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YOUNG WOMEN ON THE MOVE YA P I E P U L L Z Gundo Victory decided to have a lil chat with one of the best upcoming Female musician from Limpopo, Venda, Engineering student and a proud mom with a voice of an angel. Born in a small Village outside Thohoyandou called Vondwe.She loves music so much, she is quite and choose music to express her inner self.She believes in uplifting people spirits when they feel hopeless through music. Q:How did you get the name Yapie? A:My dad gave me the name when I was still young, he used call me with the name especially when he plays with me, I then decided to shorten it from my full name Yapi-Yapi. Q:Can you describe your kind of music? A:Soul music. Q:What does Venrap mean to you? A:Venrap to me means a new music era that is giving our Venda musicians or artist a belief that we as Venda people we are also musically talented. Q: Are you willing to raise a flag for Venrap movement? A:Yes I'm 100% willing to raise the flag. Q: Any artist from Venda you would like to work with? A:I would love to work with Funie Nematswerani. Q: In your opinion, what's missing in Venrap movement? A: Creativity is really missing, most artist fail to bring new taste in music they are always holding on the same style of music that they know instead of adding some spice and new ingredients on music. Q:Who is your favorite artist from VITO at the moment? A:I don't really have my favorite in VITO because most of them that I love they are all good and I find it hard to have a favorite but let me go with Mizo phyll. Q:Any shout out? A: I will just send my regards to God first who made me come this far, my parents for their support, Faceboy, lil-f, Dj thakhie, Guru fam, Akid, friends and my fans. Q:What are your future plans? A:I just want to find myself as one of the best female artist in the world and owning my own record label. Q:Are you voting, if not why? A:No,I’m not really into politics. Q: How can people reach you? A:They can follow me on Twitter handle @Yapie_pullz ,Facebook page "Yapie pullz" and also Instagram @yapie_pullz. Q: What do you want people to learn from your music? A:I would love people to learn to have peace within themselves, help them express what they feel without any fear and build themselves. Q:Advice nyana for vho youngsters who are new to the game? A:All I can advise them is that they should first know what they are doing and never do music for fame but for people and by doing that, it will help them grow musically. BDM TALENT ISSUE #03 22