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BIO PROFILE
ABOUT KARLI BEATZ
Kennedy Tahla better known by his stage name “Karli Beatz, Wa Itse!(trademark)”,
was born in the city of Francistown. He is an African record producer, fashion wear
designer and rapper. At the age of 14 he gained attention in the Hip Hop/Motswako
world. Due to job relocations of his mother, Karli Beatz was raised in different places
such as Phikwe, Sowa, then later back Francistown where his love for music grew.
Karli Beatz, currently resides in Gaborone.
Under the influence of different artists of the old school, from the late 90’s to early
2000, Karli Beatz (who was at the time under alias name “KND”) started writing rhymes
and doing a bit of beat boxing. Such inspiration came from (Lil) Bow Wow, Timbaland,
Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre, Notorious B.I.G and Eminem. During his Junior High school
(Selepa CJSS 2004-2006) and Senior High (Mater Spei 2007-2008) he was emceing at
school talent shows, battling, beat making, involved in ciphers with fellow school mates.
Such experiences won him respect amongst his peers, and this gave him courage and
confidence to pursue his passion for Hip Hop.
By the end of Cambridge level he set out to Gaborone to reach for new heights and
challenges. In 2009 Karli Beatz meet up with A.T.I and Pk Maada, along side
Biggz at the University of Botswana. The four of them had music as the
greatest thing in common. Freestyle and recordings were part of every encounter.
It was late in 2010 when A.T.I dropped his “Batho Bame” mixtape that Karli Beatz
started getting recognition from magazines and news papers such as Kutlwano,
UB Horizon, and Lapologa as well as from both aspiring and established artists, such
as Apollo Diablo, KEB, Milez, HT Tautona, E.P.I.C, Scar and more... Next came the
Rated G mixtape developed by Kay Swiss and Remy which featured a couple of Various
artists. Karli Beatz produced for Milez the Tamati Soo track which became the first
single out from the project to be aired on Yarona Fm. The track later had an incredible
Remix featuring Scar, Zeus and Bone - C of S.E.G.
Currently Karli Beatz is on Facebook, Youtube, MySpace, Twitter, Last Fm and has
a reverbnation account where he has over 700 fans. He is also the brand ambassador
of the notable Ouzell* clothing label which is a well recognized brand in the apparel
industry.
Karli Beatz is now also working on his debut compilation, “Kgang Kgolo Vol.1” under the
creative management of Godsen Tshipietsile, Event organizer of Bee Phly
Entertainment.
TIMELINE
2005
Karli Beatz was popularly known by the name “KND” and actually began producing
his first beats. He was also involved in a school Hip Hop crew as an emcee.
2006
Karli Beatz affiliated himself with a couple of bedroom studios and actually made his
first recording which enabled him to enhance his skills as songwriter and rapper.
2007
Karli Beatz consecutively performed at school talent shows. This gained him
popularity amongst his peers, well as of those in other schools across the country and
built his confidence way further as a performer on stage.
2008
Karli Beatz changed his alias from “KND” to what it is today. For the first time in three
years he recorded more songs, but which were never released and was featured in a
mixtape. Motswako (combination of vernacular and English) became his main genre.
2009
In this year Karli Beatz relocated from Francistown to Gaborone. He continued more
on beat making than rapping than ever before, the two to him were truly inseparable.
He later on meet new colleagues who shared with him the same passion for music.
They were A.T.I and Pk Maada. A couple of tracks were made which had tremendous
potential but never made to the mainstream.
2010
Karli Beatz was involved in a number of mixtapes such as the Batho Bame mixtape
by A.T.I as a producer of a track called “Hands Up” which featured OP and Double Jay.
Later that year he produced a track in the Rated G mixtape by Remy and Kay Swiss a
track by Milez called Tamati Soso. The track also made it into the HUB magazine
mixtape.
2011
Karli Beatz is under management of Bee Phly Entertainment who will undertake the
creative development and promotion of his brand, music and video productions, and all
his brand activities and events management.
Karli Beatz releases his hit single track “Swagger E Soo” online, which features
Pk Maada who held the number one spot for three weeks in a row on the Mascom
Yarona Fm count down and also E.P.I.C who is featured in the Skeleton remix along
side Scar. Currently the track is receiving a lot of comments on social networks such
as Facebook and Twitter.
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