Local born rising rap star 'pays it forward'
The municipal Youth Development Desk's 16 June show is by now a distant memory in most people's minds, but already the show has had an amazing knock-on effect in that it has brought a local rap star, who is rapidly gaining countrywide recognition, and a rising dancing star together. During the Youth Day celebrations at Loerie Park, Ashley Miles – known by many across South Africa by now as the rapper Arab – performed some of his latest tracks. At the same show, a young dancing dervish in the form of Hornlee Primary's Grade 5 learner Shaquille Fortuin caught the attention of Arab and that of well-known SA hip-hop producer Ngane Sikobi. Journalist Stefan Goosen followed Arab and Shaquille on a little shopping spree recently. Check it out here. Read more at: https://bit.ly/2LvHD1E Video & Editing: Stefan Goosen
The municipal Youth Development Desk's 16 June show is by now a distant memory in most people's minds, but already the show has had an amazing knock-on effect in that it has brought a local rap star, who is rapidly gaining countrywide recognition, and a rising dancing star together. During the Youth Day celebrations at Loerie Park, Ashley Miles – known by many across South Africa by now as the rapper Arab – performed some of his latest tracks. At the same show, a young dancing dervish in the form of Hornlee Primary's Grade 5 learner Shaquille Fortuin caught the attention of Arab and that of well-known SA hip-hop producer Ngane Sikobi. Journalist Stefan Goosen followed Arab and Shaquille on a little shopping spree recently. Check it out here. Read more at: https://bit.ly/2LvHD1E Video & Editing: Stefan Goosen