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#SubmissionSunday | PrimeTheGifted Featuring Raymnd – Pressure (Official Video)

by Phil Chard

South Africa's PrimeTheGidted and Raymnd deliver some impressive and hard flows on the grimy Pressure

Tiko Tshepo Motabatsindi (born October 30, 1992), better known by his stage name PrimeTheGifted, is a South African independent hip hop recording artist from Chiawelo, Soweto, Johannesburg. He is known for his dynamic lyricism and captivating story telling. His freestyles and singles have enjoyed radio airplay and favourable reception from the targeted demographic over the years. He is not only a independent recording artist but also a semi-skilled visual-effects artist, works full-time at multichoice, to further add on his repertoire, is a video/film graduate at a notable media college.

On the 30th of October 2013, he released his Debut mixtape The Construct, which on it’s first week of released saw 2000 downloads and received love from his fans, and critics showed their love and appreciate for this artists unique style and approach to storytelling. Since then PrimeThe Gifted later released a 5 track EP titled “For Promotional Use Only” In 2015 Which featured Prime’s signature flow and hard hitting bars along with 4 Music videos which he released every thursday as a thank you to his fans, This gained him some hype and allowed him to perform at the now famous Club “Cantare” in Monte casino which showcases a lot of well-known South African hip hop artists. In 2016, Prime later released a music video for his Rnb Inspired hip hop banger “You know” featuring Raymnd and former Vuzu Presenter Denise Zimba which then aired on channel O’s hit music show “Turn Up”. Prime is now preparing to release his 3rd Project in the 3rd quarter of the year.