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Geofrey Chirwa (Born 26th April 1981) better known by his stage names Black Mind, thaGiftedOne is a Malawian Rapper/Emcee from Mpingwe Blantyre, Malawi. He is widely regarded as one of the most Gifted, influential and Relevant emcee to date. He has released three Albums to his name, Soul From Within, Lyrical Messenger, Wize Scholar and will soon be releasing his forth album the GIFTED ONE by the end of this year 2015.

Beginnings/Early life

He Started rhyming in the mid 90'z a crucial moment when the era in Malawi was at its pinnacle thus a few years before it got birthed. He learned his craft from the early acts like Black-boy, Criminal A, Boyz Lazy, Black Life, Nyasa Vibes Crew, LC Definition, Solo just to mention a few.In 1996/97 he formed the Group Rail Crew form Mpingwe Blantyre with artists namely Junior Tembo (Dreaky-T) & DKT (MUHAMAD).

Black Mind is also a member of Malawi's Underground HipHop group called Royal Blood Army with Artists Like L-Plenet, Trudocsy, Captain IllMo the Orackle, Prophesiss just to mention a few. Black Mind is also a Co-founder of the Hip Hop Group called Black League with Co-Members Solo, Trudocsy and DJ Milatino (MC TRUTH)

Black Mind has worked extensively with artists Like Solo, LC Definition, Infinite K-one( Elder Brother) Ben Flavor and alot of artists locally. He has done international Collaborations with Artist like Akrobatik one Half of the Hip Hop Group the Perceptionists, Eldesensei of the Legendary group of Artifacts, Sayfame from Ghana and Akayne from Turkey

In 2014 Black Mind is finalizing setting up the Malawi HipHop Arts & Culture Festival which will be an annual event with the aim of preserving HipHop arts & Culture in Malawi.

DISCOGRAPHY

SOUL FROM WITHIN 2010 LYRICAL MESSENGER 2012 WIZE SCHOLAR 2013 THE GIFTED ONE 2014 UNSEEN UNHEARD 2015 THE SCRIPTED UNSCRIPTED 2015

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