15/11/2023
EMTEE was born in a small town called matatiele in eastern cape his family moved to johannesburg due to work purposes his dream of being a rapper started as early as when he was in the first grade , good at mimicking other rappers he started writing his rhymes at the age of nine , he perfomed on stage for the first time at the age of nine at a talent show , from therein he began learning the art of producing recording and delivering his lyrics in zulu and english , high schoolwas where he became more serious about rapping and knew what he was going for , the little time he spent on his academics compared to making music scientifically affected his studies , i grade 10 his dad lost his job and they had to move back to matatiele but emtee refused to move back and wanted to stay in johannesburg , so his parents left him in the city , he was homeless and slept at his friend's studio he began pushing mixtapes among his peers and gained street cred he then met the late maraza whom he collaborated with on a song titled " in it to win it" they both appeared on channel o's show " headrush" and this helped build his name , he worked his way through the industry and released his debut single " roll up" in 2015 , "roll up" was nominated for song of the year award at the 2015 south african awards hip hop , during the same year he released his debut album " avery " which he named after his first born child , emtee exceeded expectations with his album and quickly became one of the most played hip hop artists that year , since then emtee released series of success under his belt , despite the challenges that emtee faces in the music industry , he remains focused and to keep giving us good music . โคโค๐
