OPEN MIC COMPETITION OPENS UP THE GAME
Cape Town, South Africa – The organizer of one of SA’s biggest cultural gatherings, Cotton Fest today announced the full festival line-up for the upcoming show in Cape Town next month.
The concert set to kick off the festive season will feature over 50 of South Africa’s hottest known and emerging Hip-hop and Amapiano headliners talent/ artists from both Cape Town and Johannesburg respectively.
Taking place at Paarden Eiland Park on Saturday, the 10th of December 2022, the show just surpassed 60% of tickets sold.
Bringing the same authentic vibe that emanated from the Joburg edition to the mother city this summer, this action-packed festival will not only showcase the diversities in the different popular music genres but will also feature various lifestyle elements existing within the ‘culture,’ including fashion and sports.
The University of Cotton Fest yesterday announced the OPEN MIC Night via social media, giving one talented emerging Cape Town-based artist a chance to perform at the festival next month. Entries are limited to the first 100 submissions with one winner being announced just prior to the show. With over 320 entries submitted in under 24 hours, the qualified faculty will select the Valedictorian.
The winner will perform live at the festival with the likes of local favorites Youngsta CPT, Dee Koala, KashCPT and Ready D. Joining them are SA’s finest Blxckie, A-Reece, Moozlie, Robot Boii, Pabi Cooper, and Felo Le Tee. Local emerging local talent includes Bravo Le Roux, K.Keed, and Holy Alpha
Fresh off the release of his album also dropping today, producer extraordinaire Anatii is back and will also headline Cotton Fest Cape Town.
Leading up to the highly anticipated festival, a Family Day is planned for this weekend at the V&A Waterfront boasting a series of activities including basketball and skateboarding. Taking place at Battery Park from 10 am – 5 pm, the day will be filled with pre-festival fun.
FRIENDS DAY
DATE : Saturday,19 November 2022
VENUE : Battery Park, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
TIME : 10am-5pm
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The family of South African artist Riky Rick with profound sadness this afternoon confirmed his untimely passing.
Son, husband, father, brother and uncle, Riky ‘Ricky’ Makhado (34) sadly passed away in the early hours of this morning (23rd February) in Johannesburg.
Affectionately known as Riky Rick across the globe, he was deeply loved by his family, friends and the entire entertainment industry.
His love for family, friends and community is well known. Riky’s nurturing and developing of young musical talent is well documented, and will forever be remembered.
He leaves behind his wife, two children, his mother and five siblings.
The Makhado family humbly request privacy as they go through this extremely difficult period of grieving. The family has not appointed a spokesperson at this point and they ask that you please keep them in your prayers.
The family are also deeply thankful for and appreciates the countless messages of love and support received, These are felt deeply.
Details of the funeral and memorial will be confirmed at a later stage.
With much love and thanks, the Makhado family…
One of South Africa’s most valuable rapper is died bringing millions to mourn both online and offline. The family has not confirmed anything but by the looks of things it seems its only a matter of time until the news breaks.
According to the above video Riky Rick was found hanging by friends in a hotel room this news was found out by Mphepha Ndaba News outlet
Heres a video captured by us at the very 1st Cotten Fest
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One of our talented videographers caught this moment at the 2019 Cotten Fest hosted by Riky Rick featuring a lot of artists that are just as good as way to open up the industry
Cotton Fest is an event that merges both known and unknown South African talent, the festival give a platform to the diverse elements of the hip hop culture, while fusing the gaps within the popular local movements in Mzansi.
Riky Rick is one artist in South Africa that maintains being on top so we decided to write a little article about how he stays on the top?
Most people in the world know Riky as a rapper but before his blow up Riky raised primarily by his maternal grandmother. His parents separated and later divorced when he was a baby. His father moved to Johannesburg. His mother was an academic who studied in South Africa and United Kingdom to become an advocate. He is one of eight children all boys, he has a total of seven brothers, four brothers from his mother’s side and three brothers from his father’s side.
So psychology says middle children always have to compete for the parents attention and lucky Riky is doing that in a more generous way and giving back to the community that made him who he is today which is Hip Hop
He has single handedly created one of the biggest music festivals South Africa has seen and could be a tourist night out event as its usually hosted at the sametime every year
The Cotten Fest initiative aims to promote young and deserving local artist that do not get recognised by popular culture so as the touches holder Riky is giving back into the community that raised him by giving EVERYONE a stage to shine and get introduced to the “community”
Riky also bought Legendary Barber which in a way kind of is in the same lane as the Hip Hop route and that right there gives him substance cause he doesn’t seem like a celebrity that just slaps their name on anything and expect it to pop, Riky on another hand proved to be ready for this life his living now
So, Thank Riky for good content and alignment of who you are