Why we need Ozi F Teddy in the hip hop game
Friday, February 03, 2017
Ozi F Teddy
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.
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