Rapper King Slave Boris is making waves on the Cape Flats with his gladdebek rhymes and recently released another kwaai single with a music video.
But Boris Haupt does not come with the mission of entertaining, but rather educating the youth to be alert and ready to turn the tables on negativity through his music.
In his song From Da Kaap, Boris takes mense on a journey through the most dangerous parts of Cape Town where he fearlessly shoots his video.
Boris’ biggest track Buvana reached over a million people on Facebook last year.
He says the concept for From Da Kaap was created with the help of his friend, George author Thaakirah Mohamed.
“She spoke to my soul that day and said, expand on that concept and capture the rawness that is Buvana. We worked on the storyline and came up with three main characters.”
The characters are Skollie, a gangster with a heart of gold, and his girlfriend Rose, who has a hartseer history of abuse, but continues to be a light for Skollie.
And finally there’s Buvana, the couple’s son, “the boy born to change the Mother City and bring peace to these streets. A born revolutionist,” says Boris.
The rapper says the only way to perfectly tell a story is to take the listener to the heart of its origins, in this case the Cape Flats.
“My team and I made a decision months back. We decided to give hope to communities that the government cares nothing for.
“These are the people that are ignored by the government because these hoods don’t make them rich. You see, the government protects areas with big tax brackets.”
The single is available on all digital platforms.