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--------------------------- B. SHARPA is OUT NOW!!
Buy it here:
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- Look & Listen (across SA)
- Musica (across SA)
- Ozmic’s Ritual Store, Cnr. Bree and Henry Nxumalo, Newtown, Johannesburg
- Mabu Vinyl, Rheede St., Cape Town. (021) 423 7635
- Shelflife, 119 Loop St., Cape Town. (021) 422 3931
- Hi-Five, 34 Kloof St., 5 Mooikloof Centre, Cape Town. (021) 422 5455/6
- African Music Store, 134 Long St., Cape Town. (021) 426 0857
--------------------------- The Ben Saga...
Considered by those in the know to be one of the African Continent’s most accomplished lyricists, Ben Sharpa has dedicated his life to his art, undertaking an epic musical journey characterised by an unshakeable self-belief that has seen him cheat death itself in order to fulfil his destiny.
Born in the rugged ghetto slums of Soweto, South Africa in 1979, Ben Sharpa (aka Oh Kaptin My Kaptin, or simply ‘Kap’ to his friends and fans) experienced the full force of the brutal Apartheid regime and the revolutionary turmoil that surrounded the struggle against it.
While Ben was still a young child, his father took the opportunity to escape the hardship of life in South Africa by relocated his family to Chicago, Illinois, where he took the post of Audiologist at Cook County Hospital before moving on to become a lecturer at the prestigious Michigan State University.
Growing up in an alien culture and intensely aware of the plight of his fellow countrymen back home in South Africa, Ben was inspired by the radical new voice that Hip Hop was giving to the disenfranchised and oppressed.
When Ben came back to South Africa in 1993 for the first free elections, he quickly set about establishing himself as a major force in the underground, forming cult crews GroundWorks and Audio Visual. Ben’s music addressed themes of social consciousness, politics, conspiracy theories and the hustle to survive.
In 2003, Ben Sharpa won a nation-wide freestyle battle competition sponsored by South African cellular network, MTN. This not only gave him notoriety and country-wide exposure, but also won him an opportunity to go to London and meet Eminem during the artist’s Anger Management tour.
Ben Sharpa has shared the stage with artists such as Immortal Technique (June 2005), Jonzi-D (June 2003), Black Thought (August 2001), Mr. Len and Jean Grae (May 2001). In June 2006, Sharpa headlined alongside Wordsworth and Jonzi-D as part of the Tri-Continental Hip Hop Festival that toured South Africa.
In 2007 Ben was discovered by accomplished BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary-Anne Hobbs who described him as “one of the most inspired and agile lyricists in the world today”. Soon after, Ben performed at the annual Glastonbury Festival (June 2007) on the BBC Introduces Stage.
In late 2007 Ben fell into a diabetic coma. A week later the prognosis was bleak. He had massive internal bleeding, kidney failure and was only able to breath with the help of a ventilator. Doctors had all but given up on Ben when he miraculously regained consciousness. Ben quipped, “I have seen the other side of the Matrix” as soon as he was able to talk. The veteran underground rapper made a full recovery, his new lease on life providing him with further energy to continue carving out his niche in Hip Hop history.
Ben’s long-awaited, genre-defying album, B. Sharpa is OUT NOW!!!!
To book Ben Sharpa + Milanese contact: paul (at) k7 (dot) com
To book Ben Sharpa contact: pioneerunit (at) gmail (dot) com
BEN SHARPA REPRESENTS SA HIP HOP @ GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2007!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/2007/artists/bensharpa/
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Sharpa in Holland Soon!! Michiel told me. C-no tour dates here man but call me when your in town. In June idj in france. you gona enjoy it i know! Peace call me at +31613845094 Peace Menno.
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