SthabaC2K

STHABA NXUMALO (C2K) MUSIC PROFILE
C2K, real name Sthaba Nxumalo is a young dedicated Liswati, an upcoming rapper from Manzini. The rapper specializes in the customized Swazi Hip Hop, affectionately known by the masses as Ngwane Hop but twisted a bit to a sense of 'Gogo Taal' with his deep lyrical concent. He grew up in a place called Ngculwini with his parents, four brothers and two sisters. He attended his Primary school at St Philomina and went to Mhubhe High School. He started doing music way back in 2007 in his primary level.He was being insiperd by Eminem,Nas Dolly Parton and Dr Dre.He did street battles, wrote his own songs and performed in several places. He started performing accapela [with no beat],continued hustling and got beats and recorded songs, that is when he started getting slots on performances like road shows. He got his music playing on radio after showing himself with his siswati rap of very deep words. He took part in a couple of competitions like The Buy Swazi competition in 2013. The highlight of his career was making it to the top 5 of the inaugural T55 talent search Competition. Although he would have loved to emerge victorious in the end but he believe manking it to the top 5 was an achievement on its own. He rose to stardom by making it to the top 5 as the only rapper.C2K is one artist who lyrically expresses himself about anything happening around. He then released his single track tittled Kangwane in 2016. KaNgwane came about because he wanted to paint a picture with words of the beauty of our nation 'Eswatini' and there was no better way of doing that than featuring Ngwane hop pioneer, Diba Diba and Lindelwa with her traditional yet modern and angelic voice. The song is a work of art aimed at displaying the tranquility, beauty and uniqueness of the land known as KaNgwane that covers modern days Eswatini and parts of Mpumalanga province in South Africa through music. The song covers elements of culture that range from traditional weddings, umhlanga, lisango upbringing, to tourist attractions. The delivery of the song is a combination of traditional soul, Hip Hop and the Swazi Customized Ngwane Hop. He performed these track on the SADC Fashion show 2016.He also perfomed on SIFT 2016 SWAMA,One Mic-Aug 2016,Hankey Bannister Royal Night,Mtn Rhymes and Laughter 2016,Ayeye Show[Davyton SA]2017,Mortal Combat[SD Featured Krtc and DjMbo]2018,The Big Bang Comedy night(Hosted by Smalz The Comedian)2018 Pens Down at (Cloud 9 SD]