Elvis Maswanganyi, better known as DJ Mujava, is a South African DJ.
He was raised in the Pretorian town of Atteridgeville, where local taxi drivers distributed CDs of his music to their fares.
His electronica track "Township Funk" was released on Warp Records on 15 September 2008. It has been played on the BBC popular music station Radio 1 by DJs including Gilles Peterson. He also mixed a half hour session on 20 September 2008 on the internet radio station BBC Radio 6 for an episode of 6 Mix hosted by Iyare. He has been featured by other BBC DJs such as BBC Asian Network's DJ Kayper and Sonny Ji, and BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Edu and MistaJam.
He is signed to This Is Music Ltd (home of Simian Mobile Disco) in the UK and Warp Records internationally. He was voted number 34 on the NME "Cool List 2008", and is a featured artist on the NME website.
His last known collaboration was with South African DJ and renowned Musical Producer DJ Qness with whom he remixed the single XXX0 originally by UK based pop singer M.I.A, and the original version to the single also featured Jay-Z on the release package.
Esau Mwamwaya is a singer from Lilongwe, Malawi. He is best known for his collaboration, The Very Best with London based DJ/production duo Radioclit. His music has been described as an Afro-Western mix of dance, hiphop, pop and the traditional music of Malawi.
Esau Mwamwaya was born in Mzuzu, Malawi, but grew up in the capital, Lilongwe, where he played drums in various bands. He played with numerous artists including Masaka Band and Evison Matafale.
In 1999 he moved to London and while running a second-hand furniture shop in Clapton, East London, Esau sold a bicycle to the producer from the band Radioclit, Etienne Tron. Radioclit's studio was on the same street as Esau's shop, and eventually, Esau became friends with both Tron and Johan Karlberg aka Radioclit.
In 2008, the three men worked together to create a project known as 'The Very Best', releasing a critically lauded free mixtape through the label GREEN OWL() in collaboration with other indie artists, including M.I.A., Vampire Weekend, Architecture in Helsinki, BLK JKS, Santigold and the Ruby Suns. The songs are sung in Chichewa, the national language of Malawi.
Alonzo Mathis (born January 26, 1983 in Atlanta, Georgia) better known by his stage name Gorilla Zoe ( /ˈzoʊ/) is an American rapper and member of rap group Boyz N Da Hood. His solo debut album Welcome to the Zoo came out in 2007.
He replaced Young Jeezy as a member of Boyz n da Hood. He first saw success in collaborations with Hood Figga Gorilla Zoe Yung Joc "Coffee Shop" and "Bottle Poppin'," which charted under several Billboard charts. His first solo album, Welcome to the Zoo, was released October 2007, peaking at #18 on the Billboard 200, #8 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and #3 on Top Rap Albums. His second solo album, Don't Feed Da Animals, featuring the single "Lost, was released on March 17, 2009.Don't Feed Da Animals topped the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart. "What It Is", featuring Rick Ross, and Kollosus, and "Echo" followed.
For the month of February 2010, Gorilla Zoe released a mixtape every day on the mixtape website DatPiff.com. Gorilla Zoe is currently working on a mixtape with Die-Verse City's member "Qu1k". He also released an EP named I Am Atlanta 3. It is currently available on ITunes.