Artist Bio/Profile
BACKGROUND
Siyabonga Mngomezulu Better Known As
"CYA" Was Born In The
Dusty
Streets Of Ermelo In Mpumalanga 1994 And Moved To Dundonald 2001
Due
To His Primary And Secondary Education.
Like Every Rapper, He
Developed The Love And Passion For Music Back
Then In High School, Being
Close To His School Friends Always
Listening To Hiphop Music
Artist Like
F_Eezy, Maraza, Zulu Boy, Teargas, Pro, Red Button When
Playing Video Games.
Something You Should Know, He's A Great Fan Of Video Games.
In 2009 CYA
Decided To Start Writting His Own Lyrics, Record With His
Phone And Let His
Friends Judge What He Has Recorded.
Then Him And His Friends Approached
Some Guy From Around Their Hood
Who Was Having All Recording Equipment Asking
To Record Songs To Him,
He Agreed Then They Started Working.
. . .They
Recorded To The Guy For Couple Of Months And Decided To Buy
Their Own
Recording Equipment And Form A Group Called "Game
Quest"
They Made A
Name For Themselves Almost All Around Mpumalanga,
Performing
Everywhere
They Can, Holding Online Interviews, Travelling To Attend Gigs
And
Features Trying To Build The Group Name.
Early 2011, CYA Hooked Up
With Hopewell Makhubu Better Known As
"McFAB" . They Decided To Do A Song
Together Featuring Some Other Guy
Called S_BO.
From Then CYA Took
Giant Steps To Also Push His Solo Music And Decided
To Start A PROMO Solo
Mixtape That Featured Many Artists & Producers
From Different Provinces
All Around South Africa.
Mixtape Was Done Late 2012 Featuring The Likes
Of SiL, Swati
KhingKhong, Froz, Dr Tragik, Live Wire Just To Name Few. All
The
Mastering & Mixing Was Done By S_BO.
From There, The Boy Just
Clicked To The Whole Lots Of People.
According To Him "Success Is Not Just
Success For Him, But For
Mpumalanga As A Whole..."
ARTISTS WORKED
WITH
By This Short Period Of Time, The Boy Managed To Work With All
The
Artists Below:-
*Easy Beez - GP
*McFab - MP
*The Dream -
MP
*S_BO - MP
*Sincere - GP
*Profsam - MP
*Anthology - MP
*Globe
Trotter - MP
*Yenus Production - MP
*Kapitaal beats - GP
*SiL -
GP
*Dr Tragik - GP
*Live Wire - GP
*Maximum - GP
*Swatie KhingKhong
- GP
*Weza - KZN
*Mr Zetman - EC
*P Master L - KZN
*Froz - GP
*Dj
Sablo - GP
*Paige - Swaziland
RADIO STATIONS
*Ligwalagwala FM
(NationWide)
- Played And Interviewed On The "Sisonke Midday Grove"
Hosted By Khaya
*North West University FM (North West/Mafikeng)
-
Played 3 Times On The Show Called "Hiphop Urban Brew" Hosted By
Dizz
*Eldos FM (Gauteng)
- Played A Couple Of Times On The Local
Thursday Show "Wake Up With
Your Hands" Hosted By Zoma
- Played Again
A Couple Of Times On The "Grand Drive" Show Hosted By
Bionik
Forse
*Jozi FM (Gauteng)
- Played Once On The Afternoon Show W/ Dj
Cya
*Ukhozi FM (NationWide)
- Performed LIVE On Air And Got
Interviewed On The Hiphop Show Called
"Clever Unga Give Up" Hosted By Sbo,
Tshatha Ugodo And Mojah Pooh.
*Vukani Community Radio FM (Estern
Cape)
- Played And Interviewed On The Show Called "Underground Zone"
Hosted
By Dj Snesh
Click Here To Download/Listen To The Interview
:
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-95ae489c.html
*I
- Radio (Dellas)
- His Song Tittled "My Way" From The "Beyond Repair
Mixtape" Make It
To Get A Rotation Airplay On The International Radio Station
Based In
America (Houston) On The Show Called "We Hustle 365" Hosted
By
Crissy
*BCR (Barberton Community Radio)
- Played A Couple Of
Times On Their Top 20 Music Charts On The Show
Called "Imbulukusa" Hosted By
Bono
*Icora FM (KZN)
- Played On The Hiphop Show Called "Hiphop
Zone" Hosted By CB
*Voice Of Wits FM (Johannesburg/Gauteng)
-
Played A Couple Of Times On Various Shows
*TUT FM
(Pretoria/Soshanguve)
- Played On The Show Called "TUT Network" Hosted By
The Dream
*SBIS FM (Swaziland/Mandzini)
- Yet Again The Single "My
Way" Was Played On A Swaziland Based Radio
Station, On The MLK Show Hosted By
Dj Mdu
LANGUAGE
He Is Using 80% Zulu & 20% English In His
Lyrics But Willing To Use
Other Languages When Comfortable. .
.
INFLUENCE
Most He's Being Influenced By The Daily Life
Challenges, Using Some
Other People's Lives And His Life Expiriences To
Compose Music.
Secondly, He Get Inspiration From Other Artists Including
Cats Like
F_Eezy, Molly, Sbuda P, Mickey M, Lungelo, Zakwe, Pro, KO (Teargas)
.
STYLE
He Is A Prolific Music Writter, His Style Is Palatable And
Matured
Enough For His Age, Geared For The Radio.
Promisingly Appeals
To A Wide Audience But Yet Has A Bit Of Kasi
Flavour And Gritty With Catchy
English Hooks.
FUTURE
. . .Still Indipendent Working Under
"Nabalabantfu Ent:" Own By Delani
Mofokeng Who's Currently Managing Dj Nave
& Dj Sphectacula.
FREE! Music & Video
Link:-
www.ReverbNation.com/CYAMusic
For Bookings/Collaborations
Contact
e-mail: NattyGumede@Gmail.com
Twitter:
@NattyGee_SA