Why we need Ozi F Teddy in the hip hop game
Wednesday, May 03, 2017
Taking swipes at other rappers and making diss tracks has surely pulled him up the ladder. In 2016 Ozi F Teddy, real name Ted Phaphane, created some of the memorable beefs that helped shape the rap and hip hop game in Botswana and that is the main reason why we need him in 2017 going forward.
We heard of Ozi F Teddy for the first time around 2011 when he was still at Rimzy Productions with former friend and current rival ATI. At the time he was just making covers of American Rappers’ songs.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...