#youngslugz

Young Slugz has been known for releasing scorching tracks for years. Young Slugz is Known in Gaborone, Botswana for reaching number one on the Mascom charts. Now Young Slugz aka YSL is in South Africa to take over the Johannesburg enetertainment industry.

Welcome and please tell stateofartistry101 who Young Slugz is

Thanks for having me. Young Slugz is the future of African Hip Hop.

Tell us about how you get started when you work on a song and what do you think is the most important trait a musician should have

Well, when working on a track, my producers (Ganja Beatz) and I always look for certain sounds depending on the type of track we are trying to work on. Once we have all the elements we wanna work with, we start constructing melodies which allows my producers to construct the beat and me to get my hooks and bars down.

I think a musician should have good imagination and creativity so that they are able to think differently and give the audience something diverse from all the music out there and the music they themselves have made before.

What would you tell anyone who wanted to break into the music industry?

Be persistent! If it’s something you really want, you have to be determined and keep working on it. You have to make sure you are good at it though, that also important.

If you weren’t a musician, what would you have been?

I would probably pursue a career in one of the two majors am about to graduate fromwhich are Environmental Science and International Relations.

Your career has sky rocketed in this past year, how do u feel about this and how are you staying humble?

I feel great! We have been working very hard to get to where we are right now and I’m blessed to have such a great team by my side. Shout out to FDD, we just getting started. Staying humble, well that’s just how I am, I was raised well. 

Tell me about your latest projects and what we should look forward to

My latest offering is my new single titled “Living my dream” which we will be shooting a video for sometime next month. As a team, FDD is working on a mixtape which will feature a number of artists and is a mixture of a couple of genres. Dopeness! Ya’ll should look out for that and my solo album which will be out next year.

How do you feel fashion and music tie in together?

Well I think fashion, just like music, is a way of expressing yourself. You can tell a lot about a person by the way they dress just like you can tell a lot about a person by the music they make or listen to.

List three key items a man should have in their closet

Cologne, a watch and clean kicks, 3 is too little.

How are you going to use your celebrity status as a vehicle for social change?

By creating music that everybody can relate to and by mixing different cultures in the visual art that we produce with the hope of encouraging unity.  

Can you name one fun memory from production? Was anybody great to work with?

I have experienced a lot especially when working with other artists such as Zeus, Reason, Bongani Fassie, Marked Men and Cassper Nyovest to mention a few, but I think the best have been when it’s only my team and I in the studio. That’s always fun but equally productive.

Right now, who do you look up to? Who do you think is a real game changer in the music industry?

I look up to artists like Rozay, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar because their careers keep growing constantly and I think there is a lot I can learn from them. However, I think we do have great artists locally such as HHP, AKA and Tumi, who are also changing the game.

And lastly any plans for the upcoming holiday season? Any vacation or will you be working?

 I would love to go away on vacation but I think this holiday will be spent putting in work.

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Download his track called Funky featuring Zeus , Cassper Nyovest and Heemal Ganjaz >>>>>

http://www.reverbnation.com/open_graph/song/15219503