THE DIVERSE SOUND OF “FO-PLAY”.
Fo-Play hails from the vibrant township of Soshanguve Pretoria and consists of three members Karabo Molepo aka “Icy Beats”, Morena Molepo aka “Deep Drill” and Harry N. Ndou aka “Raidy”, the crew’s musical journey started in 2009 and in 2012 named the group “Fo-Play”. The name Fo-Play came about after hearing their unique sound and melody, phrasing it as fun and enjoyable. “Well the name sort of says a lot about who we are, different instrumental players coming together to produce one harmonic sound, Fo-play has this diverse sound, we are not narrowed about how our next song will sound like but if the sound gives us the vibe then we let it be heard”- Fo-Play. “Although we had known each other for several years prior and had been toying with the idea of pursuing careers in music, it was only in 2011 that we had decided to make it formal and pursue music fulltime. All three of us have been writing lyrics in our teenage stages so we have many songs with diverse messages to impart”-Harry. The crew released their first hit song “Hey to the money” the same night before a live performance. The song proved how good they were with the crowd going wild when they hit the stage. In 2013, the group released its long awaited mix tape consisting of 20 tracks titled “The Peak”. The project is available on all online stores for download. The mix tape features the group’s popular track “Famous” which speaks about the experiences of an aspiring artist. The track touches on the groups own expectations and ambitions as upcoming artists, providing a platform for introspection and self-analysis.
“The track is an account of how much we are dedicated
to making music and the measures we
would go to have people hear our music and the messages contained in our
songs”-Raidy.
Fo-Play is currently working on its
first EP, which will feature the track
Baptism as thelead single. Baptism is
more of a statement than a practice.
“On the song we address ourselves as
deities, missionaries baptising people
by introducing them to our music.
Thus every verse specifies each
rapper’s personality, their perception about the industry, girls and so
on”-Karabo. Soon the group will be
launching two projects, which they
hope will help make a positive contribution to all communities in South
Africa and across the continent. “Full
details of the projects are currently
under wraps, but the project will seek
to tackle issues of poverty, HIV and
AIDS, racism, sexism, tribalism, the
effects of war as well as the negative
human relations and conflict in all
spheres of human endeavour”
-Karabo.
Having four other songs featured on
four mixtapes of the world’s biggest
onlinemixtapes that belong to Coast2Coast in those songs including two
international collaborations they did
with New York’s finnest Hip-Hop cat
Twin Parx.
The boys have done a lot lately and
still on the go for more...
Fo-Play has Hit the studio With one
of the young and fresh female emcees Nipsey Blunt which her mixtape
came out to be,“more in store y’all all
on that” ICY.B says it with a smile.
Fo-play’s musical journey thus
far has been a good one, opening
the stage for award winning
group Freshly Ground at a
NedBank tour event
held at Taliban in GaRankuwa. They have
also opened the stage
for Khuli Chana
at Zygoz Pub and
Grill in Mabopane.
And sharing stages
with more South
Africa’s top ranking
artists, they definitely
are a force to reckon
with for being the
underdogs of the
Hip-Hop industry and
more in South Africa.
You can found more about FO-PLAY on February 2019 Issue at here
You can found more about FO-PLAY on February 2019 Issue at here
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