"We realised it would be better to join since we were already good friends who knew each other's rhyming style", K.O was quoted by the City Press. In 2005, while employed in the Public Relations, K.O and brothers from Soweto Ma-E and Ntukza, they decided to form a Hip Hop group called Teargas. He went on to work in the field of his studies with a dream of becoming a musician. The day of the interview I knew I was struggling but I couldn't go through with it," K.O was quoted in the Sowetan. My mother sent my CV to the SAPS but I didn't go for the interview. "I was trying to make demos with funding from my parents and they believed in my dream but I eventually started giving up. Initially he struggled to find employment, according to a Sowetan article he spent two years unemployed before his mother sent his CV to the South African Police Service but he never followed up. He completed his studies and graduated with a Public Relations (PR) Management National Diploma from Vaal University of Technology. While at Vaal University of Technology, Mdluli met his would be bandmates, brothers Ezee "Ma-E" Hanabe and Bantu "Ntukza" Hanabe. He completed his matric and went to Vaal University of Technology where he studied a National Diploma in Public Relations Management. He is the son of Thembisile Mdluli and Jabulani Mdluli. K.O was born Ntokozo Mdluli in Piet Retief, Mpumalanga in 1980. K.O's second studio album Skhanda Republic 2 (2017), released in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment Africa. He began his career as a member of Teargas, a hip hop group which released its debut album titled K'shubile K'bovu (2006), followed by Wafa Wafa (2008), Dark or Blue (2009) and last album Num8er Num8er (2012).įollowing Teargas departure, K.O pursued his solo career and released his solo debut album Skhanda Republic (2014), debuted at #1 in South Africa and was certified platinum Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA). Ntokozo Mdluli (born 13 October 1980), known professionally as K.O, is a South African rapper.
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