Interview With Maraza

February 6, 2011 by Cedrick

So I took off to Capello Norwood to meet up with Maraza for an interview. With my little knowledge of our hip hop industry people, I was not familiar with the gentleman and his work. So I didn’t know what to expect but I had a stereotypical view, which I discovered was wrong the minute he walked in. I’m not gonna say much but I’ll just say I was shocked, I mean which 21 year old rapper orders Rooiboss and honey at Capello? Hai let me not judge, here is the interview with Maraza.

Cedrick: Who is Maraza?

Maraza: Maraza is a copy writer, music producer, composer, aspiring pianist and guitarist, production manager, most of all record exec and rapper.

Cedrick: Record Exec?

Maraza: I own 50% of the company that’s gonna be releasing my album.

Cedrick: How did you get into music?

Maraza: For me it has always been something that was gonna happen, I grew up listening to a collection of LP’s at home, the likes of Dolly Parton, The Commodores, Dobbie Gray etc. I listened to a lot of Western country music because of my mother and I loved it, even to this day I still know the lyrics. I fell in love with poetry and writing a lot, and in high school those girls that had song books would befriend me a lot so that I could write lyrics for them. I was quick at catching music so someone suggested that I write my own music, then I started writing poetry and the rest is history.

Cedrick: Your choice of genre?

Maraza: I found the best way to express myself creatively through hip hop. For me hip hop was the closest thing to poetry with beats, because I’ve always loved poetry. I must actually stress this, because I grew up listening to other genres, I bring a lot of different sounds into my music, like now, I rap over a lot of house beats.

Cedrick: What do you think about the hip hop scene in SA at the moment?

Maraza: Things were not going good hey.

Cedrick: “Were” when? I wanna know about now.

Maraza: Yeah they were not going well until Teargas came out with Dark or Blue there’s been a steady incline in terms of growth, if you look at right now most artists are making such great music videos. Things are growing, unfortunately, hip hop remains one of the smallest musical genre in SA. In an industry where sales are dropping, hip hop is suffering the most.

Cedrick: Your personal experiences so far?

Maraza: It’s rough out there because people talk a lot and in their talking they sit on the fence a lot. What I’ve noticed with rappers is the longer you are in the industry, the less delusioned you become, because when you start out its all about keeping it real and hardcore and then you realize but who am I keeping it real to, because my stomach is only real to its hunger, I can do whatever for the streets, the very same streets that don’t but my music.

Cedrick: Really? What are they saying? Sounds like there was something nasty said about you?

Maraza: Yoh man like on facebook, you get someone updating that “this Maraza cat, he sounds gay, he can go to hell”. Not knowing that Google search can reveal such things, so in those kind of situations, I’d add that particular person on facebook to kind of give them an opportunity to know the real me. Some people are saying that I’m not hard core enough because my writing is influenced by poetry and my feeling are very much on the surface. People will have their opinions and I won’t try change that, if someone comes up to me and says “dude, with a voice like that, you are gay..” What am I gonna do with my voice to change it? That has happened a lot over the past 3 weeks.

Cedrick: Are you gay though?

Maraza: Not that my sexuality has anything to do with anyone but no I’m not gay.

Cedrick: What are you bringing in the market that will set you apart from the rest out there?

Maraza: I’ve got a team behind me that share the same view and goals with me, that is to deliver music that speaks to people. I have no reservations about what people rap about because its not your story, doesn’t make it someone else’s.

Cedrick: Tell us about the Jam Alley Versus competition.

Maraza: I was young, just coming out of High School. It was quite humbling to be involved in something like that, I became a sensation in the very same neighborhood that called me crazy for doing my rap thing, like they’d say “ngizenza i-American”. But it was great because even though some of it might not have been genuine, it gave a lot of people an opportunity to actually want to know me then formulate their opinion. I came number one out of over 300 hip hop heads, and I won R20 000 which was even more great.

Cedrick: Many would have thought that winning that competition would have taken your career to great heights, are you battling?

Maraza: I didn’t actually, at the time I really wanted it, I was like wow this is it I’ve made it. I had already released 2 albums with a group called Jus-Dat and unfortunately I never saw anything from that deal.

Cedrick: No but wait, what do you mean, are you saying you only won R20 000 cash and never got the recording deal prize?

Maraza: The gave me the cash only. Here’s how it happened, Jam Alley, Red Pepper (Jam Alley production company) and SABC 1 teamed up with Ghetto Ruff to handle the recording deal, so basically I was to record an album with Ghetto Ruff then SABC 1 was supposed to give the album publicity, which is part of the deal. Unfortunately at the time, I was probably not a viable investment for Ghetto Ruff.

Cedrick: I’m not surprised, Lance Sterr aka dlale shem.

Maraza: No personally I think Lance is a great business man, he’s made many stars. The business game is ruthless and for you to survive as long as he did, it means as far as business is concerned, he is doing something right. But honestly, he didn’t show much interest at the time.

Cedrick: Another competition you won in 2009 I’m told.

Maraza: That’s true, I was approached by Lee Kasumba, she was like you know what, MC Africa is coming, you must enter, I was a bit reluctant because I wasn’t feeling the whole battling thing anymore. I entered, and Slum Village was there, in the final I was facing one of the most feared rappers in the country, his name is Adomin. It was quite monumental for me.

Cedrick: Who would you like to work with in the future?

Maraza: The new kid on the block, Whizkid, MI from Nigeria, Teargas, Sipho Hotstix Mabuze, HHP and Blackcoffee.

Cedrick: You have a new album coming out soon, tell us about it.

Maraza: This album has been a work in progress for a long time. After I won the Jam Alley competition, in the streets they started calling me the 20 grand MC. In 2009 when I was recording this album I was 20 years old and it had 20 tracks, and 2010 was supposed to be the release date. Its that whole number thing you know. The album will have 22 tracks now, it will released a double disc, with the music video for Shelela.

Cedrick: Who did you work with on the album?

Maraza: I worked with Proverb, Kold Produkd, Clue, Tuks, Ntuksa and Malik.

Cedrick: Who inspires you?

Maraza: Right now, Teargas is a huge inspiration you know, they went from nothing to something, they’ve achieved a lot. I listen to Drake and realize that I’ve been waiting for someone to be this honest on a song, that inspires me a lot as well.

Cedrick: Any enemies yet? I know hip hop is all about beefing. Lol

Maraza: Not than I know of, I grew up in a era of beef, that’s how I got into hip hop. I wanna make music that I can sit with my mother and listen to it without feeling guilty, the only way of doing that is by having a good relationship with all the other artists. I’d rather be known as a that weak soft guy that wants to be friends with everyone.

Cedrick: Who do yo ©u think is your competition?

Maraza: AKA and LTido.

Cedrick: What else does Maraza do besides music?

Maraza: I’m a copy writer, production manager, script writer, voice over artist.

Cedrick: Headrush, how did you land that gig?

Maraza: Headrush, Proverb was the initial presenter and when he left I was head hunted for that job.

Cedrick: So you just rap or do you also write your own music?

Maraza: Yes I do, I’m very much involved in writing and production.

Cedrick: Maraza 10 years from now?

Maraza: Ten years from now, I wanna be the first hip hop artist to sell 100 000 copies.

Cedrick: That concludes our interview, thank you.

By Cedrick Mashamaite

Stop acting all smart here. You made a mistake by dissing your own interview, site you work for and your own Editor via Twitter then now u come and act like you were talking about something else. What do u take us for as your readers? If u were indeed talking about a different interview then you should have made it all clear to BS on Twitter instead of tweeting what u tweeted after that. SMH

@SushiAndLipstick,there is no need to apologise. Your first comment was spot on.

XtraLargePtyLtd on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 9:24 am

BlueTooth Hi5 to Ivy

Buhlebonga on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 9:34 am

Ah shame Maraza. lemme call his Durban groupies to come explain who he is.
He was big in the underground hip hop scene in Durban, but he couldn’t top Abdus, Zakwe and Black Moss, but anyway he had a following.
Shelela is a good song tho.

thab-thab on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 9:46 am

hey wena Cedrick, y go on Twitter and say people are looking for drama? its seems like you’re the dramatic one

Ivy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 9:46 am

Cedrick needs to GROW UP. Now he is busy dissing JC Bloggers and the Editor on Twitter. WTF??

SushiAndLipstick on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 9:54 am

@Ivy I also saw Lelo’s reply on twitter but I didn’t see cedrick’s tweet about people looking for drama (I don’t follow him). Oh, so he really was talking about this interview? If that’s the case, don’t post interviews if you knew you were bored and didn’t do your best, you’re undermining JC and its readers.

Brown Shuga on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 9:55 am

heheheh tjo.. okay Ivy.. thanks for your comments. We’ll handle this offline.

Kiki on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:04 am

Hai ke mina I am speechless and in shock. Tjo,Cedrick une drrrrrrrrrama straight. WOW

Ivy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:07 am

@SushiAndLipstick,yes he was talking about this interview. He most probably realised he messed up and tried to un do the damage. He should have apologised instead of lying and taking this whole thing to Twitter.

It’s ok BS. I am gonna calm the f*ck down. It’s just that I cant stand it when people think others are stupid.

sexymm on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:11 am

All the best Maraza…

KevCare on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:14 am

YOH….Ekare ho tla nkga Sowetan saga pt.2! Dude, apologise, interview someone amazing, so we can all live happily ever after!!

SushiAndLipstick on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:19 am

Lol now Cedrick says on twitter that he wasn’t talking about this interview, athi he’s talking about one that he did lastnight with a a Rhythm City actor. oksalayo, he still dissed his work, athi “don’t bother reading”. Like, who does that?? Like really? Hai man! BS, you should post this interview that Cedrick is talking about le eborayo, then somara um’xoshe coz uyenza ama interview aborayo for your blog that you started and take pride in

Buhlebonga on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:22 am

wow. okay.drama. #OTTNO

But Is Maraza going to last as a musician in SA? This comment:
“What I’ve noticed with rappers is the longer you are in the industry, the less delusioned you become, because when you start out its all about keeping it real and hardcore and then you realize but who am I keeping it real to, because my stomach is only real to its hunger, I can do whatever for the streets, the very same streets that don’t buy my music.”

sidenote: Yes, what Cedrick did- altho I didn’t see anything, going on twitter to check now, can he get a second chance? He is a great interviewer and writer and most of his articles have that wow factor, which gets the interviewee to talk. He tried with Maraza, but then maybe its because there’s not that much people know abt his personal life, maybe that’s what it lacked.

Is he really going to go commercial now in order to get his music to sell?

Ivy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:26 am

@SushiAndLipstick…he is lying. He was talking about THIS interview. If he was talking about a different one then he would have explained himself immediately last night.I just went thru his Timeline and he deleted his tweets from last night…why delete if you are innocent?? QUILTY.

XtraLargePtyLtd on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:26 am

Maranza is not the problem here! This guy is not so bad he just chose the wrong person with no character to do his JC debut! We’ve had completely unknown people profiled here bt coz the writers/blogger took effort and r passionate they were great reads! Ced needs to grow up and deal with his confusion issues! Hee hee my comment was for a different interview not this1! Hee hee I’m wasn’t told its was going to be put up?! Confusion all around! I vote Cedric for Moegoe of the Year! Worse than Leonard Chuene during the Caster Semenya saga

star on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:33 am

Tjo Xtra saying Cedrick has no character

Ivy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:34 am

Buhlebonga,we don’t have a problem with how he does his interviews. I am SMH at his actions on Twitter about a site he writes for. He deleted some stuff he tweeted and it was bad stuff dissing his own work,JC Bloggers and Lelo…Now that is where the problem is.

Buhlebonga on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:40 am

I do see your point Ivy and I get why this looks bad. very bad on him and JC too.
But I think he deserves a second chance. He’s done great interviews that have kept us talking for days.
Regrettable mistake, yes. Regrettable, but I think he should be given a second chance.

Ivy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:41 am

Xtra u are my hero.

KevCare on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:42 am

LMAO @XtraLarge!!!! Cedricks “stereotypical view” didnt do him good in this situation! JC peeps dnt take makaykay from NOBOOODY *Keith Sweat voice*

Honestly though…..how do u submit work (to be viewed by the public) and turn around and “diss” it on a PUBLIC platform!

I’ve only heard Maraza on JamAlleyVersus but he or the “RhythmCity guy” really didn’t deserve this kinda publicity or comment from you Ced!!

Ivy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:46 am

Buhlebonga,no matter how ‘good’ a person is at their job they mustn’t grow big heads to an extent that they can diss their own boss. Biting the hand that feeds you and burning bridges has NEVER been a good thing.

Lustagp on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:47 am

tjo i msut say this is not fair to Maraza, Ced be a man and apologise for lying in this platform, otherwise your articlers will be read with questions form now on!
U know we dont take crap here, lucky fo u some of us dont even give a heck abt this twitter stuff as we not tweeters!

Tjo Xtra…hayi umgqibile tata, pheza ngoku!

SushiAndLipstick on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:50 am

@buhlebonga yazi iRap eMzansi is a joke in the sense that theses rappers have short shelf life! They make 2hits then they become redundant or irrelevant, either because the talent is overshadowed by their preoccupation with groupies and fame, OR the record companies don’t support their own artists.

Take Pro kid for instance, dude is talented, he’s been relevant for 6 years now, kodwa TS just doesn’t give a shit about supporting and growing his appeal. There could be more hype around this guy via publicists/managers ba se TS. Right now Pro is bringing money e TS but they don’t support him that much.

Haai naye uPro must slow down with shagging little ghetto girls coz bayam’exposa ku Twitter.

Thato on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:52 am

*SMH

Kiki on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:57 am

Heheheh kushushu moes apha? Nami this thing of him dissing JC,BS and the Bloggers didn’t sit well with me. Cedrick should have commented here instead of ranting on Twitter.

Lol @ Xtra & Ivy. I die!

Hello Lusta…kwaaaa at Sowetan Saga Part 2. *faints*

XtraLargePtyLtd on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:58 am

Star I can back it up! I’ve met him once or twice!

KevCare on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 10:59 am

Okay guys…NO NO NO!!

I just read up Cedricks twitter timeline and it seems he really wasn’t talkin about this Maraza interview!

Y’all can put down the “necklace” tyres and petrol bombs now!!! tltltl

Ivy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:02 am

KevCare,on his twets from last night that he deleted by the way…he was talking about THIS Interview. Don’t be fooled.

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:07 am

Tjo!! I am not even done with this artcicle… so true…keeping it real dont put the food on the table!! Lupe Fiasco *my man* is such a great artist mara he don’t make as much sales as bo Lil’ Wayne…

KevCare on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:10 am

YOH…well i guess i looked at his older tweets and it seemed like he enjoyed it! *Washing my hands off the topic*

Lustagp on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:16 am

Hi my beautiful Kiki’s ‘mhh’ that pic is killing me softly my love, this is going to be one sweet Valentine, nhe?

lol@Sowetan saga part 2, no guys lets not kill the guy’s ego he obviously made a mistake and we waiting for his apology!!

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:19 am

Drama… I dont know this guy but @ Ced… don’t blame the subject,u asked boring questions…anyways I don’t think this article is boring,the guy seem to know what he is talking about and his answers are ok…

It is true when they say,people ALWAYS show their true colours,I hope if @Ced this is true,people never ever give him interviews,I am no journo mara this is so wrong on so many levels…*I hope u never ever work in this town* in My Barker Heins voice!!!

Zah000 on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:21 am

*sigh*

Ivy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:21 am

KevCare,also check his mentions. He deleted the tweets but his mentions are still there. He confirmed to @SibsMacd that the interview he was talking about is on JC and thats when SibsMacd responded with a ‘Maraza,let me check it out’. So if he wasn’t talking about this interview why didn’t he tell SibsMacd that the interview is NOT YET UP on JC and tell him it’s not the Maraza one?

He might have enjoyed this interview when he did it but after it was posted and JC bloggers *yawned* he then went to Twitter and called it a boring interview.

Kiki on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:29 am

Hello dali Lusta…where are we going on Valentines Day?? Tl tl tl

Polly on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:31 am

Never mess with JC bloggers!!!!

MaCMash on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:37 am

Guys I’m really sorry, I was wrong.

Lustagp on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:37 am

check teh valentine artcle my baby..tltlltl

Katlego.SA on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:40 am

This is a great interview not boring at all, I doubt Ced was talking about it. If he was then I guess he was wrong. and if that’s the case I would have expected this to be dealt with internally, Ced and Lelo.
Judging by the comments here people have always had their personal problems with Ced, this happened at the right time to attack him.

Lustagp on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:44 am

Ced mna i forgive u we all ahve bad days sometimes. Hayi wena Katlego, dont insult JC bloggers any further please!

MaCMash on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:45 am

Thank you Lustgapgp

@kau702 on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:46 am

lol lets give maraza a chance.. his stiil growing….

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:46 am

@ Katlego…I think the only person who has personal vandetta with @ Ced is Xtralarge…I dont remeber him being attacked in anyway,look at his previous articles people enjoy his interview and the only one we thought was boring was the Dj Ganyane interview and even then we all made fun of it,about him getting an award…

Yes,we like gossip and drama mara there are somethings that we may feel they just not right…I mean,it is ok for him to think Maraza *sound like a varnac station DJ name or a small town DJ* was a boring interviewee,mara for him to take it on twitter is wrong…I don’t know him,mara it clearly shows the type of person he is…He apologised…for what,I don’t know.

TL on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:47 am

@Buhlebonga has Abdus released anything? Saw him once, forgot his name-been wrecking my brains-until you mentioned it.

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:51 am

@ BuhleBonga…sometimes talented people don’t always become rich,and music aint no exception…I battle with this new generation music cos I wanted people that made music like Mos Def,Nas,people that are knowledgeable about the world…

Mara at the end of the day,Maraza is being realistic,as much as one might wanna keep it it real,but at the end of the day its what the market wants not what u think they want…

Ivy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:57 am

Cedrick,go and apologise via Twitter. You took this to Twitter and dissed this site,BS and us Bloggers but now you come to apologise here and then silent tweet?? No ways!!! The same hand you used to open that door use it to close it. Thanks!!

Lustagp on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 11:57 am

MissAN..Ced apologised, what do u think of that? leave Katlego he or she is trying to be funny.

Mabhebeza on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 12:23 pm

Oh shame @MacMash — I forgive you va. Ama-JC bloggers don’t tolerate ish…

Mabhebeza on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 12:25 pm

@Ivy — you are the future girlfriend #high5

@ Katlego SA — ungumntana obethathwa phi? Stay in your lane please!!

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 12:28 pm

@ Lustagp… he must apologise to Maraza not us… but I think people will question his character,I for one will…But anyways… good for him.

LeeM on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 12:34 pm

@MaCMash we forgive you

Buhlebonga on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 12:39 pm

Abdus. I have no idea. Last I heard, he did a mixtape and it won a Hype award. But I don’t keep up with him. Had beef.
MissAN I will totally understand if Maraza goes commercial, just as long as he doesn’t do the whole JR thing with that Tequila ish. I’m
I’m actually impressed with his musical knowledge and he could use it to make his music liked by many.

Cedrick apologised. Good.

Can we now focus on Maraza’s interview now guys pls? We are doing him a disservice here.

GA on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 12:51 pm

hao!..never a dull moment ka mo ntlong e…

Fezzy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 12:58 pm

Ok Ced messed up, he was wrong. But Xtra, bro wena u taking this too personal, ngathi vele unenkinga no Ced.
Mina I forgive u Ced, afterall singabantu and we make mistakes sizisole afterwards.

Tebogo on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 12:59 pm

We as #Team20, we appreciate all the love, disses and all things about @MarazAmc. We all have to start from somewhere and MarazA has already contributed his bit into the industry, regardless how little others might deem as.

To all those who are not exposed to him and who he is, please get DSTV, tune into Channel 320 on Saturday mornings at 10am, or watch ShizzNizz, Live and many other music channels. He will also be on Hip Hop Power nights with C_Live on Monday 14 February 2011 on 5FM.

I will keep you posted on where to catch him. We are in Durban this coming weekend at Joe Cools with Prokid, Morale, red Button, Zuluboy, Sean Page and many other artists so, follow him if you are interested in knowing him.

#20

Lehakoe on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 1:03 pm

Le nna I forgive Ced, too. Not to cause drama but why was the interview removed from the home page and dated 6Feb when it only appeared maubane bosiu?

“Which 21 year old rapper…”- He’s 21? *shocked*

Lustagp on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 1:27 pm

tebogo i feel you man, thsi si not on shame. it reminds me of my fellow homeboy singers zase Mdantsanse tehy are so underrated i am sur ethey will get thsi kind of treatment the day they get featured koJC. Maar be strong we all start somehwere…MissAN..ORDER!!

Katlego.SA on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 1:30 pm

Oh ok! He’s only 21, hence the voice. Hopefully his voice will improve on the next album.
Did he say when is this album dropping?

Sive-N on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 1:39 pm

I understand Cedrik was wrong mara does he really deserve this attack! Dude please call BS and clear things up with her, apologise do whatever cz she is the one who is worth your apology after all…

XtraLarge,yho, the comments you make about/to people sometimes…*smh* God help me never to have a bad”encounter” with you…I’m scared of you…

KevCare on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 1:41 pm

HAHAHA #deathby Team20′s quick promotion!! “We all have to start from somewhere” Nicely put Tebogo…do your thing guy! #PPP

Ivy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 1:50 pm

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Tebogo,you should have conducted this interview dude.

TL on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 2:12 pm

Thanx Buhlebonga

Tebogo on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 2:15 pm

I arranged for this interview to happen and was there when it took place.

I’m Maraza’s manager and this is not a platform for me to promote myself. I just think there are people who are causing Cedrick damage and compromise his career without even noticing. If he made a mistake, allow him time to explain and apologize if an apology is required. John 8:7 says that “He who is without sin should cast the first stone”.

The interview/article was about time he spent with Maraza and there are bloggers who said they don’t know who Maraza is so, all I was doing was just sharing some information and assisting in how to find out about him, if there’s any interest at all. For 10 years, there are people who didn’t know who was behind the success of many artists, including Tira, Sox, some of the hottest tracks by Oskido, Thebe, Big Nuzz etc. Professor surfaced last year and people only showed him love then. We can’t all know about every person but here’s a chance to know Maraza before he blows up. Embrace that because Cedrick brought it to you and respect Ced as a person and what he does for you.

20 The Album is hitting the shelves 1st week of March so, let’s march on and support our own.

Ivanka on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 2:19 pm

Shame poor Ced, just the other day complements were coming your way about the interview with Sade and now the disses are the order of the day.
I accept your apology BUT, I do not know how many times do I have to tell people…NEVER EVER TAKE ANYTHING FROM HERE TO TWITTER coz thats when things go so very wrong dear, we real hate that lapha eJC STRUE. Xtralarge has done it before and hence we aint big on him here at home. Take a page from Mablerh’s book, people are @times on his case but he always stands his ground here not on twitter.
Xtralarge kutheni ingathi icomments zakho zipersonal njena?

Buhlebonga on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 2:21 pm

Tebogo what a mature way of thinking.
I’m from Durban and my friends are good friends with Maraza and his lady and I think that he’s a cool artist. He gave good responses and if I wasn;t busy this Saturday I would go support at Joe Cools.

Wild Island on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 2:29 pm

WUUUUUUU….NO COMMENT…

mara ok kekopa link ei 1 ya pina ya this dude pls kemamele then read hore zishangani ngaye pls and thank u

ok Tebogo retla e emela ok…interesting read though

Ivy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 2:34 pm

Tebogo says….”………….and respect Ced as a person and what he does for you.”

You are loosing me now Tebogo,respect him for what he does for us?. When he goes out to diss us on Twitter? I don’t have a problem with how he does his interviews and this is the 1st time I have actually been so vocal about Cedrick and its because of his actions last night and today nothing else. Do not praise him for doing wrong be a good friend and tell him he messed up. Respect is EARNED not DEMANDED. I respected him until his latest stunt and it will take me time to respect him again the same way I did before.

Thank you for the bible verse. One of the 10 commandments says: Thou shall not lie. Please pass that one to Cedrick coz he lied on his 1st comment. #ITHANKU.

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 2:44 pm

Lol @ Ivy.. nami I dont follow Tebogo’s comment…ngoba like I mentioned earlier @Ced we all have responded positively to his articles this is a 1st and why is @ Tebogo saying: ” I just think there are people who are causing Cedrick damage and compromise his career without even noticing”

@ Lusta…ORDER yantoni??? Ndimxolele phela uyezwa phela sokukhishwe nama versi…

Wild Island on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 2:51 pm

hhaaaaa eish sorry mara ya ne…silent giggling blocker today:)

Ntshepeng on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 2:53 pm

this is a case of joke gone bad. i think Ced was just using his boring award as reference to the tweet comment and when people took it the wrong way he panicked and tried to think of a way out by lying.

i don’t see why ced’s tweet has caused such an over-reaction. i don’t see any significant changes in my life because of it. Rock on, Cedrick!

Lustagp on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 2:57 pm

let me silent blog, ngesaba uMissAN…TJO!

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 2:59 pm

@ Ntshepeng… i like how u think,u must work for the the state…LOL…did u see the tweets though? ngoba @ Sushi & Ivy,are adamant this was no “joke” or “RC” actor interview..unless this was delibarately done,ngoba @Tebogo sees nothing wrong, create a frenzy and people will know about Maraza…

Tebogo on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 2:59 pm

Thank you all for your comments.

I would not protect anyone who is holding a sword against one of my own. I manage Maraza and if Cedrick did attack him, I would handle that in person with him, without necessarily involving the bloggers. It has become clear to me that you guys love JC and would do anything to protect it.

Let’s now comment on MarazA. Ask me any questions, and if I have answers, which I should, will gladly provide. Maybe we can take this as an extension to the interview. Something like that

#Team20

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:00 pm

@ Lusta ungesabi…

Lustagp on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:00 pm

MissAN..I havent seen Mablerh articles for awhile now, i hope you and Lela did’nt push him away, please dont push Ced away also *hiding behind silent bloggers*

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:02 pm

I am starting to smell a rat…think bo Kim K releasing s8x tapes to be famous…

Lustagp on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:02 pm

ohh le ibiyi public stunt gone worng…mhhhh

Ntshepeng on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:05 pm

@MissAN

No i didn’t see the tweets. i am saying i think the original tweet was about THIS article said in jest. much the same theory Ivy has that he tweeted it after he saw the 1st few comments and then he tried to do damage control by lying about the RC interview, hence the joke gone wrong comment.

LOL at working for the state….

@Team20 i haven’t read the interview cause i don’t know your artist. i’ll come back to it when he blows up. do you wanna give away free cds by any chance?

Brown Shuga on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:10 pm

LOL Lusta… Mablerh has an article waiting to be published tomorrow. He hasn’t run away.

Thanks for all your comments guys, am sure we will all end the day with tough lessons learned.

LOL @ Free CDs.

Lustagp on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:13 pm

ok BS..I was getting worried!

Tebogo on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:17 pm

@Ntshepeng.

You would probably get a free CD if you showed interest in MarazA, otherwise, what would the motivation for that be?

Ntshepeng on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:20 pm

@Tebogo

How do journos review artist CDs? must there be an interest first?

word of mouth papa….or in this case, word of twitter. Ask BS what she did for Tumelo. i didn’t know a thing about him until she started tweeting about it…

Wild Island on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:20 pm

no ques from me Tebogo we’ve read the article redirected as a publicity stunt kinda thing so wena as his Manager thanks for rectifying things so thina as ama JC’s will take it frm here,,,,free CD’s ps tog

Ntshepeng on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:20 pm

on second thoughts, you’re right Tebza. ignore me.

JC Saint on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:23 pm

i’ve been a silent blogger for such a long time but today i just had to sign up and save cedric…
like i dont get how yall are blowing this out of proportion, why take a tissue and make it an issue…whatever Cedric said is wrong but ke to make as if the poor guy killed somebody…ay no! u shuld go to auditions, cha! niya actor apha ku JC, like really now…
he apologised, can we build a bridge over it and move on already? like BS said, they shall solveit offline …now plz, lets get back to the topic at hand “Maraza”*smdh*

Tebogo on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:30 pm

@ JC Saint: It might be too late to save Cedrick. Who knows what his bosses said after seeing these comments? I wonder how some would feel if they heard that Ced has been fired.

MarazA is my artist and I never saw anything wrong with what Ced said. Guys, let’s be human before being bloggers. Cedrick has brought this site so many interesting interviews, like that with Tuks Senganga. Management would not think twice before showing him the door.

Let’s give him a second chance to make that first impression, that’s if he’s still employed by JC. In fact, let me not bit around the bush, just check LickwetLekwete’s tweet about Ced now.

Guys, this got way out of line.

Ntshepeng on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:32 pm

buahahahahahahahahahaha at that twitter name!!!!!!!!!

Wild Island on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:33 pm

@JC S….please skatlore “like i dont get how yall are blowing this out of proportion”…nna ke kena kae moo cos wabona hakabuwa niks hore mang wetsang kae kae…save CEd mara oska akaretsa pls my love…

CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BLOG:)

Ntshepeng on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:34 pm

triple kwaaaaaaaaa at Lickwet being Tebogo Mofokeng! Eish lemme work yazi before my boss wonders why i’m suddenly in a good mood.

Buhlebonga on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:36 pm

ooooookayyyyy

Ivy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:41 pm

Tebogo if he got fired its not because of the comments here. We were voicing out our opinions the same way we do with all his other POSTS. Why should this one be an exception? This is JUST CURIOUS and we love it like this and if bloggers mess up we tell them we don’t lick ass. Why do you think there is a category for most attacked blogger at The JC Awards? Which by the way Cedrick has never been nominated in. We voice out today and all of a sudden we are bad people who want to get him fired? Where were u last week when we were complimenting him on Sade’s interview? No please stay in your lane and manage your artists.

mama ka Gundi on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:42 pm

Aw shame Cedrick…!! Qina vha !! ur were wrong u apologised siyabonga
Xtralarge ur comments sometimes *tjo*yhuu one would forget that ur a guy…!! *no offense to women*

i sense alot of personal vendettas’s maar ke im not on twitter so who am i 2talk!!

Sive-N on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:48 pm

Thank, you JC Saint,well said.Some people here are just ready to attack other people all the time and its the same people..Geez, BS the owner and Editor of JC is handling this in a very mature and professional manner mara cha some people have appointed themselves JC Defence Committee.

Tebogo on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:52 pm

@Ivy,

I’ve never pointed a finger at any one of the bloggers or said Cedrick was fired. I never blamed anyone for their comments although I’ve also been accused of pulling a stunt with Cedrick.

Those who have DSTV and actually pay it every month should know who MarazA is, otherwise, don’t make your ignorance my problem. I believe the management that employs Cedrick would know better than fire him for the comments made here.

Staying in my lane is what I always do and need no reminder. I think you should be in yours first before you can direct me. Some day you’ll realize that a road to redemption has no GPS and I wonder where you will be then, because there will be nothing to show you direction.

I’ll stick to managing my artists, and you stick to what you know best, and that’s doing nothing but bashing at everything for attention, then we will be even.

PS!! I expect you to say something that’s going to take the wrong off-ramp. It’s all in you

Sive-N on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:53 pm

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:54 pm

@ WI… no papa ala @ Ntshepeng… why wena ole chairwoman? Ngiyala ok…mina ngizo wu 2nd in Charge ke…

@ JC Saint..clearly not enough to see that we have ALWAYS been good to Ced…but anayway the @Tebogo sees nothing wrong

@Lusta…shem…I think we got our BPs too high for something that was planned by @Tebogo & @ Ced,they just forgot to let @BS in on the PR Strategy…

@Ivy…cha,unolaka!!!

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:55 pm

JC …kwa kwa at us being ignorant cause we dont know Maraza…

Ntshepeng on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 3:59 pm

“don’t make your ignorance my problem.”

hmmmmmmmmm.

SushiAndLipstick on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:00 pm

Wena @JCsaint o ska tlo phapa tu! Sit down before you hurt yourself or uphuze amanzi ubeStrong!

Polly on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:03 pm

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa MissAN I have DSTV & I pay it every month but I dont know ubhut Maraza.

Chat on Monday peeps, I’m out!!

Ivy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:05 pm

Tebogo I responded based on this “…@ JC Saint: It might be too late to save Cedrick. Who knows what his bosses said after seeing these comments? I wonder how some would feel if they heard that Ced has been fired.”
I dont know maybe I misunderstood what you were saying but it’s in simple English.

@MissAN what does this mean?? “@Ivy…cha,unolaka!!!”

I was up in arms last week at The Sowetan site defending JC until they removed their post. If people mess up we should tell them. Cedrick must JBS coz he aint the 1st blogger to go thru such. At least he is lucky coz we are questioning his actions and not calling him names,other Bloggers have been thru WORSE. So really this is not personal,next time it’s another topic just lik last week it was Sowetan.

JC Saint on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:06 pm

@sushiandwhatever mang phuza amanzi wena u shuld take a chill pill and stop being so childish, wasnt even talking to u in the first place, thandakabi ukuba tshatharag, stay in ur bloody lane ur fokon shit…

Ntshepeng on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:10 pm

LMAO! I also have and pay for DSTV but have never seen or heard of Maraza.

Vesa on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:16 pm

This is getting tired now!
@Tebogo, most of us here have DSTV….the full bouquet, and yes we don’t know Maraza. Not because we are ignorant or anything, simply because he hasn’t blown up/ we are simply not interested in him as don’t even know his music. So please lay off the DSTV generalisation tu

Brown Shuga on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:16 pm

LOL @ fokon shit… guess JC Saint ain’t such a “saint” after all…

Chill out everyone… and enjoy Bafana’s game later.

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:16 pm

@ Ivy…no I am not saying it in a bad way,ok the right word would be u don’t stand for sh*t…

You saw the tweets he sent izolo,I also do not understand why @Tebogo @JC Saint @Sine-V act as if people are crazy to question @Ced’s actions… I honestly feel there is nothing wrong with him findind @Maraza boring *perhaps its him drinking rooibos tea and speaking in smallanyana voice* BUT I do feel however,though this is gossip site,it was a bit underhand for him to say oa bhora on twitter.

But when his manager start making people like they ignorant cos we dont know Maraza,then maybe he needs to manage him a bit properly not this silly PR exercise that might have backfired…

Like u said @Ced has generally got good feedback from us and like I always say,this blog is made of crazy,smart,witty,intelligent and real folk…and did I mention not everyone is a Yes Man!!

Tebogo on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:18 pm

@Ivy,

So, your understanding of that “simple English” became too complex for you?

What if is a question and I did mention earlier that this could compromise and dent Ced’s image as a writer for JC. Learn consistency in what you say, it’s still free like common sense.

I like and appreciate everyone’s comments and views. I have dealt with media hitting hard on me and I know how to handle such and comments from people. People now don’t give a damn about a person like Zola who is one artist that has given so much and selflessly to this country. What people say don’t break a person but what a person those things are being said to can kill or make them.

This was supposed to be about MarazA but certain people, including yourself off-ramped. It happens and kak gebeer but we get over it.

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:24 pm

Lol…. ha ha ha…. We off ramp ALL the time @ Tebogo…I think u chose a bad site to promote ur artist… We aint heard of Maraza… *unscribing from Top TV to DStv – being sarcastic*

@Tebogo nawe ur damage control is just coming across as unprofessional,u should have just left ur comment @ 14H15 pm comment…

Ntshepeng on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:24 pm

@Cedrick

hantle hantle, how did you come across Maraza?

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:25 pm

@ Ntshepeng what an ignorant question…Sies!!! Dstv!!! Lol…

Ntshepeng on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:29 pm

Can i laugh at this?

Cedrick: Who is Maraza?
Maraza: Maraza is a copy writer, music producer, composer, aspiring pianist and guitarist, production manager, most of all record exec and rapper.

Cedrick: What else does Maraza do besides music?
Maraza: I’m a copy writer, production manager, script writer, voice over artist.

Tebogo on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:31 pm

Some walls will never crack.

Anyway, this is what it is. I really appreciate your sentiment @MissAN about how I should manage my artist.

May you follow that up with tips then???

Sive-N on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:33 pm

I would be so dissapointed if the management of JC wud fire Cedrik bcz of these pathetic and childish comments…the guy apologised and am sure yena no BS found a common ground…just wonder what other people here do for a living,can just imagine how chaotic and pathetic they make their working enviroments to be…I know just curious is famous for telling as it is without fear and favour mara some people try too hard…kunje ke ukungateketiswa xa umncinci you seek for attention kuyo yonke indawo I think its so apologetic when u even seek it kwiBlogs…I’m done with this post,its annoying me…OTTNO

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:35 pm

@ Ntshepeng…u are ignorant: LOL

case 1:if u have Dstv and never came across Maraza,clearly u do’nt have the full bouquet,so don’t make ur Compact problems Tebogo’s

case 2: If u have the full bouquet,stop watching bo MTV fela and start watching SA music shows

case 3: If you don’t have Dstv…u are ignorant…

and this statement as well??

Cedrick: Maraza 10 years from now?

Maraza: Ten years from now, I wanna be the first hip hop artist to sell 100 000 copies.

Cedrick: That concludes our interview, thank you.

Maraza will be 33 …

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:38 pm

@ Tebogo…unfortunately u asking the wrong person BUT I can see that the comments u made @ Ivy are unprofessional… My Business Management i,ii&ii only covered management of corporations not artists.. ask Linda Moeketsi

Kiki on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:39 pm

MissAN you took words right out of my mouth yazi. Tebogo is making things worse ngoku shem. Attacking bloggers mara? Hai khona bhuti you are being unprofessional.

I remember some of us didn’t know Motso but the way Edgar handled the whole thing made us love him.uTebogo yena hai cha,uyamosha nje.

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 4:41 pm

@ Kiki…I know most of us on JC talk bull most of the time but we do have brains that we use from time to time…

SushiAndLipstick on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 5:11 pm

Yey yey yey JCsaint nton nton, ungazong’dakelwa yezwa???? This is a blog and anyone can comment on this post, this is not mxit or migg33, hambo lala if you think people are restricted to comment on anything they want to comment on! And secondly, o straatmaid ya last number, busy swearing at people! Nx! Ndizakubetha mna!! *in brenda mxoli voice* nx

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 5:16 pm

Lol @ Sushi… and I can imagine his swear word missiles include: marate a hao,otla nyela,masepa oa hao and everything else swear words by drunk people that speak Sotho… when was the last time I heard ur fokon shit??? he!he!he!

Fezzy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 5:16 pm

Kwaaaaaa at fokon shit….had to LOL at that one.
I remember when I said I miss uNonkawu and my comment was blown out of proportion. UKiki didnt say anything kimi cos she understood what I meant but u Ivy yena! Tjo! Ngamsaba that day and I couldnt keep up with her, mina lento yalana eJC I neva take it personal and abantu mase baba personal, I just sit back and read ngivale umlomo wami or keep my fingers away from the keyboard rather.

Fezzy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 5:20 pm

Kwaaaa at Compact problems.
@MissAN…I love you shem.

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 5:22 pm

What are u wearing @ Fez…just kidding…Love u too!!

Ntshepeng on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 5:25 pm

@MissAN kwaaaaaaaa at Maraza will be 33 years in 10 years time! Death!

that concludes my laugh, thank you.

MissAN on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 5:27 pm

@ All koo baai… @Ntshepeng….kuyasheshwa la ku JC… I think Ced was taken aback by that statment and had to wrap up…

Cleo04patra on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 5:38 pm

I sense vendettas and general jealousy or whatever, all I can tell is Cedrick doesn’t deserve this, o utlwile, are mo tshwareleng and move on. But oh well, back to interview at hand: I enjoyed the interview. It was very well handled, and as for Maraza, well… Not my kinda hip-hop but more power to him. Out.

HoneyPhly on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 5:41 pm

wow Cedric, i’m disappointed in you, kganti you’re such a DOUCHEBAG?

I must say though that as much as I don’t know or even heard of Maraza, I think he sounds like those humble honest guys and I’ve got a thing for such down to earth men. like Kent even Black coffee. hayi ba baphaphang, I hate a man o phaphang! jeesh!

maraza ndiyaku randza

Kiki on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 5:41 pm

Kwaaaaaaaa @ the explanation of how ‘ignorant’ we are. MissAN you are killing us shem.

HoneyPhly on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 6:00 pm

Mr Tebogo the manager, enough said don’t you think? every time I read your comments I’ve got this picture of Jacob Zuma giving a speech, well attempting that is.

Ced, I hope you’re not hanging yourself as we speak. but yeah, becareful what you say boy!

Ivy on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 6:04 pm

MissAN,I only wanted to know what ‘unolaka’ means. Just the translation that’s all. I understand venac but sometimes it throws me out the window if its deep.

I am just gonna ignore Tebogo from now on. He is too defensive its scary. I can’t keep going back n forth with a manager that manages an artist that I don’t even know. There is nothing in it for me really. I have said what I wanted to say.

Lol @ Ntshepeng and her comments. I die honestly.

@Fezzy what did I do now?

#deathby the ‘Ignorance’ part hahahah MissAN??

Brown Shuga on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 6:12 pm

Enough guys please don’t make us close comments.

SushiAndLipstick on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 6:22 pm

Yazi @missAN!! Nx, ha se mo 15 (alex) mo, @jc nton nton!

MaliB on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 8:13 pm

Commenting on a computer would do me good right now so I can correctly reply to all those people I feel the need to reply at… Eish, what can I say?? This interview was just OK. I think largely based on the fact that I’ve never heard of the guy. He sounds like he knows his story and exactly where he wants to go so I’ll say kudos to him on that.

now for the inevitable… Cedrick, I don’t follow u anymore since u blocked me over a very silly things… (Eish, another time, another place.) Anyways, from what I’ve been gathering (Ntshepeng made an interesting observation) is that u were joking and u just panicked when ppl didn’t quite get u. Having been ur Twitter “friend” I can already see how everything panned out. U’re overly sensitive and like to be defensive about every lil thing. This is not a personal attack btw, I’m just talkin about the things at hand.

I saw ur apology… Hmmmmmmm, at least u took SOME initiative… U know, some times it’s just better to fold ur hands thus concealing ur thumbs coz they can make u look like a doofus, which I’d like to sincerely believe u are not… Movin on to something disturbing now….

The manager! My word! I don’t know u nor much about ur work but ayi bhuti. This is NOT the way u do it. Sure, uve got “experience” in the industry but that doesn’t necessarily make u sought-after, if reading ur responses is anyhting to go by. U’re very rude to people and I don’t think as a manager u should be talking like this. Sure, u have to have a thick skin in order to protect ur clients and they’re brands but ur approach is appalling. Maraza (sp) seems like a nice guy with a big dream and steadt vision but u’re inadvertently sabotaging him. Whenever u read something u think is negative towards ur client, please take a moment to calm down and try to be as professional as u could.

Xtra, papa… Hmmmmmm, ngathi kune beef ekwi freezer between wena le Ced… May I please have some curry when yall dish it out later? (Hands him iskhafthin borrowed from Lebza4sho).

BS, I love how u hold fort… Love u babe!

Everyone… Eish, as I said I wanted to reference a lotta ppl but I’ve already written an essay so I won’t.

See yall later!

kazisongo on Wed, 9th Feb 2011 9:22 pm

Hawu Mr manager I googled Maraza and found videos on you tube maybe you should have posted the links instead of phoxing people. Anyway I’ve seen that song labagqoke khona amabackground on Channel O and I’ve also heard it on Yfm.

lebza4sh0 on Thu, 10th Feb 2011 12:24 am

LOL MaliB @ the skhafthin

SibsMacd on Thu, 10th Feb 2011 1:08 am

OK!

Lela on Thu, 10th Feb 2011 3:38 am

Lord have mercy,where was I,what is happening to me these days missin out on all the drama. Yho I’m officially dead,this one takes the cake,I have never laughed like this into imbi. Damn where were you guys during aparteid,ngabe zange sacindezelwa so if benikhona. No comment on Mr Manager. As for Ced,Lord I pray that whatever happens angaxoshwa hle oh yhini Bawo. Hayi nalo Twitter u evil,it just has a way of making people loose and careless with words,mandithi nje andazi but I blame twitter shem,if ibingekho ngabe ayenzekanga yonke lento. *ekhathazekile* as for Mr Manager *rolling my eyes*

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