GREEN: Five Years On (Artists' Profiles)

This documentary series comprised of portraits of artists based in the township of Kokosi, a township located in the west rand of Gauteng. Engaged in various artistic disciples and confronted by lack of infrastructure and financial support, these artists have found innovative ways of keeping their creativity alive and spreading throughout the region. Commencing with an exploration of the music scene in the region, the series aims to document the rapidly growing Hip-Hop culture in this bastion of the mining industry, which ironically is the back bone of our country’s industry. The series commences with four portraits of members of a Hip-Hop crew named GREEN. They are PHATZ 4WTY, Teddy Black, BlaQ Sage and Houdini, who in spite of lacking formal education have managed to create music on their near obsolete personal computers, using downloaded software and plug-in to create a brand which is still to take the South African Hip-Hop scene by storm.

Kokosi MC's