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TOOFAB TOO B L I N K H O T TA L E N T FAB Blink very own Barbara Mofokeng get to chat with talented Group of Hi p Hop stars hailing all the way from Venda. on The Lime Light By Barbara Mofokeng WHAT IS TOOFAB? Toofab is a Hip-Hop music group originally from venda.In simple wording Toofab is a name derived from the word TooFabulous. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE NAME TOOFAB? We chose the name because it represented how the youth nowadays live in their everyday life,everyone despite any race or so just want to be TooFabulous in everything they do. It can be from how people dress or the gadgets they have, the car they drive or whatever success you may achieve, at the end of the day you want your life to be TooFabulous. WHEN WAS THIS GROUP FORMED AND HOW? The group was formed in in 2010 end of the year and became active in 2011 when it was only consisting of 3 members (Fizzy,Kashflow and SK Villageboss). Fizzy formed the group together with Kashflow then recruited SK Villageboss. HOW MANY MEMBERS DOES THE GROUP CONSIST OF? IN 2014 the group got restructured to become TOOFAB music which is no more than a group alone. It's a registered independent music record label that consists of 3 members which are (Kashflow,Geenkon and Fizzy).However TOOFAB as a crew still exists and indipendently aside from TOOFAB music still has its Original 5 members (SK,Missyfab,Floydbe st,Kashflow,Fizzy) which at the moment everyone is still busy with their solo projects. WHO HANDLES YOUR DAILY BUSINESS ACTIVITIES LIKE BOOKINGS AND PROMOS? Israel "Cigga" Mureri manages everything that has to do with TOOFAB as a crew,However Fizzy handles each and every daily activities of TOOFAB music as a record label. Promotions are handled independently by our artists and their managers. HOW DO YOU RATE YOUR LIVE PERFORMANCE ABILITY? 9 out of 10 HOW WAS IT LIKE TO APPEAR ON ETV FOR THE FIRST TIME? It was an awesome experience, It still feels like yesterday but it has been like a year and half since we went there. Everything changed from that day, People started respecting our craft from that day. WHAT IMAGE DO YOU THINK YOUR MUSIC CONVEYS? I think it conveys our everyday living, either you are experiencing rough times in your life; we have the type of music that will make you see that you are not alone. From love to happy songs and the feel good type of music, we also touch them so we personally feel we bring out only positive messages to the youth and adults. We do generally because we want to portray a positive image towards the youth that look up to us. ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE FROM NEW MERCH TO UPCOMING SHOWS/TOURS OR SONGS/ALBUMS? TOOFAB will be releasing a radio EP in January, Also Fizzy will be releasing a radio single in December.SK Villageboss will be releasing his first album under Tshedza Production and Masana Records early next year,Floydbest is busy working on radio EP,whileKashflow is still pushing his album "ZwireMbiluni".We are also Dropping MaGrootman mixtape on hardcopies in December so people must lookout for that. With shows they are too many to mention, keep it locked on our social networks, we can only confirm, that there will be a tour from all MaGrootMan movement artists through this coming December. ANY ADVICE TO UPCOMING ARTIST STRUGGLING TO GET GIGS &AIRPLAY? I think they must believe in their craft, what's more important and needed in music is not another Mizo phyll or Bhamba or Fizzy or Prifix.People want to hear new material and something unique that represents you as an artist and also where you come from. Originality and quality makes your music worth listening to. Also for upcoming artists to be airplayed they need to make music that is relevant to our society. the music must have direction. Blink Digital Magazine Jan/Feb Issue No.2 26