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Good evening Nasty C...I am Olga Wallace Ground, mother of Marshane Ground, my son eat , sleep and drinks Nasty C's music. You are indeed a very positive role model to him. We were at the Durban Ivyson tour, we travelled from Mpumalanga to West ridge park stadium and it was all worth it.

Thank you for being such a humble and respectful. Thank you for allowing my son to be a special guest on your show.

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Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo, who is more popularly known as Nasty C, is the voice of his generation. The multi-award winning South African rapper originates from Durban in the KwaZulu-Natal Province, and has been dubbed “The Coolest Kid In Africa.” He takes this role seriously and has said: “I never chase the dream, I design it.”

Now he is amplifying that voice and embracing his global audience.

Recently signed to Def Jam Records, through a joint venture with Universal Music Africa, the 23-year-old rapper is prepping for the release of his third album, Zulu Man With Some Power. The signing sees the South African artist join a music royalty roster that includes the likes of Kanye West, Justin Beiber and Nas.

A legend-in-the-making himself, Nasty C says: “It’s powerful to be a part of the Def Jam family. It’s an iconic record label and has made the careers of many of the artists I look up to.”

For five years, Nasty C has had a singular focus: to push the boundaries of his own potential. As a result, the rapper-producer has released three mixtapes, two albums and featured on pan-African and international chart-toppers.

This hitmaker has been the most streamed South African artist on Apple Music for four years in a row. With over 120 million streams, Nasty C’s sophomore effort, Strings And Bling, was the most streamed South African and African album on the streaming platform in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The album spawned three multi-platinum singles – King, Jungle and the radio smash, SMA – as well as the platinum single, Strings And Bling. A further 14 songs off this album were certified gold.

Nasty C has the ear of the world and in 2019, he was the only South African nominated for a BET Hip Hop Award in the Best International Flow category. That year, he was also nominated for an MTV Europe Music Award. Strings and Bling won him two South African Music Awards and two AFRIMMAs.

Preceding this success, Nasty C released his debut album, Bad Hair (2016) and its re-release, Bad Hair Extensions, which featured French Montana. The seminal album earned him four Metro FM Music Awards, a South African Music Award and a BET Awards nomination.

It was proof that his breakthrough single, Juice Back, and his boundary-breaking mixtape, Price City (2014) were not just luck. Juice Back became a continent-wide smash and so followed a remix featuring Nigerian muso, Davido and South African rapper, Cassper Nyovest.

He has toured Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and North America and brought his own live performance property, the Ivyson Tour, to Kenya, Zimbabwe, Namibia and more. Nasty C has always sought to make the globe even smaller through his music.

He has used his voice to bring the world to Africa but it speaks volumes that he now intends to take Africa to the world. One of the ways he will be doing this is through his upcoming album, Zulu Man With Some Power. Zulu is one of the cultures that originates from South Africa.

Nasty C says: “The title of my album was inspired by me openly embracing being Zulu. I am not going to pressure myself to drop a song rapping only in Zulu or to dress in traditional Zulu clothes all the time. I want to make it cool to express your culture in your own way. It feels like a big statement to make. It feels like I’m recognizing the power and influence of my people.”

The forthcoming album is preceded by a single called There They Go. The trap ditty is produced by American producer, Cxdy, and sees Nasty C reflect on writing 16s by the light and shaking off his haters.

“I sign deals, but I own my soul,” he raps on There They Go. Following his new deal with Def Jam, Nasty C says: “I have a great team that sees my vision. I am still me and no matter what deals I sign; I am not letting anyone dictate my sound or image.”

Part of Nasty C’s vision was to invite Andrew Sandler (who has worked with Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and more) to direct the There They Go music video and show his Durban hometown through a new lens. This is merely the beginning of Nasty C using his voice to present his narrative.

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Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo (born 11 February 1997), known professionally as Nasty C, is a South African rapper, songwriter, actor, and record producer. After releasing three mixtapes, one being "Undisputed" and two EPs, Ngcobo released his debut album Bad Hair (2016), and Strings and Bling (20 ... read more >>>

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South African rappers Cassper Nyovest and Nasty C will be going on tour together! Fans were excited to see the rappers’ announcements.

On Wednesday, 31 May, South African rappers Cassper Nyovest —real name Refiloe Maele Phoolo and Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo, best known by his stage name Nasty C had their fans’ tongues wagging when they announced that they would be going on tour together.

CASSPER NYOVEST AND NASTY C ANNOUNCE JOINT TOUR

Cassper Nyovest also recently announced his highly-anticipated upcoming album would be coming out on 28 July and revealed that the album would be named Solomon . Meanwhile, Nasty C has been networking internationally. He was recently seen living his best life in London, England, and has also been rubbing shoulders with American A-listers such as Chris Brown, Rick Ross, and more.

Cassper Nyovest and Nasty C have shown respect towards each other’s music in the past. According to Briefly , in 2022, the Mama I Made It hitmaker took time from his schedule to give Nasty C’s mixtape titled Ivyson Army Tour Mixtape a nod. And now, both rappers announced that they were going on an African Throne tour together.

Taking to his timelines on Wednesday, the #FillUpTheDome rapper posted a video of his tour plans with Nasty C and said,

“Be scared. Me and bro  @nasty_csa  going on tour TOGETHER!! Can anybody say Hip hop?  #AfricanThrone

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Meanwhile, Nasty C posted the same video on his Instagram feed and wrote,

“PSA!! ME &  @casspernyovest  ARE GOING ON TOUR VERY SOON!!!  #AFRICANTHRONE ! THIS IS A AFRICAN HIP HIP CELEBRATION & IM SUPER PROUD & EXCITED TO BRING YOU THIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE ONE & ONLY MUFASA! FUCKN HUGE!!!

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TAKE A LOOK AT SOME REACTIONS FROM FANS BELOW…

“Whoever thought 🔥🔥,” @zim_crazy reacted.

“Now this is what we call a tour 🔥🔥🔥🔥,” @africanxsoul replied.

“2 kings taking African hip hop to the world 🔥🙌🙏🏾,’ @Khandashisa.21 wrote.

“SHOOOOOOK!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️,” @blackbarbielish reacted.

“Ya’ll need a studio at every hotel throughout this tour 🔥🔥🔥,” @bennymaverick said.

“Chat later. Busy packing my bags for the tour💼,” @bennybillionaire.

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South African rap sensation Nasty C unveils a brand new single entitled “Blackout” today via Def Jam Recordings. It marks his first release of the year and sets the stage for much more to come.

“Blackout” highlights his bold and bulletproof flow over a groove-laden beat teeming with uncontainable energy. Hinging on his deft and elite wordplay, it culminates on a chantable chorus punctuated by quotable lines.

On the song, he remembers days when he had meals without a table, rapping, “I used to eat maas on the kitchen floor/ Nice Rocomamas your mommy/ I just took a drive to the liquor store/ Jäger for the boys and some vibbe for the mommy

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It arrives on the heels of the incisive and infectious “No Big Deal,” which has just begun to gain traction on streaming platforms. Meanwhile, last year’s Ivyson Army Tour Mixtape cemented him as an artist-to-watch. Beyond tallying over 10 million-plus streams and counting, it incited the applause of tastemakers around the world.

Upon arrival, DJ Booth hailed it as one of “5 New Albums You Need to Hear This Week on Audiomack” and exclaimed, “The South African rapper loosens up and celebrates a victory lap.” OkayAfrica touted it among “The 10 Best South African Songs of the Month” and noted, “Prolific rapper Nasty C boldly returns to his roots with the trap-centric Ivyson Army Tour Mixtape .” Meanwhile, Hot 97 hosted him for an in-depth on-air interview.

“Blackout” drops at a critical time when South Africa’s load shedding is at an all-time high. Nasty C opens with the all too familiar–“I’m a load shedding baby, I crank the genny.” Load shedding is when the demand for electricity exceeds the available supply, and black outs happen for several hours a day, often multiple times a day to rotate the available electricity.

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Born in Soweto, South Africa on February 11, 1997, Nsikayesizwe Ngcobo is a rapper, songwriter, and producer better known as Nasty C. He released his debut mixtape, One Kid, a Thousand Coffins (2012), when he was just 14. He rose to prominence the following year when he released his second mixtape, Price City (2015), and the hit single “Juice Back.” Anticipation was high by the time he released his debut album, Bad Hair, and the single “Hell Naw.” Within 24 hours of the album’s release, it became the most streamed album in South Africa. After releasing the expanded edition of his debut – entitled Bad Hair Extensions – at the end of 2016, he signed with Universal Music Africa. His second studio album, Strings and Bling, was issued in 2018 and included the singles “Jungle,” “King” (featuring A$AP Ferg), the Number 1 hit “SMA” (featuring Rowlene), and “Legendary.” The album rose to the top of the South African Albums chart and made him a star in his home country. Nasty C won several AFRIMA awards including Best African Rapper / Lyricist and Best African Collaboration and completely several successful tours. In March 2020, Nasty C signed a deal with Def Jam Records and released the single “There They Go,” which was followed by the Lost Files EP. He also collaborated with rapper T.I. on the single “They Don’t,” which was both a protest song and a benefit single aiding the organizations Until Freedom and Solidarity Fund. Nasty C’s next album, Zulu Man with Some Power , was released in August 2020 and easily slid into the number 1 position on the South African Albums chart. The release earned him the Best Male Rap award at the African Musik Magazine Awards. Nasty C returned to the mixtape world with the release of Ivyson Army Tour Mixtape , which was issued to coincide with his tour of the same name. In 2023, Nasty C released his fourth studio album, I Love It Here , which included the single “No More.” Throughout his career, Nasty C collaborated with many international artists including Major Lazer, Ice Prince, DJ Maphorisa, JP the Wavy & Bankroll Got It, and others. 

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Nasty C’s “Ivyson Army Tour” Is an Underwhelming Mid-term Assessment from a Star Student

Nasty C Ivyson Army Tour is a fleeting musical euphoria, snippeting the sort of ‘high’ that Nasty C’s intimate records can evoke, while distinguishing itself as a well-written, well vocalised and poorly arranged body of work…

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On Nasty C’s both arms are tattoos that speak volumes into his inspirations. On his left arm is a trio of an eye, the letter V and a sun. And on his right arm is the phrase ‘Ivyson.’ He inks this metaphor, which is really a memoir of his late mother, Ivy, hence, Ivy’s son. It has been the moniker for his long-running tour, which peaked around May this year, and would continue till October. And now it is the inspiration behind his 10-tracker Ivyson Army Tour mixtape which stamps his artistic prowess as an intimate storyteller with an egocentric aura to his craft.         

Like he did with his acclaimed 2020 record , Zulu Man with Some Power ,  the Johannesburg Hip Hop maverick returns with some personal narratives on “Ivyson Army Tour.” In the second track, “Aye” featuring Blxckie and Emtee, he goes on a rant about his scuffles with his exes. “She actin’ like she don’t know who I am, okay/ You’re an influencer on the gram, okay/ All of the hatin’ it never works/ Bitches ignore and I’m never hurt.” This is a typical Nasty C braggadocio setting the pace for the tape. He revamps the same cynicism that colours the Zulu Man with Some Power album, especially on a song like, “Zone.”

The same energy seeps into the third song, “What I Like” featuring Tellaman and Nadia Nakai. “Classy ass, ratchet ass, balanced ass bitch/ PG 18, get some action ass bitch/ She’s a cheater ayy” on “What I Like,” Nasty C continues on his rant, glamourising the ‘bad bitch’ lifestyle, while stating his indifference towards it. He keeps up this ante, in the sixth song, “Import,” featuring Crownedyung, saying that he “Needs his bitch imported/ She falling in love, so I’ve got to abort.” The songs reek of trauma, and they reinforce the cynicism and melancholia that soars across the entire global rapdom, when it comes to talking about relationships.

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To an extent, Nasty C seems to adore the pimp lifestyle, so much that anyone interested in a romantic love experience should not bother looking to him for inspiration. In the eight song featuring Domani, “Let’s Go,” he continues this masculine idiosyncrasy, rapping about how he’s “Imitating porn scenes/ Gripping on waists and spanking,” and how his girls “Don’t even know I’m not chasing.” It’s the classic fuckboy anthem, with the high adrenaline rush of trap music battery-powering the vibe.

Yet, from the last song, “Stalling,” the truth comes to the fore, as Nasty C goes on a mid-tempo sober bop, that indicates he is deeply hurt by a failed relationship, but too proud to admit it. “You can just leave, if you wanna leave/ If you don’t wanna go the whole way/ Then goodbye goodbye/ You’re fucking up a good thing/ I won’t come back, I’m sorry/ I’mma finish what you started,” he says. For admitting that the relationship, or at least the idea of it, was a “good thing,” it is glaring that the project reflects his unfinished healing process, with him still being in the stage of anger and denial. It’s a deeply intimate narrative that he charts with his camouflaged bad-boy themes. And it is, perhaps, the cheekiest, yet most admirable part of this tape, the rawness that unfurls within his emotions, and the mirror of masculine stereotypes of ‘never admitting their heartbreaks’ that still exist quietly. It is also the only song on the tape where he sings, sprinkling some Tory Lanez-esque energy to climax the record.

Still, Ivyson Army Tour is not only an emotional rollercoaster on Nasty C’s love life. The other half of the record is his pensive and inspirational tour across his life’s struggles and inspirations. On the Emtee-assisted “Born to Win,” he sings about the celebrity life and the never-die urge to succeed. “First we will fail and then we get back up on/ Cause we never was born to quit/ You won’t prevail from sittin’ at home alone/ Time will tell what we end up sittin’ on/ I just hope all my niggas get rich,” he raps. In the Case-Klowzed-assisted track, “Extravagant,” he talks about his dreams of living the 5-star life. “I wanna live an extravagant life/ Extravagant kid, extravagant wife/ Mindin’ my business and handle it right/ I’m going crazy, I’m trampling light/ Get into the ring and I turn into Mike/ Get on the mic and I turn into Mike.”

He reminisces on his early adolescent struggles, especially on leaving home, in the Cassper Nyovest-assisted “Loco,” as he raps, “I said the minute that I realised I was in a pickle and life was too pickle/ I had to leave home, I didn’t wait for my dismissal/ Bitter-sweet moment, me and Pop had some issues,” and on losing his friends, “Glowed my wrist up/ Then friends start to switch up, of course they did/ I just never knew that it would hurt like this.” And in “Can’t Imagine,” he goes on a Big Sean and Kendrick Lamar style ego rant, rapping about being “In the league where you niggas never existed at all/ When I feel unsatisfied with the game, I refurbish it.” Across the tape, he showcases himself as the typical Alpha male, with zero emotional attachments, and 100 percent focus on his career and sources of income.

In his earlier bodies of work, Bad Hair , and Strings and Blings , he similarly underlines his themes with personal experiences, using his life experiences such as having bad hair, or his induction into the life of fame and glitz, as metaphors for a truck load of traumas, trials and other stories about his life. Every Nasty C record feels like a binocular view into the complex-yet-admirable sojourn that has been his life’s journey. Ivyson Army Tour feels like yet another slice of this cake.

As a body of work, the mixtape doesn’t disappoint for what mixtapes really are — appetisers. Its rough, monotonic sonic lineup does not really offend the listener, judging from the concept of mixtapes. Its flat arrangement, which flees from the opposite direction that Zulu Man with Some Power or his other serious bodies of work showcased, is not grounds to pick a quarrel with the musician over. The tape is not strong enough for seamless listens, and fans might have to cherry pick their favourite songs rather than listen to the entire record. Perhaps, an EP with fewer songs might have helped Nasty C’s strategy at this point. As fans crave his next album, and gleefully attend his sold-out concerts, it is only befitting that they hold on to something that’s more than an appetiser; something with a stronger replay value.

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Nonetheless, sonically, the collaborations on the tape were uber-impressive. With such a star-studded lineup, the individual duets and trios on the tape feel like a success, with the collaborators each sprinkling their spice, without Nasty C losing his authenticity and presence on the records. Most of them are also his frequent collaborators, especially Tellaman. Nasty C’s chorus style of sung-rapping or Trapping also dominates the tape, giving it a very heightened Hip Hop vibe, which is a gradually diminishing feature on Hip Hop records across Africa at the moment. His cadence and vocalisation also shines through on this record, reaffirming him as one of the best African emcees behind the microphones at this time.

Cohesively, Ivyson Army Tour is a fleeting musical euphoria, snippeting the sort of ‘high’ that Nasty C’s intimate records can evoke, while distinguishing itself as a well-written, well vocalised and poorly arranged body of work. While it suffers from being underwhelming, it still shines as a strong buildup to his forthcoming body of work. From Nasty C, expectations are always high. And while it is not met in this mixtape, there is still something to relish in Ivyson Army Tour .

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Lyricism – 1.8

Tracklisting – 0.3

Sound Engineering – 1

Vocalisation – 1.5

Listening Experience – 0.5

Rating: 5.1/10

Chinonso Ihekire is a music journalist, critic, publicist and creative director based in Lagos, Nigeria. His writings have appeared in several European and Pan-African publications. He also sits at the International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards. He believes that music is art, and art has function. And he wishes to help you understand it better. Connect with him on Instagram: @Chinonsotherevolutionary.

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