Tarps Mash aka The Sinequanon

Tarps Mash aka The Sinequanon, remember him? You must not have seen Ehm’sHe’s 2006 VCD, “To everybody in Nelspruit show me the love?” Don’t these lines ring a bell? You do know Possibility or For The Pheenz right? track 4 and 2 respectively on the Smoke of Rhyme Fest Promo Disc of July 2010... well, Cluedo’s over, time to re-introduce Tarps Mash to you...

Tshepang Mashego began hip-hopping in 1995, and he only started putting the pen to pad in 1998 with One Off, a clan founded by him and 3 other MCees, Fiz: Hotchacoal aka Papiki, Tshepiso aka Biggie and the late Task Master aka Tenicious (may his soul rest in peace). One Off split in 2002 but that did not in retard his progression, in any way.

Two years after he started working with Ehm’sHe (Then spelled M-zee) after seeing some potential in him. Some of the songs on which they worked together did not reach the masses due to the challenges that the two had in terms of distribution channels. Ehm’sHe lent his vocals to songs like Respect; Madness and one of our personal favourites, Rocking The House, all produced by The Sinequanon himself. Ehm’sHe remixed Rocking The House and they performed it at The 26th Ligwalagwala FM birthday bash in 2008.

Today, Tarps is looking to expand his reach to the rest of Africa and abroad. To officially kick off this mission, a mixtape will be realeased before the fall of this year as a prerequisite to let his voice be heard however possible. He is calling on all true MCees and hip-hop DJ’s alike from all over the Province. “I can assure you that we, in Mpumalanga province do have subterranean hidden original Mcees and DJ’s. We’re just waiting, like troops in the battlefield, for that time to descend upon us”, He added.

Tarps is very passionate about what he does, those who have seen him on stage bare testimony to that. He endeavours to establish an empirical hip-hop source in the Mpumalanga province and he strongly believes that it will be found very soon.

Things That Took Place Right After This Snap...

The birds continued to chirp, the sun continued to scorch us, regardless of our built-in sunscreens... this had everyone in the photograph sweating so as to regulate their body temperature. This is how each individual explained their story.

  

Ehm’sHe...

Founded Beat Engineurs with Romeo, Kornway and Young KingZ; he released Humms & Mic Checks: The Preseshin in 2008; he got a full page spread on Hype Magazine (February 2009) for the NelCity Basement; his song: A Promise feat. Avuya, was playlisted on BCR FM and it earned the artist a spot on the Hype Sessions Cover Disk that came with that issue; featured on and assisted Hebza Mabza to produce The Fantasium Streettape , released 2009; changed his initial spelling from M-zee to Ehm + is + he = Ehm’sHe; he produced a track for Switch Flow’s Switch Tape, released in the same year; he completes the VenGhuards duo with fellow rapper and friend, Sello The Tyrant of Words; he is featured on Wax Lyrikal’s The Peasant album; he compiled the free 10 track, Smoke of Rhyme Fest Promo Disc to help promote the performers who were on the line-up; Ehm’sHe continues to work on Humms & Mic Checks: The Show, he has not set a release date as yet and in the pipeline, is another compilation .

Lwazi...

He just disappeared, a reward will be given to you if you find him for us...

Wax Lyrikal...

Signed with Press Play Music; he and fellow Friend of The Attik: Floowid Flow, released a mash up project in 2007 and they contributed production to prominent acts like The BeatOven and The Anvils; Wax Lyrikal will be featuring on Ehm’sHe’s Humms & Mic Checks: The Show album; he released his sophomore album: The Peasant, this year; he contributed production to Chillimane’s The Code of Conduct, released this year as well.

Trixx...

He started Datatrix, a software development company; he recorded and mixed Switch Flow’s Switch Tape, released in 2009, he is currently working very closely with Mzitro, a progressive rapper based in NelCity Kabokweni.

I.N.I...

I.N.I, Lutho, S’boo (Truth), Black Switch, Marvin and Nyam-B founded the ArkFam; he produced Lutho’s Jenesaisquoi album, released in 2008; The ArkFam Mixtape was released early 2009 – I.N.I contributed production and raps; I.N.I’s Griot album also dropped in the same year; he produced a track for Switch Flow’s Switch Tape, released in the same year; I.N.I contributed production on Wax Lyrikal’s The Peasant album, released this year; currently the ArkFam is working on their sophomore mixtape album led by the single: Know Now featuring Nontu, produced by I.N.I.

Thee-yo...

No longer a kid, his stage name has changed to simply... Thee-yo; he is one of the members of Switch Flow, they released the Switch Tape in 2009; we saw him on the runway, modelling for Mpumalanga Fashion Week; he started Making IT Simple, an IT company and he features on the Smoke of Rhyme Promo Disc on For The Pheenz, a track with Tsheps Mash, initially produced by Ehm’sHe for the Beat Engineurs project.

Ntando (Virtuoso)...

He has gone completely off the radar...

M.X.O...

He is finishing off his studies somewhere in Johannesburg, South Africa...

Lutho...

Lutho, I.N.I, S’boo (Truth), Black Switch, Marvin and Nyam-B founded the ArkFam; he released Jenesaisquoi in 2008, this whole album was produced by I.N.I; The ArkFam Mixtape was released early 2009 – he featured on several songs; L, Louis Pae, Lutho Paris he goes by a number of aliases, started a blogspot and yolasite, check the sidebar for his link under the Basement Realm; We are not too sure of what is happening between him and the ArkFam because, he is not on the new ArkFam single: Know Now featuring Nontu, produced by I.N.I.

S’boo (Truth)...

S’boo, Lutho, I.N.I, Black Switch, Marvin and Nyam-B founded the ArkFam; The ArkFam Mixtape was released early 2009 – he featured on several songs; he also features on the new ArkFam single: Know Now featuring Nontu, produced by I.N.I.

KillaGram (K.G)...

This muso will be contributing production and vocals to Ehm’sHe’s Humms & Mic Checks: The Show album; He has an album’s worth of Hip-Hop / R&B material waiting to set the whole of NelCity on blue flames...

Mr. Cool...

He is one of the members of Switch Flow, they released the Switch Tape in 2009; he featured alongside (Masta Charma) M.C, Slave and Sello The Tyrant on Hebza Mabza’s Bosa Da’Deng, a track from The Fantasium Streettape , released 2009; currently he is working on his solo projects, he has established a very good working relationship with Mzitro as well.

Zero...

One the people who played a role in pioneering the poetry sessions at TUT, Nelspruit; he has been focusing on finishing off his studies at TUT.