He is one of the best motswako rap artists to come out of this country. Dramaboi has an innocent and shy persona, a sort of childish enthusiasm, but when he spits his rap lines he is a bold and frank storyteller who leaves audiences in awe, here are 10 facts you might want to know about your star.
- His real name is Thuto Ricardo Ramphaleng.
- He has been nominated for an award in this year’s YAMAS in the Best Social Media category.
- He grew up in an unstable home without a father and had to move across seven schools in primary, hence the name Dramaboi.
- He was exposed to international Hip Hop music when he was a 12-year-old learner at Phillip Moshotle Primary School.
- While in Gaborone Senior Secondary School (GSSS) he would take to the stage and rap his lungs out.
- He completed his first album Godzilla, which he worked on with Jazz Beats when he was 16, although it was released two years later.
- The song was influenced by a movie where the animal Godzilla was the hero as it had the power to overcome all the obstacles put before it.
- As Ramphaleng’s music received airplay and his brand grew, he attracted the eye of Mafia Soul who signed him under their record label Rock the City.
- Like most local artists, Dramaboi wants to start my own record label soon. If he and his team work hard enough, they might even go international.
- Dramaboi and his young sister Katlego Ramphaleng have paid a moving tribute to their late grandmother Masa Martha Mokotedi with an emotional track titled Sala Nna.
