FROM AVONDALE TO JOBURG, SWISH IS REPPIN ZED
His real names are Farai Muzungaile, they do not sound so Zambian right? Well, he is an indigenous Zambian. Swish also known as Swishy Swish was born on 15 September 1988 in Lusaka, Zambia. The young man fell in love with music when he first started rapping at the tender age of 9, having followed music’s most popular movers and shakers of that era, including 2Pac, Biggie, LL Cool J, and TLC.
With leading hip hop pioneers of today, such as Drake and Kendrick Lamar, boasting original new-school hip hop sounds conceived through personal experiences, Swish has, in turn, drawn inspiration from both rap eras and is slowly, but surely, creating unique urban sounds that reign true to his Afrocentric sensibilities.
Making leaps and bounds to further refine his craft all throughout his upbringing, there came a time in Farai’s life when a shift in focus towards pursuing academic studies took top priority, leading the Zambian native to take a 4 year hiatus from his aspirations towards a career in music. He later continued pursuing music after successfully completing a degree in computing at England’s University of Greenwich in 2011.
Producing and releasing his first mixtape, titled ‘FaRaIDAY’ in 2013, the rapper fast-tracked his growing unsavory reputation to ‘household name’ status after tracks like “FaRaIDAY,” “My Department,” “Do Great,” and “You Decide” started receiving frequent airplay on local Radio Stations like Comet FM, Hone FM, Unza FM, Joy FM and Power FM then later dropped his debut music video for the track “You Decide” that same year.
In early 2014, Swish released a number of music videos from his mixtape, some of which include “FaRaIDAY Remix” and “Pretend Sometimes.”
In what turned out to be the climax of his career, his latest music video titled “FaRaIDAY Remix” which was released in December 2015 premiered on Channel O this year and as if that is not a bombshell enough, Trace TV and Africa Magic (Kumwesu) too have hosted and showcased his videos.
Check out the video here https://www.youtube.com/
Unquestionably, Y FM, one of the biggest Radio Stations in Africa gave this humble and hard working young man’s tracks a couple of SPINS. Locally, he’s being to most of the Radio Stations for interviews and promotion of new music. TV stations like ZNBC, Muvi TV and Prime TV have not distanced themselves from Swish as they provided him a platform to display his musical skills.
His
unremitting approach towards the incessant release of new music videos kept
Swish on a roll which brought together widespread television airplay that shot
up far beyond border, with the rest of Africa starting to take notice.
Ultimately, the “FaRaIDAY Remix” hit maker’s
goal would to be to get a globally acknowledged and accepted award such as a
Grammy. Other than that, he’d like to be affiliated to a wider platform that
will help encourage the youths to never give up on their dreams because he
believes that if his dreams can come true, so can anybody else’s provided they
are determined, persistent and jam-packed with self-esteem and motivation.
As
per usual like any other Artist I feature on my blog, feel free to Socialise with
him.... www.facebook.com/SwishAvondalesFinest Whatsapp --> +260977896551 & @Swishy_Swish
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– That Media Guy