his LP & MIXTAPE for a minute but finaly 2013 sept 28 his very first single ''HANG IN THERE" is dropping & will be followed by a music video & couple of months down the line the classical/timeless debut album titled ''B.O.A''(BE OFFICIALLY ACQUEINTED) & the mixtape titled''EXPAND BEYOND'' will drop with a free mixtape..Shoutout to my friend Nkqo for his suggestions with regards to the project....@SICKSENSE  my producer shoutout to you son...


                                    ILLTHABZ Recently performed......2013 
GRAHAMSTOWN NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL ''SOULCLAP SESSIONS'' 05JULY 2013...............#Bay TV captured the perfomance & interviewed !
YOUTH DAY/JUNE16 & 17 CELEBRATIONS 2DAY EVENT ''SOUL CLAP SESSIONS RECLAIMIMG THE BIGGEST HIP HOP FEST IN THE PROVINCE @COFFE BAY BEACH!
MAY18 ILLTHABZ HOSTED & PERFORMED WITH ''IFANI LIVE IN QUEENSTOWN  ''MY HOMETOWN'' WITH A GUEST ARTIST FLEXBOOGIE.
MAY 02 SOULCLAP SESSIONS@ENDAWENI LOUNGE'''EAST LONDON'' WITH @IFANI HOSTED BY MBU MANY LAUGHS(COMEDIAN)
FEB 04 @ENDAWENI LOUNGE#SOUL CLAP SESSIONS HEADLINING @TRUSENZ,GUEST PERFOMANCE BY LI.STAY FLY, WITH ''BERITA AFROSOUL & ILLTHABZ'' HOSTED BY NKQO
ON A WEEKLY BASIS HE PERFOM'S@ HIS HOME HOOD IN FRONT OF 300 MASSE'S & OUTSIDE THE PROVINCE.
RECENTLY/CURRENTLY SHARES THE STAGE ON VARIOUS EVENTS WITH FELLOW EASTERN CAPE ARTISTS ,MOST OF THESE ACTS ARE CLOSE FRIENDS & GUESTS FROM OUTSIDE SUCH AS................
BERITA AFROSOUL(METRO FM AWARD WINNER & SATMA NOMINEE)
NKQO(SA HIP HOP AWARD WINNER)
IFANI(HIP HOP AWARD WINNER)
FLEXBOOGIE(PTA GUEST)
MISS THABZ SOULSTAR(IDOL)
TRUSENZ
SIMBONE
INTLOKO ZENYOKA
MAXHOSENI
OHAYV AHBIR
1ST TEAM
OIL
KWERIEZ
RHAMNCWA AKA FINGA
STAYFRESHTEAM
LOLO
SOSO VAN DER RU
GUNZO
TRUSENZ
MELK 
BLAKPHAMOUS
CHAMP'TILE
2DAXHA
VERNAC REVOLUTION
LTEE
AMATHWASA


This highly talented individual is one of the founding members of Hip Hop Uplifterz an events management & promotions innitiative that contributed on/to a lot of South African Artists careers mainly hip hop & ILLTHABZ took the matter into his own hands by promoting! Having been exposed to the entertainment industry from the inside, ILLTHABZ is not only a renowned hip-hop artist as well as a dj in his own right, and he brings with him to the team his connectedness to artists all over Africa.  He spent time in Johannesburg researching the state and opportunities within the SA MUSIC INDUSTRY  mainly Hip Hop music & tried to establish himself perfoming around Gauteng province.  After completing his research he discovered that young people don’t have to go to Johannesburg to be successful people.  Additionally, his experience in publishing of music, sound engineering, graphic designing etc provides added value to the growth of the company.


ILLTHABZ returned to his home province to implement his plans, uplift & empower the local arts with relevant active stake holders within the arts.
Thembela ILLTHABZ Nzuzo gained experience from a very young age.He started an initiative named Imbew Hip Hop Movement and a hip-hop magazine together with Ndumiso Mnyani the CEO of Greenlog Graphic Design company based in Port Elizabeth.  
2006 Queenstown's Twisters night club hosted weekly successfull Sessions & Miss BlakRok hosted the activity where local acts/artists show cased their talent & i  hosted guest artists to our town from around the province before hosting artists from outside our province,it  was Grahamstowns(ACALPER)& KWT'S(INTLOKO ZENYOKA)with Gobashev.while doing that ILLTHABZ blessed the P.E crowd@OPRAH HOUSE THEATHER & THE WEEKLY SUCCEFULL HIP HOP SHOW THAT WAS HOSTED BY TRUSENZ@the former CKI now TRU FM.
ILLTHABZ was one of the ambassadors for the successfull Hip-hop shows Ground Zero Hosted by TRUSENZ on the former radio Cki currently known as Tru FM back in 2007,with active artists by the name's INTLOKO ZENYOKA ,BLACKVIOLIN , GOBASHEV ,VIRUS ,MO MONEY etc.Our  contribution gave local/EASTERN CAPE artists a professional platform in the weekly radio show.
 ILLTHABZ  assisted/adviced on a weekly hip-hop show at Vukani Community Radio Station@his hometown Queenstown 2008 by giving advice to potential up coming artists in the CHDM(Chris Hani district municipality) . He was interviewed by HYPE magazine  & APPEARED ON A PANEL WITH FELLOW EASTERN CAPE ARTISTS WHERE WE DISCUSSED ISSUE'S AFFECTING ARTISTS IN OUR PROVINCE &  @Umhlobo Wenene FM’s hip-hop show hosted by Luckeez & produced by YAHKEEM 2009 during a highly publicized album launch of a well known  Eastern Cape duo Intloko Zeenyoka from King Williams Town. In 2010 ILLTHABZ was interviewed by a local radio in Bloemfontein {MOTHEO FM THE ZONE HIPHOP SHOW} hosted by my man KULAX, talking about the challenges we face in the industry.  ILLTHABZ organized in 2009 SEPT a successful fundraising hip-hop event featuring hip-hop artists from around the country and he was part of the CHDM(Chris hani district municipality) Entertainment & Exhibition Committee for Heritage/Tourism Month Celebration 2009.  This event helped kick-start the Hip Hop Uplifterz initiative for social change in communities. This hip hop event helped put the CHDM on the map for tourism attraction.ILLTHABZ cooperated at world AIDS commemoration at mount frere in 2009 with health officials the EASTERN CAPE AIDS COUNCIL, we were mobilizing the youth to be active on sports arts & culture!!The are simple ways of managing to convince corporates to be part of any youth initiative!!!With the experience I have also with the company i own HHU we host an ANNUAL WORLD AIDS MUSIC FESTIVAL in Queenstown & the company also has other annual events during the year such as our HERITAGE & TOURISM event….
ILLTHABZ FREEMENTO believes like he did, you can start something small from the backyard of your house ciphering then straight to CBD with CORPORATES!

All the networks Thembela ILLTHABZ Nzuzo has made over the years helped the Eastern Cape hip-hop community to move beyond the immature status to a recognized developed product that is ready to be sold into the world.
Thembela Nzuzo
Cell: 073 012 7974 /071 245 5219
E-mail: tnzuzo2@gmail.com
Facebook.com/ILLTHABZ
Twitter.com/ILLTHABZ
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”Hip Hop Uplifterz the You and I movement”



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