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MEGA ARTIST<br />
Issue no: 03<br />
RIOSITY<br />
Q-riosity real name, Emmanuel M. Mokoka<br />
Jr. born July the 07th 1988 grew up in a<br />
small town in Limpopo province called<br />
Mokopane.Life was not a walk in the park<br />
for Q but his love for music was an escape<br />
route from all the heartaches and pains. In<br />
his first year of high school he was<br />
introduced to hip hop by his brother<br />
Onismus, listening to and imitating rappers<br />
like Wu tang clan, Eminem, Proverb,Jay-z<br />
and Nelly Ville he fell deeply in love with hip<br />
hop and even deeper with the crowd<br />
response whenever he stepped on stage.<br />
He started writing his own songs in 2003,<br />
and was officially introduced to<br />
underground hip hop by Egg-head in 2004<br />
and that's where hip hop started making<br />
sense. After his completion of matric in<br />
2006 he went to study B.compt (bcom<br />
accounting sciences) in 2007 at University<br />
of Limpopo, during the same year he<br />
released his first hip hop project an EP titled<br />
“THE MIC RIPPER” which got him<br />
popularity in the university campus.<br />
Performing at school concerts, hip hop<br />
shows, talent nights etc. Q-riosity was<br />
slowly but surely making a name for<br />
himself.<br />
In 2012 Q-riosity was in his 2nd year out of<br />
varsity he started working on his solo<br />
project, a mixtape titled “If I Knew Then<br />
What I Know Now” featuring hit tracks like<br />
“NkabeKetsebile, Ndiyahamba, and<br />
Whatever It Takes”, which was released on<br />
the 9th of August 2014; Moving physical<br />
Photo by: Q-riosity<br />
copies and selling his music online<br />
@(www.waptrendz.com) he sold over<br />
1500 copies over the past 6 months. Q-<br />
riosity is currently working on music videos<br />
for the mixtape on songs like "The lost<br />
children and Bulamabati".<br />
In December 2013 Q-riosity was granted<br />
an opportunity to be one of the founding<br />
members of a movement in Mokopane<br />
c a l l e d “ A R T I S T I C Y O U T H<br />
EXPRESSIONZ” which aims to utilize art<br />
to positively influence kids in the<br />
community and create a platform for<br />
aspiring artists.<br />
In early 2014 Q-riosity took part in an<br />
international emceeing competition called<br />
“END OF THE WEAK”, during May 2014<br />
he then went to compete in Johannesburg<br />
www.megaartists.co.za FEB - MAR 2015<br />
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