User:Harrison Itai Mudukuti/sandbox/BLAQPOINT

Blaqpoint In 2002 he appeared on the debut single Amai vaLeopold, with the trio SKULL CRACKERS, the trio was hardly revolutionary, their music was based on the URBAN GROOVES era. A popular Zimbabwean style of music for mostly the youth. Amai vaLeopold, which translates to ‘Leopold’s mother’ rocked the POWER F.M ,Hitsville top 20 for four weeks at number one with the assistance of KEVIN ‘PRINCE OF the Airwaves’ Ncube.

Skull Crackers saw their song roster with some of Urban grooves finest material. The decline of their Mai vaLeopold fame led to the rise of a solo career. He is among some of very first hip hop artists to incorporate elements of vernacular and R&B elements into their rap style.

Although making music is paramount Blaq Point is not without social conciousness and responsibility, in June 2010, to help raise funds for homeless children he joined beatbox, graffiti, break dance and M.C greats Black Noize, to host a gig at the South Peninsula high school campus in Constantia, Cape Town. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovDKmGJZFGABlaq Point has worked and shared the stage with legendary names like Mizchif ,Mau Mau ,Psycho world soldiers and African rap’s most outspoken and respected poet,‘Church Muzik’.

Born Harrison Itai Mudukuti (November 27 1980) in the tough Bulawayo township of Nkulumane, he was involved with Killa Flamez’s Psycho world productions where he recorded at Ayesha records under the name Ghost. Early in his teens he dropped out of school and left home migrating to Johannesburg, South Africa. Although he survived mostly on the notorious Hillbrow streets and shelters, he continued his education by studying extensively in public libraries. During this period, he became interested in hip-hop culture, writting his own raps and freestyling. After months in Johannesburg he was deported finding himself back in the Nkulumane ghetto he called home. By the end of 2003 he was back in Jo-burg living with his elder brother Robert who was recovering from multiple gunshot wounds.

Life was rough as always but through prayer and persistence he still had the vision for success, devoted himself to realistic narratives of African ghetto life, social and political commentary thus earning himself the nickname Blaq Point..He moved to Cape Town and Blaq Supremacy record was born. ln the process he helped pave the way for Mizchif’s comeback album Zimbabwean Soldier. In 2008, he appeared and co-produced the first single Congratulations’ video. Blaq Supremacy’s first independent album was 2006’s Files and Dockets. The record Siyakhala earned him a cult following on the streets when the video appeared in 2008, and today is considered a classic underground gospel record. This style led to the development of a unified message complete with the voice of a rebellious, intelligent young street poet. It also connected greatly with his audience. Blaq Point made his first visual appearance on the Finding Madiba documentary in June of 2010.

The project was a debut of his Afrocentric Chrome Maddbeats sound, it was also the beginning of his collaboration with poet Church Muzik. Church appeared on Free Educashin, the Asylum Seeker album, with Tafadzwa ‘Chrome’Mhonda, Brian ‘Zaffie’ Matsvayire (Maddbeats productions) and Athenkosi ‘M.K’ Sityana aka Mass Kaos. Most of the music featured on the Finding Madiba documentary was recorded at Blaq Supremacy records. Asylum Seeker, due for release in the summer of 2010, boasts some of the greatest work ever done by the stable, from songs like the Zimbabwean banned Crisis, What’s the reason?, Mama Omnyama to heavy hitting tracks like, Keep Rising, Jumpin’ Jumpin’ and the Maddbeats produced lm the best. The Finding Madiba documentary will hit the big screen in December 2010.

DISCOGRAPHY 2002 Amai VaLeopolt-Single 2009 Siyakhala-Single 2010 Asylum Seeker Mixtape 2012 Father Of African Rap Mixtape 2014 Cape 2 Cairo Volume 1 Mixtape (SFTML) 2015 Cape 2 Cairo Volume 2 Mixtape (Sftml)

MUSIC VIDEO LINKS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovDKmGJZFGA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUjX8SkYSPo