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B L I N K H O T TA L E N T

MZANSI TALENT

K WA I TO M U S I C I S

OUR CALLING.
TOO

By Sharon Ndlovu

By Barbara Mofokeng

Kwaito is the first music genre they heard, filled with the vibe and
rhythms. Plus it's a culture of the youth in Mzansi as a whole, kwaito
talks about things around us and anyone can relate to every song.
Thato and Thabang Pebane are
the duo brothers called Tycoo,
this name derived from the
word 'tycoon'.
The motive behind it is their passion of
knowing the business side of the industry as
most artists only know the entertainment
side but not the business side.

They started joining forces with their parents
request then in 2004 Tycoo was born, in 2005
they met TJ Gomala who produced their 1st
album under “Our Pride Record” recorded at
“Silk voice Studio” titled “From nothing to
something” that introduced them to other
provinces and now with their track called
“MonateThwaa” doing well on radio stations,
they are very happy with their journey even
its not easy.

Thabang and Thato were born and grew
up in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga; they
come from an agricultural Family,
fetching cows and goats is their lifestyle
even now, that's why some people in the
industry call them Kwaito Farm Boys,
milking cows every morning is part of
what made them strong.
Their love for kwaito began when
Thabang bought cassette by Authur OyiOyi in the nineties and Thato would
listen to the top 20 chats in all radio
stations.

“We handle them differently
as their specificity and making
sure that we learn from those
challenges and whatever
decision we taking in handling
them, makes it better than we
were yesterday says Tycoo”.

In 2003 Dj Calenda from Acornhoek
asked one of them to perform as a
singer, that's when everything started to
change for Thabang while Thato was
doing his own things aside.

Apart from music, Thabang is studying at the
moment as we all know that education is the
key to success and in every aspect of life,
education is needed. As for Thato is working
at an institution called Mpumalanga Regional
Training Trust (MRTT).

Like normal people they do face challenges as
a brand “TYCOO”.

The message behind the song
MonateThwaa is just to change the
mindset of people about how they view
Bushbuckridge, they just letting the
nation know that even people in
Bushbuckridge know how to party.
People out there view Bushbuckridge as
a place of witchcraft, which there's more
activities and more fun which one can
experience in Bushbuckridge.
They are currently working on a new
album.People should expect a unique
sound, more collaboration and what
they can reveal is that the album will be
called “Ama Kwaito Chemical”.
The name says it all that it will be a
mixture and exciting album for people
to look up to. Their advice to young
people who wants to enter the music
industry is that “They should be ready,
they shouldn't be in the industry for
fame and money but be in the industry
for a good course of entertaining
people, spreading words of wisdom,
giving people good music. And they
should work hard, be patient, respect
and most importantly be themselves and
be loyal to themselves. Remember being
a musician is work so people should put
food on the table and forget about fame.
Says Tycoo”
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