RIZZSA

Thabo Makalima, who now goes by the name Rizz SA, has been in the music game professionally since 2005, and has worked with the likes of hot-on-the-scene rapper and founder of ambitious entertainment, Emtee, and Feezy from native rhythms.The Midrand-based resident who was born in Gauteng, grew up in Soweto and discovered his passion for music at the age of 18 and kicked off his career at university of Johannesburg. He started participating in... More

Thabo Makalima, who now goes by the name Rizz SA, has been in the music game professionally since 2005, and has worked with the likes of hot-on-the-scene rapper and founder of ambitious entertainment, Emtee, and Feezy from native rhythms.The Midrand-based resident who was born in Gauteng, grew up in Soweto and discovered his passion for music at the age of 18 and kicked off his career at university of Johannesburg. He started participating in the hip-hop battle sessions also visiting other townships and cities around SA, following which a number of great things happened to start his career in music. That period “around 2006, He met all the right people, and He got to work with a lot of controversial mainstream arts like Prokid,” Rizz said. He later he met Emtee and they created up loads of hit tracks, one of the popular singles being No lie. He is at the point where he wants to have his own record label, and manage a few upcoming hot artists. His biggest short term goal is to focus on Rizz SA in order to get his music out. The record label will be his long term goal aiming at accommodating more upcoming artists in growing the industry talents. Rizz SA’s first offering titled “No lie” was produced by Ruff_ATM, a producer from Ambitious entertainment (one of SA’s major SME labels. “i hope that the masses will like this single as it relates to young and old generations,” he expressed. This hip-hop and RNB artist is not just the founder of Lighforest music, but also has a professional qualification behind his name in BCOM Informatics from the University of Johannesburg. He stated that: “I am someone who loves music very much, but i had to cover my back in life so I got educated hoping I can raise funds to aid my career. The musician is well on his way to releasing his new mix tape, Numbers in 2022, and hopes that a number of singles will make the top 50 places on popular South African and American charts. He wants to be able to compete with the likes of rap group, Young money, among others, and to take over the music world with positivity. He stated that: “My music is always written with positive words and it’s about what’s going on in life. People want to relate the music to what they’re going through, so i want to sing about the experiences that make them happy,” he concluded. In 2017 He released a hit single “ Later” produced by one of SA’s best producers “Checkmate SA”, which shook the industry by storm where he was seen in interviews with channels like ANN7, Morning Live, Yo-Tv, Zaziwa. He also performed in festivals hosted by the ANC and Chiefs i.e. ANC Manifesto 2019(rally) at moses Mabhida stadium, Back2theCity Festival (Africa’s Biggest hip hop festival), King Zwelithini’s annual Maskandi music festival etc. alongside SA’s biggest Icon “Zola 7” when he was signed under Guluva Order records. Less