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ARTIST INTERVIEW

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ARTIST INTERVIEW

This will be a space where we show interviews, these will be pulled directly from the blogs.

ARTIST INTERVIEW

This will be a space where we show interviews, these will be pulled directly from the blogs.

Dee Koala

Dee Kloala is a rising star in the South African music scene, captivating audiences with her unique blend of hip hop and soulful melodies. Known for her powerful lyrics and dynamic performances, she has quickly made a name for herself as an artist to watch.

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To amass success and a following in the way Dee Koala has, it’s easy to wonder what kind of performance or projection of an alter-ego it would take – surely one could never scale the ladders of fame by being irrevocably oneself? Except; this is precisely what Dee has done, and continues to do. .

Totally herself, in every single moment, Dee Koala is an artist of the rarest and most authentic kind; a being congruent and genuine to her very core both on stage and off. In everything she does (and in our conversation), tempered by vulnerability and the tellings of a come back (although Dee has never really left) illustrate what it can mean to push for your wildest dreams and to have the goal posts of those dreams shifted at almost every turn. 

Since her school days writing verses from the classroom, to the anchor that she now represents to kids and elders alike in her neighbourhood of Khayelitsha, Dee’s purpose on this earth has slowly been revealed to her – specifically, when she abandoned rapping in English, and stepped into channel her mother tongue, isiXhosa, as her tool for expression. In this moment of an almost spiritual arrival, Dee’s voice commands a future trajectory not just for herself, but for every kid in South Africa to whom dreaming is critical.

Encouraged and mentored by the late, great Riky Rick – Dee’s shows what is possible, and as she goes onto tell me in our conversation – what is possible, is not always easy. One thing about Dee? She will always be speaking her truth; and she does this almost daily with her IG ‘Lives’ for her 214k (and counting) followers.

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