Maglera Doe Boy Shares His Favourite Rappers In This Generation & How They Inspired Diaspora Album
Maglera Doe Boy Shares His Favourite Rappers In This Generation & How They Inspired Diaspora Album. Maglera Doe Boy has gained notoriety for pushing a South African street sub-genre called Strata. His debut album Diaspora unpacks all about the inequalities being faced by black men and women from the township.
Despite his fast-rising success, Maglera Doe Boy has drawn inspiration from some of the legends in the hip-hop game. Taking to Instagram, the Makazana chanter shared pictures of dead and alive hip-hop gurus who inspired his project. Maglera shared a photoshopped picture of him and the US veteran rapper Jay Z and which was cut from a video scene of the track Memoirs.
The rapper also went on and give context about his line on Makazana about Doe Boy from Boyz in the hoods brother. The rapper shared a picture of Riky who was shot by the enemies of his brothers. Maglera also went on to give acknowledgement to the late HHP stating that he would’ve loved him and Thato Saul.
“The Art of the Youth of the Diaspora. Todays post features one of my favourite digital artistes in this generation. The incorporation of township culture and out this world choices of where to put it is rebellious I love it.
“Frame 1 pays homage to my favourite Doe Boys in hip hop and is taken from the music video for Memoirs. Frame 2 gives context about my line on Makazana about Doe Boy from Boyz in the hoods brother. Ricky who gets shot running from enemies of his brother.
“Also the line where I send my condolences to the late Ricky Rick. Frame 3 is for Motswako. HHP would have loved me and Thato. Frame 4 is nna Priddy le Yeezus. Diaspora out now.” Wrote Maglera.
Currently, Maglera is working on a new music concept featuring his fellow rapper 25K. The Free-state born rapper shared that the next music concept is about friendships in the township but there are no details on when the music will be released.
“Our next concept that we are opening up about in relation to the Diaspora is the camaraderie in the township between the Morden Southern African Man. The men of this country share many a similar pain, trauma and struggle. The looks on our faces are from the same scars. Nna ke rata bagotsi baka kaofela. Ka pelo e tsweu.” Wrote Maglera Doe Boy.