| About Jazzmaniac | Jazzmaniac: a new breed of South African artist. He combines his skills of lyricism with business savvy to develop an “All School” mix. At a tender age of four, his mother started to notice how good he was at impersonating a lot of entertainers including the king of Pop, Michael Jackson. By the age of ten, Jazzmaniac was already popular amongst his peers for his slick moves and was a regular feature in his school’s plays for his acting. After penning down his very first verse, Jazzmaniac had become very fascinated and had developed a passion for music which led to the studio becoming his second home. Timeline - Past, Present and Forthcoming Jazzmaniac went on to record a song featuring Sipho ‘Kulax’ Khaile on production. The song titled “IN THE ZONE” got massive airplay on Bloemfontein’s biggest community radio station KOVSIE FM. It got to the pinnacle spot of their International Top 40 Chart followed by another single titled “BRING URSELF” produced by Lufuno ‘Magnanimis’Muthala which also made it to the number one spot on the charts. Jazzmaniac started performing around the city where he met other aspiring artists like himself. The most notable events were DjShaxe’s Hip Hop shows held on Thursday nights at Club 142. Stage performances so far include an opening act for a well renowned-rapper from the Vaal known as Maths which was held at Bloemfontein’s PACOFS (Performing Arts of the Free State), a closing act at a show called FOR THE LOVE OF HIP HOP part 1 at Club 142 hosted by DjShaxe and another opening act for an internationally acclaimed Hip Hop dance group from Cape Town BLACK NOISE at Club 142. Jazzmaniac opened a show for South Africa’s most successful Hip Hop group SKWATTA KAMP. Furthermore, one of the artists he met and shared the stage with was KommanderObbs who hails from Lesotho. The two had recorded a song together to get their newfound affiliation going because they had chemistry in studio although KommanderObbs rapped in Sesotho and Jazzmaniac in English. Jazzmaniac also performed at one of the fan parks during the 2010 World Cup tournament. Presently, Jazzmaniac is back doing performances alongside Pyro to promote his upcoming mixtape ‘Calm Before the Blek Storm’. Music Library - Notable Accolades & References Jazzmaniac has a single titled ‘ENTERTAINMENT MONEY’ featuring Pyro and one of Motswako Hip Hop’s best, JR of “Make The Circle Bigger” fame. The song made a debut at the number three spot on the local charts of Motheo FM’s THE ZONE hosted by Kulax every Saturday 6-9pm. Also included in his roster is a single called Superfreak, which made it to the one of the biggest radio stations in the country, Yfm. Besides this, in the months of November and December 2011 Jazzmaniac had a series called ‘Soulfood Sundays’ were he released a new track every Sunday, for free download, on his Soundcloud page. All the tracks released reached maximum download limit. Most recently, Jazzmaniac features on 2 tracks of a mixtape called ‘AURA’ by an artist from Limpopo, ELPHOnIC, released June 2012. Jazzmaniac has also been included in the Top 5 Unsigned rappers list of the biggest Hip Hop magazine in the country, Hype Magazine. Jazzmaniac has recently released (2013) a single titled ‘On Your Radio’ which made it to the number 3 spot on the 5fm national Hip Hop charts. #CBBS_CalmBefore The Blek Storm Summer 2012/13 marked the official introduction of Jazzmaniac’s ‘Calm Before the Blek Storm’ mixtape, with a release of the 1st Episode video of the making of CBBS. The video is available on YouTube for viewing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLiVV1YP45Y&feature=plcp and on Media Fire for download http://www.mediafire.com/?lyfl8p3zanf6u42 Jazzmaniac will be releasing the mixtape ‘Calm Before the Blek Storm’ soon. Interact With Jazzmaniac Visit Jazzmaniac website on www.jazzmaniacsa.com Follow Jazzmaniac on twitter @JazzmaniacSA –www.twitter.com/JazzmaniacSA Find him on Facebook: www.facebook.com/jazzmaniacsa View the Youtube channel www.youtube.com/jazzmaniachiphop |
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