Under The Groove
Karma
Music is very dynamic and it
takes a very critical ear to
understand what’s good and
what’s superbly genius. Hip
hop is a popular genre and
subculture amongst most
people of African roots and in
Zimbabwe, it is growing and
slowly shaping itself in efforts
to fit onto the global market.
With a name like “Karma” one
wonders if this young man is
out for revenge, but then once
you listen to his lyrics that
show intelligence and high
levels of depth and maturity,
you will be “karmafied”. Born
Bradley Matengenzara, the
lyricist who has been known as
a television presenter is
creating his own path to stand
out and be different.
GM.: For those in the know, you
have been a television personality,
but for some they would probably
want to find out more about
Karma.
Karma: My real name is Bradley
Tanyaradzwa Matengenzara, very
long, I guess. I’m 20 years old. I guess
I can say that I’m just an average
teenager if there’s anything like that.
I’m going to Pretoria for school to
study a Bachelor in Arts in Political
Science, although I’m not really
proud of that . I really need to
change that as soon as I get a
chance to. The name Karma
came up from the roots of what
karma is. Karma is an effect
whereby whatever you do
comes back to you, so I thought
that with my music, it has to
have an effect of who I am and
how I see things.
GM.: How did you come to be
Karma?
Karma: I’m a rapper, and slash,
a little bit of a poet. My main
genre is rap though. I started
rapping in primary school, in
grade seven, in 2005. Up until
now I have released an EP
called “Her Song, His Music”, that
was my first compilation. I
know a lot of people have not
heard that. And then after that
Groove Magazine Zimbabwe
, there was an EP
“Reincarnation”, which was a
compilation with some other
tracks that I had dropped,
that had not been heard
before. And then I recorded
my first album , that was last
year, November 28th called
“Chasing Moments” , which has
ten tracks, so that’s where I
am at , at the moment.
GM.: What has been the
response to your music?
Karma: It has been good so
far, my main challenge has
been marketing. Not a lot of
people are getting my music
instantly but I have been
getting a lot of positive
feedback. Although there
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