READY D

READY D is without a doubt SAs number one deejay. Ready D born in District Six has been a productive member of the Hip Hop culture since 1983.  He won the SA DJ championships four times in 1989, 1990, 1998 and 1999.  He also won the DJ OF THE DECADE award 1996.  He is rated the among the top thirty hip hop deejays in the world.   In 1995 Ready D was a judge for the UK Vestax World DJ Championships.  Perhaps better known as the deejay for POC (Prophets of the City), he toured Europe extensively with POC for a period of six years and performed alongside groups like Public Enemy, Fugees, Ice-T, Spearhead to mention just a few.             

He enjoys superstar status with a cult following all over the country. Definitely the most exciting deejay in SA to see perform live. Apart from performing in clubs Ready D took the art of HIP HOP deejaying into many areas where it was unknown- e.g. Big Music events around SA such as ICE FEST, SYNERGY, CAMEL EXPERIENCE, OPPIKOPPI, KKNK FEST (week long tour into rural and underprivileged areas where most of the community do not have electricity). The Woodstock Fest, Alex Groll International Inline Skating Championships, RED BULL DOWNHILL EXTREME CHAMPS, GRAHAMSTOWN JAZZ Fest, NORTH SEA JAZZ FEST, various trade shows and Expos.  Ready D is also the DJ for Pioneer Afrikaans Hip Hop group Brassie Vannie Kaap 

                         
 COMMUNITY ORIENTATED

1991    School tour with POC reaching 450 000 students. 

1992    SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR. Performances in prisons, schools, universities, primary and high schools, clubs and community centers- touching on issues such as gang  violence, drugs and aids.  

1993-1994-   VOTER EDUCATION TOUR- informing the people all over South Africa on how and why they should vote in our first democratic election. 

1995       POC officially banned in South Africa and the group records in London and tours all over U.K, Western Europe, Scandinavia, Ireland and Scotland. Performances included facilitating workshop on Hip Hop culture and life in South Africa. 

    
1996-1999 POC are invited to be part of an event called RIGHT TO HOPE which deals with issues on trouble spots around the world and this is a coalition between NORTHERN IRELAND, SOUTH AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, RUWANDA & USA.

         
2000-2001 READY D helps to establish and organize a monthly HIP HOP event called THE NIGHT OF THE BEATBANGAZ that gives up and coming and DJs and Hip Hop Artists a platform to expose and express themselves.

2001  Ready D becomes the resident DJ on the Phat Joe Show on SABCs  TV channel 1 (Simunye). 

2002 POC Chicago USA Dance Afrika performance 

DISCOGRAPHY

Ready D has recorded six studio albums to date with Prophets of da City.

1991 Our World
1992 Boomstyle
1993 Age of Truth
1994 Phunk Phlow
1995 Universal Souljaz
1996 Ghetto Code

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Last Updated May 2005