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{{short description|South African record producer, singer-songwriter}}

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Mellodee
| image           =
| landscape       = yes
| birth_name      = Hlumelo Katikati
| alias           =
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|df=y|1999|06|22}}
| birth_place     = [[Whittlesea, Eastern Cape|Whittlesea]], Eastern Cape, South Africa
| genre           = {{hlist|[[R&B]]|[[Hiphop]]}}
|instruments={{hlist|[[Digital audio workstation|DAW]]|[[Sample (music)|Sample]]|Vocals}}
| occupation      = {{hlist|Singer|Record producer|songwriter}}
| years_active    = 2015–present
| label           = {{flatlist|
*Antisocial Records
*[[Warner Music South Africa]]}}
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
* [[DJ Sliqe]]
* [[Tellaman]]
* [[Shane Eagle]]
* [[Shekhinah]]}}
}}

'''Hlumelo Katikati''' (born 22 June 1999), better known by his stage name '''Mellodee''' is a South African singer, songwriter and record producer. Born in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape and spent most of his upbringing in Cape Town, Western Cape.

== Early life ==
Hlumelo Katikati was born on 22 June 1999, in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape, and was raised by his uncle and wife, due to his late mother who passed away at an earlier age. He hadn't genuinely felt a mother's love at a young age. Growing up in Cape Town, South Africa, at a younger age he discovered a mobile music software called "acoustic". He would make beats and sell them to save up money to buy equipment to make songs. He would record his songs in a small closet in his house – solely engineering, mixing and mastering all his work on Audacity, later upgrading to [[FL Studio]].

Mellodee grew up being heavily inspired by the American rap & r&b scene in the late 2000s. Heavily inspired by [[Lloyd (singer)|Lloyd]] and the rapper [[Drake (musician)|Drake]].

==Antisocial records==
{{Infobox record label
| name        = Antisocial Records
| image       = 
| image_size  = 180px
| parent      = 
| founded     = 2018
| founder     = Mellodee
| status      = Active
| distributor = [[Create Music Group]]
| genre       = R&B, [[Hiphop music|Hiphop]]
| country     = South Africa
| location    = [[Cape Town]]
| url         = 
}}

'''Antisocial Records''' is a South African record label and management company founded by Mellodee in 2018. The label's goal was to help independent artists, songwriters & record producers to assist them with owning their own masters, publishing rights, royalties etc.

== References ==

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:South_African_record_producers

== External links ==
* {{Twitter|Mellodee_HQ}}
* {{Instagram|mellodee_hq}}
* {{Facebook|MellodeeHQ}}


[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from the Eastern Cape]]
[[Category:South African record producers]]
[[Category:South African musicians]]
[[Category:People from Cape Town]]
[[Category:South African composers]]
[[Category:South African songwriters]]
[[Category:Xhosa people]]
[[Category:21st-century South African musicians]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]


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