GIVING YOUNG ENTTERTAINERS A KICK START TO THEIR CAREERS

 

GIVING YOUNG ENTERTAINERS A KICK START TO THEIR CAREERS

By Onthatile Mahlangu

Twitter handle: @onthatiM

Email: onthatilemahlangu888@gmail.com

 

 Coolio & The Good Guys entertainment is an agency for young talented people in different sectors of the music industry. The agency focuses mainly on DJs, MCs, dancing, and performances in Soshanguve and other neighbouring hoods it was founded in August 2021. 

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Tshepang Setshedi a 21-year-old who is a co-owner of the agency, said that their first event started on the 29^th  August 2021. His colleagues hosted a birthday celebration at a joint food in Soshanguve block H for him. The main aim of the event was to give upcoming DJs and MCs the platform to let people hear their craft.

“The first DJ we helped was DJ Nathi, now he is the youngest Hip Hop DJ in Soshanguve. He started being noticed after the event he also got called by the groove kings who play amapiano. We help a lot of young local upcoming artists we also assist females who want to become DJs and do not have a clue or courage on where to start,” Tshepang added.

“We host events in various places around the township, but we check if the place is beneficial to us and them because we would like to host in places where they sell food and where also they allow other young youth members to sell or promote their products. “Said Tshepang.

Tshepang also added, “Our Agency is empowering to the youth because we have helped people who did not have courage and believed in themselves. We hyped them up some wanted to quit being DJs and entertainers because they could not get any gigs, but we gave them that platform.”

The youth of Soshanguve is being empowered as it is kept off the streets and is given an opportunity to showcase its talents in the entertainment industry.