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Myke Drey's Biography

Katlego Teddy Mohale (born in February 17, 1994), better known by his stage name Myke Drey, is an unsigned South African hip-hop artist from a small village in Limpopo called Bellevue. Drey developed an intense passion for music from an early age, but lacked the knowledge and resources to record. He was founded by his then mentor, Emmanuel "Emmz" Mokgobi in 2010, whom saw potential in him and since then, Drey has been recording mixtape after mixtape.

Myke Drey is the only child to his mother Moyahabo Salphina Mohale, and first born to his father Michael Mapelane. His mother is a well-known professional hairstylist and his father is an estate agent. Myke Drey was born in Pretoria, but prior to his birth, they went to Bellevue, Limpopo. He stayed there until his parents split and his mother took him to Namakgale in 1999, where he stayed with his grandmother (mother's mother), who passed on in 2003, due to being diagnosed with diabetes. He then had to live with his grandmother's sister in Namakgale. When Drey started high school, peer pressure got the best of him and he ended up skipping classes and not attending at all. As a result, he was sent back to Bellevue in 2009, where he'd live with his other grandmother (father's mother), and since then he has been living there.

Myke Drey was formally known as "Teddy-Tee" when he started recording his music. In 2010, Drey, Emmz and Lil Dee (Angel Mokgobi) formed a crew called "Snazzy Starz", and released their first hit single titled "Dear Mama". The song received positive feedback around their neighbourhood, even though digital uploads were anonymous in that time, they managed to circulate the song to their friends and families, along with more songs that they did. The crew parted eventually, prior to Emmz's departure from Bellevue to Pretoria, Gauteng, for academic reasons.

In 2011, Myke then went on to form a crew with his neighbourhood friends, Kay-Payn (known as Khuli'Kat then) and T-Cobra (known as Sammy Cee then), called RapLords. The trio started working on a mixtape titled "Here We Are", and rocked their neighbourhood with hits like, "Guess Who's Back" and "I Don't Care", which featured some of the rappers from their neighbourhood. After a while, the three parted due to unknown reasons, and that is when Myke went solo, releasing his then hit single "I Love You[Kay-Tee]" which was a dedication to his then girlfriend Kgomotso Grace Modjela, whose name would later appear in his recent mixtape (Fingerprint). Drey became a household name in his small village, labeled 'The Best Rapper in Limpopo'. He was unable to release his first solo mixtape titled First Outcome, due to the lack of resources, but nevertheless, he released seven songs from the tape. Namely, "I Love You", "Introducing Myself", "I'm A Hustler", "My Baby Girl", "Fly Away", "Be Mine" and "Final Blow". The tape was unsuccessfully released, but that didn't deter the young rapper.

In 2012, he started working on his second mixtape, titled "REhearsAL". The capitalised letters say, 'REAL', meaning this was his real rehearsal. He recorded only eight songs, also due to the lack of resources, but made a name for himself with songs like "Airplanes Remix", which is a remix of B.o.B's Airplanes, and also "No Clique", which is a remix of Clique by Big Sean. The songs attracted ears from all over South Africa. This was around the time he changed his name from Teddy-Tee to just Drey. He called himself Drey because his friends said that he was the third Teddy that they knew, so he altered three into Drey.

In 2013, Drey was missing in action, as he was in matric and never really had time for music. In 2014, he created a Facebook fan page, with admins being himself and his friend Nhlaolo 'Weezy' Masondo, whom has been a relevant motivator and supporter of Drey's music. Drey joined HD Music, which is a group of musicians from Limpopo, with members like "Smith", "DanVer", "TDT" and more. Drey is also planning to release two tapes in 2014, namely "Fingerprint" and "The Affectionate Killer". Fingerprint was recorded in less than eight hours, ie 14 songs. While it will be a compellingly impressive mixtape, it is simply going to comprise of remixes and freestyles, with the only original songs being his first singles, "Loud Confessions", which features his friend and crew member DanVer, and "Legendary", which features HD Music's heavyweights, Smith and DanVer. Loud Confessions was produced by Myke himself, and recorded by Smith, and also got 1000+ downloads in its first week of release at DataFileHost. Rumour has it that they are planning to shoot a video for it. He started calling himself Myke Drey, because it would be easier for his fans to find him on Google Search, as it is a unique name. The 'Myke' comes from his father's name, Michael, because he says his father always referred to him as Mike junior, so it fitted right in. Now all that everyone can do, is sit back and watch this young talented rapper from Limpopo do amazing things.

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