Blaklez On Whether He’s Related To Ringo Madlingozi

Blaklez On Whether He’s Related To Ringo Madlingozi. He is known as the Steve Biko of the rap game. Blaklez has effectively fashioned out a career for himself as an artist in his own terms, demonstrating that he is not relying on the shirt tails of anybody else. With all the credentials that he occupy in the SA hip hop space, the rapper has managed to flex his muscles into the fashion industry after he launching his new merchandise of various clothing Black Currency.

Its clear that the rapper understands the hip hop lifestyle goes beyond spewing bars behind the studio booth, but the way you present yourself carries a major impact. Blaklez was asked on Twitter if he is related to the Mzansi iconic artist Ringo Madlingozi. This question came with a collage of picture of the two artists showing some vivid facial similarities. The rapper amusingly responded to the tweet indicating that him and Ringo only have relations when it comes to the good looks that they have. “@Blaklez ​Ekse Chale… Are you and Ringo Madlingozi related?” “Only through good looks,” responded Blaklez.

The rapper has managed to provide some good music for as long as he has been in the game. With three albums under his name, the rap artist is quickly cementing oneself as one of the country’s most influential hip-hop performers. He has been fighting the tides to make sure he remain relevancy in the pop culture. With that in mind he alluded that rappers are not being enough credit in the music space.

“It has got easier but there is still not a lot of space in the industry for social rappers‚ they aren’t appreciated as much. I don’t know what it is exactly because there are artists that speak loudly away from the music. Maybe they fear they will lose fans if they try to push a message.” He said.