C-Real, Modenine for Marked Men EP

THATO KALA
Correspondent | Sunday May 5, 2013 00:00

The budding Hip Hop label Marked Men is working on a collective debut EP titled C.O.D.E and will use it to introduce its rookie artists Vaughan 'VH' Mutambara, Othata 'Mak' Mokgwati, Kabo 'Chris Kimms' Moji and Duma 'F1' Setlhare. Chub Heightz, the most popular member of Marked Men, said the idea was to introduce the label members to the industry. The EP will be sold on their website www.markedmeninc.com.

'We want to introduce all the stable members from production side to the artists,' Chub Heightz told Showbiz.  He added that the rookie musicians were under Marked Men's artist development.  'The one person who will be dropping his own music after me is VH.  But this is basically to introduce ourselves as a whole label to the industry so that people know there is more than just me.  When they see them later they will know where they know them from,' he explained.  But it is the presence of the Ghanaian and Nigerian artists that spices up the project.The Ghanaian emcee, C-Real, has spent quite some time honing his skills and connecting with his fan-base across Africa.Modenine is considered one of Africa's greatest rappers, with over four albums, five mixtapes and numerous awards to his name.

Chub Heightz himself is preparing for his album launch.  He released his debut album Necessary Noise and will launch it in April.'The preparations for my launch are going well; I'm working on creating hype around the album to get people interested so that by the time it is launched, the anticipation would be at an all-time high,' he said.The launch will kick off the Necessary Noise nationwide tour before the Lobatse-bred rapper branches out into the South African and Zimbabwean market.  'We will be shooting quite a lot of videos this year for Chub Heightz.'Prior to releasing his debut album Chub Heightz put out Vaccination EP, which was released in January last year.  His music is a reflection of some of the personal struggles he has overcome in life.