Alpha Lowkey
Alpha Lowkey | |
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| Birth name | Lesedi Padi |
| Also known as | Alpha Lowkey,PADI,Stuntman |
| Born | 11 July 1999 Klerksdorp,North WestSA |
| Origin | Kanana,Klerksdorp |
| Genres | Hip Hop,Rap,AudioMack Hip Hop/Rap |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter,Rapper |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2016-Present |
| Associated acts | Jay Kwimby,Trilla,Hype TooLit,Waezi,Ozzy Lee,King Viper,Dramatic,Jay Wordplay,ODB,Bob Chan |
Lesedi Padi[1](born 11 July 1999)known professionally as Alpha Lowkey is a South African rapper and songwriter who started rapping at the age of 8, he collaborated with Trilla,ODB and Jay Kwimby and in 2016 he released his first record,Going with the most
Lesedi's mixtape,Key pinie, was released in June 2018 on the streaming service AudioMack and peaked at 6,25K streams. On Feb 2020 he posted the cover art to his latest mixtape "Stuntman City Represent" which was released on March 2020
Early Life[edit]
Lesedi Padi was born on 11 July, 1999 in a small township Kanana, Klerksdorp. He is a Tswana descendant
Lesedi Padi grew up listening to 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dog, The Game, Chris Brown, and that's where he drew most of his inspiration from, and started rapping at the age of 8 and decided to make it professionally by being featured in Run it Back by Trill
Career[edit]
After being featured in his first song the rapper decided to work on his first single Going with the most which he recorded around July 2017 and he then released 15 September 2017 and that was the start of his musical career as a rapper, then the rapper released his second single MUZI on February 2018 which was about paying tribute to a close childhood friend of him who passed away.He then worked on a single with Hype-Toolit which was called Classes and released on April 2018
Then the young rapper worked on his debut album called Key pinie[2] which was produced by Jay Kwimby, he then released the album on 24 June 2018 and it was mostly made up of Hip-Hop/Rap songs,The album helped him gain a fair fanbase of 5000+ fans and helped boost his music which gave him the confidence to release his single Watch Out Teaser on 20 December 2018 and then worked on a number of projects which include C.T.K,Who got the juice? and Shaniel which became his second hit single sitting at a 962 streams on Audiomack, and then on April 2019 he released Outside[3] featuring Nasty C and Tellaman which was for the Red Bull Music Academy project in South Africa called #Lift as you raise which is a collaborative project focusing on uplifting artists across South Africa,He then later released a single called Bum Bitch[4] on 01 July 2019 which was produced by Bob Chan and went on Social media to ask his fans when and if he should release a single and they voted on a new single which was called This a Lot and it was released on 02 Jan 2020
Lesedis latest mixtape,Stuntman City Represent[5],was released on 7 March 2020 and was captioned "the kids got my back not the city" which simple terms mean his fans got his back on Audiomack.
Discography[edit]
Alpha Lowkey has released 10 Single (music) and 2 Mixtapes, the rapper released his first Mixtape,Key Pinie in June 2018 and it was produced by Jay Kwimby and it peaked at 6,25K streams on Audiomack
| Alpha Lowkey discography | |
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| Singles | 10 |
| Mixtapes | 2 |
| Featured tracks | - |
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Release Date | Streams on Audiomack | Associated acts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Pinie | 24 June 2018 | 6,25K | Hype TooLit,Waezi,Ozzy Lee,King Viper,Dramatic,Jay Wordplay,Trilla |
| Stuntman City Represent | 7 March 2020 | 439 | ______ |
| Singles | |||
| Going with the most | 15 September 2017 | --- | _______ |
| MUZI | February 2018 | --- | ________ |
| Watch Out Teaser | 20 December 2018 | --- | ________ |
| C.T.K | 2 Feb 2019 | --- | ________ |
| Who got the Juice | 6 March 2019 | --- | ________ |
| Shaniel | 25 March 2019 | 962 | ________ |
| Outside | 17 April 2018 | 698 | Nasty C,Tellaman |
| Classes | |||
| Bum Bitch | 01 July 2019 | 504 | __________ |
| That's a lot | 02 January 2020 | 304 | __________ |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Lesedi Padi". Instagram. 11 July 1999. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Key pinie". AudioMack. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Outside". AudioMack. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bum Bitch{Direct link}". AudioMack. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Stuntman City Represent{direct link}". AudioMack. Unknown parameter
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