Mizchif

Hechichamunorwa Mount zion Kwenda (born 1976), better known as Mizchif, is a South African based Zimbabwean rapper.

Mizchif was born and raised in Highfields, Harare, Zimbabwe. He moved to Syracuse, New York at the age of 12 where he hooked up with a crew, Soul Pack, and began rapping. He moved to South Africa at 18, where he released his debut album Life from All Angles in 1999 on Eargasm Records.^[1] It was well received and had the classic "Place for a Wife".

Mizchif presented hip hop news on Johannesburg radio station Yfm. He was also a video jockey on Nasty, a hip hop show on MNET music channel, Channel O. Mizchif teamed up with Mavusana from kwaito group Oda Meeste, for the album Summertime on Ghetto Ruff records which had the infectious hit "Summertime".

His album Supernatural (My Return) was nominated Best Hip Hop at the 2003 South African Music Awards.

Discography

Singles

• "Fashionable" (1999)
• "Place for a Wife feat TK" (1999)
• "Summertime Feat Mavusana" (2001)
• "Ngiyazwa" (2001)
• "Wonderful World" (2003)

Albums

• Life from All Angles (1999)
• Mavusana meets Mizchif (Summertime) (2001)
• Supernatural (My Return) (2003)

References

1. ^ Coetzer, Diane (18 January 2000). Global music pulse. http://books.google.com/books?id=kw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41&dq=%22Mizchif%22&hl=en&ei=8c0JTImIBcP68AaSnICOBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Mizchif%22&f=false. Retrieved 5 June 2010. 

External links

• The Foundation of African Hip Hop Culture Online
• Hiphop south Africa
• Zimbabwe Urban Culture
• Africa's Largest Hip Hop Portal with a strong focus on African Hip Hop
• YFM

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