y-not culture 2nd issue

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January 2013 ◦ #IssueNo2

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Contents

Blackberry10 15

EthniqueFusion 16

Tranforming Lives 17

Classic Dance Tips 18

2013 in Questions 19

Little Johnny 19

A woman’s love 19

When a man loves 19

Lauretta Mahlobo 10

Reverb360 11

Melba 12

Cover story: Tee jay 13

Editor’s Note 5

Corner Joint Records 6

Word on the streets 7

DirtyLolli 8

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December 2012 ◦ #IssueNo1

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Editorial:

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Unarine ‘Una Ramses’ Ramarru

Contributors:

Pontsho Ledwaba, Daphney ‘Dee Lanie’

Livhalani

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the editor or publisher of Y-Not Culture.

. Editors Note By Una Ramses

While coming up with this issue I was blessed with knowing a lot of people who

are passionate about their religion and in this issue am going to share some of

the messages

I fell in love with and I shall continue to protrey in my life

The first message is from Pontsho Ledwaba

Once u have discovered yourself it seems like all the attention has been

drawn away from you, but when you are on the phase of self-discovery

it seems like God has made you a

heavenly topic. Gone are all days of

prophecies over your head of how

God want to make you great. Act

upon God's word. My life once

revolved around prophecies but

when they stopped it felt like God

has forgotten about me not nah. I

thought of it more and more and

discovered that what’s the point of

getting excited of hearing the same

message but with a different

accent and voice?? I will live for

God not prophecies. I long to grow

and mature in Christ.

The second message is

from Bebsy Ndlovu

In biology he was born without normal conception, In Chemistry he

turned water into wine, in physics he disapproving de law of gravity

when he walked on water an ascended to heaven. In economics he

disaproved the law of diminishing returns by feeding 5000 men with 2

fish. In medicine he cured de sick an blind without a single dose of a

drug. In history he's de beginning a de end, he was born for u and me.

I hope the two messages serves you as food of thought. Enjoy the year

ahead and remember “If you can say it and do it you can achieve it’’

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Corner Joint is a record label based in Ga- Rankuwa which is currently holding down the hip hop scene. It was originally started

over 2 years ago and has released countless songs that have been in people’s minds for a long time.

TheNASHmag chose to feature Corner Joint simply because they were the first people to show us love from the beginning. CJ is a

home for everyone who is in love with hip hop and feels they have to work on something professional. Corner Joint prides itself

in their ability to impact and change the hip hop game in Ga- Rankuwa every time they release material. To date, Corner Joint

has released 2 mix tapes including the classic “Smash N Grab” which has many copies and continues to be the most sort after

mix tape in Ga- Rankuwa and making waves all over Pretoria.

The stable has rappers like Sphapha the Sp and CIA who worked in collaboration on the “Smash N Grab”, LJ Lattrel who is fast

becoming the most versatile artist on a beat. LJ is featured in tracks like “Baby Khante Keng” recently released in the new slot

called “Corner Joint Mondays. The track is just a dedication to everyone who has ever been in a difficult relationship and looking

to make things right, Sp is on the second verse of that track.

They also have Dotso, who is a sick Motswako rapper and intimidating a lot of rappers who come through to the studio to work

on something. Dotso basically has the Motswako skill mastered down to the core, he is on two joint on the “Smash N Grab”

which are “O wara fela” with Sp and SLK and “Rock the party” with Sp and CIA. There is also the pretty boy of Ga- Rankuwa

music, SLK. SLK has leaked a track on Corner Joint Mondays which could possibly be on his upcoming Mixtape “Black Art”.

The label will be releasing a joint next Monday which will probably feature Dotso and Tswiki man. These are the 2 Motswako

rappers who are really re- defining the way Motswako should sound. They will leave you in shock; it is really unbelievable how

different and grounded they sound.

Corner Joint is a label that always

looks to do something different, do

something worth remembering and

give you music that you can bang

every day. Check out the “Corner

Joint Mondays” page to get the link

to the joints that have been released

so far.

TheNASHmag give Corner Joint a

9/10 for holding it down every week

in Ga- Rankuwa.

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Word on the Streets

1. You produce a R100 note instead of your driver’s license when stopped by a traffic officer

2. You can do your monthly shopping on the pavement

3. You have to hire a security guard whenever you park your car

4. You can count the national soccer teams scores with no fingers

5. To get free electricity you have to pay a connection fee of R750

6. Hijacking cars is a profession

7. You can pay your tuition fees by holding up a sign at a traffic light

8. The petrol in your tank may be worth more than your car

9. More people vote in a local reality TV show than in a local election

10. People have the most wonderful names: Christmas, Goodwill, Pretty, Wednesday, Blessing, Brilliant, Gift,

Precious, Innocence, Samsung and Airtime.

11. “Now now” can mean anything from a minute to a month!

12. You continue to wait after a traffic light has turned to green to make way for taxis travelling in the opposite

direction.

13. Travelling at 120 km/h you’re the slowest vehicle on the highway

14. A bullet train is being introduced but we can’t fix potholes

15. The last time you visited the coast you paid more in speeding fines and toll fees than you did for the entire

holiday

16. You paint your cars registration on the roof

17. You have to take your own linen with you if you are admitted to a government hospital

18. You dial a toll free number and nobody answers

19. Prisoners go on strike.

20. You don’t stop at a red traffic light, in case somebody hijacks your car.

21. You consider it a good month if you only get mugged once.

22. The employees DANCE in front of the building to show how unhappy they are.

23. The SABC advertises and shows highlights of the program you just finished viewing.

24. You get cold easily. Anything below 16 degrees Celsius is Arctic weather.

25. You call a bathing suit a “swimming costume”.

26. You know what Rooibos Tea is, even if you’ve never had any.

27. You can sing your national anthem in four languages, and you have no idea what it means in any of them.

28. You know someone who knows someone who has met Nelson Mandela.

29. You go to “braais” regularly, where you eat boerewors and swim, sometimes simultaneously.

30. You have a gear lock for your car.

31. You’ve never seen snow in real life.

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What is DirtyLolli?

Dirty Lolli Clothing Brand from Pretoria. DLCB

expresses feelings of “loud”.

Which public

No one at

When

DirtyLolli And does that

limit the clothing

The hip-hop culture emales are getting into the

hip-hop scene and fashion prices and a variety of products

that caters for special and non-special .

Besides Cap City, do you also cater on a national market?

Yes, homies can visit our website at www.dirtylolli.com and send us a message through the contact feature found at the bottom

of our homepage.

http://www.dirtylolli.com/

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A quick Q&A with the number 1 producer at the moment Quinton ‘Reverb’ Jones III, he is a Hip Hop producer, RnB Singer, Song

writer, qualified sound engineer and a pianist. Reverb have also worked with a lot of well-known artists and groups, namely the

likes of Bomb Squad, Dynamic 1852, Maraza, Phiziks Beatz,

Major, J-Lawless, Maggz, FlexBoogie, PdotO,

Adrenaline clique and many more. He

specialises in Hip Hop, Rnb, Rock, Pop,

Techno house and anything that is

music. He also runs his own recording

studio around Pretoria. His singing

talent have earned him the main

role in many ladies’ dreams

and also what TolA$$Mo

calls GENTLE BROTHER status.

What does it mean

being seen as the

best producer in

CapCity by your peers?

It’s really not a big deal it

only shows that my work is

recognised and appreciated

Why Music?

Music is my 1st love even though

I could've easily went for an academic line of work but I feel more happy and comfortable

Your insights on the CapCity music scene?

The Cap city hip hop scene is not bad since we have alota artists doing their thing the only thing we missing are events and

platforms for them to present their work.

Who are you signed with? And do you work with?

Im with Mocks Music on a management deal

Lastly what’s in your stove?

Im incorporating live music in my beat making and it sounds really good from where I'm standing

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as a of skateboard culture?

Having started skating in the most unusual way, this young Cap-City

skater is one of the best upcoming skateboarders in SA

https://www.facebook.com/jteejay

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I skate street so most of the time I'm skating skinner or city hall then skate town spots and few skate parks on weekend

It would really be nice if every town in South Africa had a skate parks so that we don't travel long distances to skate parks

Red Bull over the years have being giving platform to local skates in their annual competition in Kimberley, so on that note

are there enough competitions around? And have you competed in any and what achievements are you most proud of?

Ya, we had enough competitions last year hy and I'm proud of myself that I won one of them, coming 1st position at Waverly

Monster Freedom-Feet comp

Skateboard forms part of both Hip-Hop and Rock music cultures, what music do you listen to? Which musician? Do you sit

there and say, “Dude, that’s a sick artist and track’’

I listen to Hip-Hop and my best artists are Jurash and Brother Ali

I can see a kid thinking about an incredible skater or an incredible musician and wanting to do what he does, so they can get

on the same level. What’s your message to them?

Well they must just know that hard work leads to success and be committed and love what you do and what you wanna become

What are your non-skating hobbies and interests?

Cycling and free-style soccer

Lately we have seen the introduction of Jay Boards (2 wheels skateboards), which lead to people and professional

skateboarders saying it’s a sell-out to the culture. What is your opinion on that?

For those who want to try something new, can try Jboars, they pretty fun and enjoyable

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Blackberry 10

Blackberry fans can mark 30 January 2013 on their phones and calendars. Research

in Motion (RIM) will be launching its new Blackberry 10 (BB10) operating system.

BlackBerry 10 will offer a large catalog of the leading applications from across the

globe and across all categories, including Games, Productivity, Social, Lifestyle and

Leisure, Multimedia and Published Content, as well as applications designed for

business and enterprise use.

Some key features of the new BlackBerry 10 devices unveiled recently include:

BlackBerry Flow and BlackBerry Hub

BlackBerry Flow is a new user experience that allows seamless navigation across

open applications and the BlackBerry Hub. All messages, notifications, feeds, and

calendar events come into the BlackBerry Hub and no matter what the user is

doing with the device, with a simple gesture, they can peek into the Hub at any

time.

BlackBerry Keyboard

The BlackBerry Keyboard learns how you write and adapts to how you type so you

can write faster and more accurately, giving you the kind of legendary typing

experience that only BlackBerry can deliver.

BlackBerry Balance

BlackBerry Balance offers the most elegant way to satisfy both customer and

corporate needs without compromising on either. With BlackBerry Balance,

personal apps and information are kept separate from work data, and the

customer can switch from their personal to work profile with a simple gesture. The

work profile is fully encrypted and secure, enabling organizations to protect their

content and applications, while at the same time letting customers get the most

out of their smartphone for their personal use.

2013 Must get TV

LG’s 84’’ class Ultra HD

3D TV

It’s a tech thing

http://www.gadget.co.za/pebble.asp?relid=5370

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Two best buddies from South Africa (Pretoria) "Capital City of House Music" call themselves

EthniqueFusion both producers, Namely Thabo Stevens Makena a.k.a StevieSoulz and Tshepo

Masilela a.k.a Notorious Tee. EthniqueFusion is name designed to manipulate African sounds,

combine them with western sound to bring about a solid crisp sound that which resemble the pair.

Their style is not yet classified they range from all kinds of House Genres to the likes of Deep House,

Soulful House, Afrodeep and Deep Tech itself.

Their first release was on CitricaRecords (based in Spain Barcelona) titled THE BLACK DISC EP. Last

year December they had an opportunity to be part of Deeper Shades of House 2012 album titled

Various Shades vol: 3 which is on digital and can be downloaded on traxsource.com.

www.citricarecords.com

Here is what @Revevb360 had to say about ‘’Party in SA’’

It is a great song easy on the ear so I believe it’s the song to have and

I'm doing all I can to get it heard thank you. The song is really just a

way of letting our fellow musicians and artist that SA is enough for us

and we need to appreciate our industry before it gets taken over by

international acts which already show a vast interest in it.so let's bring

the party home that's what I was saying

http://www.citricarecords.com/

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Tranforming Lives with D33 Lanie

It’s up to you, down to no one by Dee Lanie Today most people find themselves in wrong relationships simply because they get pressurized by their peers then try to fit in. This usually

leads to unnecessary stress, knowing you stuck with something you don’t want to do. It is good to be YOU, you never know who looks up to

you. Most of the time people even change from their real personality to a total different person, just to please the next person in cases like

this. What happens to those who look up to you then? Obviously they will think it’s the right thing, so they end up trying it. That is how we

find the same mistakes being repeated over and over again. Things like this close doors for your blessings because you are meant to be the

blessing to others but ruining your purpose in life just because of trying to fit while you are born to stand out ‘be unique’.

It is hard to stay away from people you love and have known for a long time, but for long do you want to stick to people who don’t build you

up? Sometimes you have to be strong enough to let go and surround yourself with people who will build you up for the better at all times,

but above all, always know that God is the way, the truth and the life, He only know the plans He has for you (see Jeremiah 29:11), that way

you will not even find yourself stuck in things you do not want to do.

If you let God take charge in your life, you will experience greater things He has in store for you .That lady or gentleman you have always

wished to have shall come into your life at the very right time. Yes it won’t be an easy road but eventually, you will receive along the way, it is

just a matter of waiting while you keep the Faith. It is well said in Romans 8:28 that ‘all things work together for good to those who love God

and are called according to His purpose’. Y NOT make a difference, you can be the change you want to be, and it starts now.

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Sometime in life a girl came across this one guy. That guy was the first person to date her. She was so excited about idea of being in love, but

sometimes people get in a relationship without a reason why they are even there. So her not having a reason of being in a relationship, she

just woke up one and call it off, you can imagine the pain the guy went through since he was left for no reason. I can imagine the stress he

underwent, trying to figure out where he went wrong. As you know life goes on, he got over the situation and moved on, as for the girl, she

found someone else. This time she was super in love. They got along very well at first, then comes a time where the guy just stopped caring,

no phone call, no SMS, not even a “ please call me” message. That’s when the girl started getting worried but at the same time backing up for

him, telling herself maybe he doesn’t have airtime, maybe is busy and all those sorts of things, but in the end, she admitted the fact that he

was no longer interested. She was so hurt that she even took time to move on. What’s more interesting is that in the process of healing, she

was growing up to be responsible and independent. God came through. She started realizing that everything has to revolve around Him and

that God has to be the centre of it all, even in relationships (this relates to the previous article entitled Save the Naxin)

Then came a time where she met this other guy, she knew she loved her but she took time to know him, at the same time, she was praying to

God for approval. They finally became partners, they had their differences, but they knew God is their all, their solution in times of trouble

and that they have to look up to Him at all times as the scripture say in Luke 1:37 that “for there is nothing that God cannot do”.

What this story have for us is that there should be a reason for every decision we make, otherwise things just don’t work out at all and we

end hurting those who love and care about us as the girl did to the first guy she dated. Sometimes we feel like when they ‘what goes around

comes around’ they are just passing time, but in actual fact, it is true, what you do to others, comes back to you, the scripture also confirm it

in Luke 6:31. The girl left the poor guy in the middle of nowhere , It was done to her by the second guy. The other thing that we learn is that

in God, there is always a second chance. We don’t know what could have happened to the girl after her second relationship, probably the

worst thing could have happened but she turned to God and she saw her better days.

God is faithful, He can never leave you. Most people believe in Him but do not trust Him, WHY NOT make a difference today and start

trusting Him. It is just ‘Faith’ away.

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Classic Dancing Tips with Ramses

Instructions

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Extend your hands above your head with your elbows slightly bent and your palms facing out. Starting with this stand helps you transition to the next locking dance move more easily.

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Spread your feet out widely with your knees slightly bent and your toes pointing outward at an angle. Keep your feet in alignment with your shoulders. Over extending the feet can cause slight pain on the quad muscles in your legs.

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Bring your arms down quickly to your sides with a sharp jerking motion. As you bring your arms down, keep the elbows stationary and bring your hands down towards your knees. This is where the dance begins to look more smooth.

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Lock each move into place as you throw your arms up and then bring them down again, in time with the beat of the music.

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Repeat these moves with variations in locking other parts of the body. You can lock your hands, feet and even your head with the right jerking motion. The key to locking is to jerk and suddenly stop each motion for a more noticeable effect. #NB if you can’t do this with these five steps rather stick to the Madiba Dance

Tips & Warnings

Wear comfortable clothing while locking. This helps make the moves easier and transitioning to other parts of the body easier as well.

Hip hop locking became popular

during the early '80s. The dance

craze move of locking is still very

popular and demanding on the

body's muscles. When you lock it

in hip hop dancing, be sure that

you are performing the right moves

to avoid any injury and to keep

your style sharp.

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2013 in Questions????

Everyday is a new opportunity for a new resolution, with these 20

questions your resolution is 24 hours away from being achieved.

1. Did I plan for today’s activities 2. Did I consider my work schedule or time table when planning? 3. Did I greet my parents, children, relatives, husband or wife this morning? 4. Did I arrive at work or class on time? 5. Did I pray before I left home? 6. Did I greet every classmate or colleague that I met? 7. Did I start my work on time? 8. Did I communicate freely/friendly with colleagues or classmates? 9. Did I assit everyone who needed my assistance? 10. Did I do everything that I planned for this day? 11. Did I answer all phone calls politely? 12. Did I submit what I was expected to submit? 13. Did I apologize for anything that I failed to do, anything that I did wrongly,

any inconvenience that I caused or verbal harassment? 14. Did I forgive those who inconvenienced me, cursed me or tormented me? 15. Did I expose myself as a role model? 16. Did I call back all phone calls I promised to make? 17. Did I warmly welcome all the people who visited my office? 18. Did I minimize the cost of running my office and my daily lunch money? 19. Did I feel enthusiastic about coming to school or work? 20. Did I discourage those who like gossiping?

Little Johnny’s Corner

Jokes

LITTLE JOHNNY WANTS TO SETTLE DOWN

Little Johnny and Little Lisa are only 10 years

old, but they know that they are in love. One

day they decide that they want to get married,

so Johnny goes to Lisa's father to ask for his

blessing.

Johnny bravely walks up to him and says "Mr

Jones, me and Lisa are in love and I want to

ask you for your blessing."

Thinking that this was the cutest thing, Mr

Jones replies, "Well Johnny, you're only 10.

Where will you two live?"

Without even taking a moment to think about

it, Johnny replies "In Lisa's room. It's bigger

than mine and we can both fit there nicely."

Still thinking this is just cute, Mr Jones says,

"Okay then how will you live? You're not old

enough to get a job. How will you afford food

and rent?"

Again, Johnny instantly replies, "With our

allowance. Lisa gets 5 bucks a week and I get

10 bucks a week. That's about 60 bucks a

month, and that should do us just fine."

By this time Mr Jones is realizing that Johnny

has put much thought into this. So, he thinks

for a moment trying to come up with something

that Johnny won't have an answer to.

He then says, "Well Johnny, it seems like

you've got everything all figured out. I just

have one more question for you. What will you

do if the two of you should kids of your own?"

Johnny shrugs his shoulders and says "We've

been lucky so far..."

A Woman’s love by Steve Harvey

“Nothing on this planet can compare with a woman’s

love—it is kind and compassionate, patient and

nurturing, generous and sweet and unconditional.

Pure. If you are her man, she will walk on water and

through a mountain for you, too, no matter how you’ve

acted out, no matter what crazy thing you’ve done, no

matter the time or demand. If you are her man, she will

talk to you until there just aren’t any more words left

to say, encourage you when you’re at rock bottom and

think there just isn’t any way out, hold you in her arms

when you’re sick, and laugh with you when you’re up.

And if you’re her man and that woman loves you—I

mean really loves you?—she will shine you up when

you’re dusty, encourage you when you’re down,

defend you even when she’s not so sure you were

right, and hang on your every word, even when you’re

not saying anything worth listening to. And no matter

what you do, no matter how many times her friends

say you’re no good, no matter how many times you

slam the door on the relationship, she will give you her

very best and then some, and keep right on trying to

win over your heart, even when you act like everything

she’s done to convince you she’s The One just isn’t

good enough.

That’s a woman’s love—it stands the test of time, logic,

and all circumstance. ”

When A Man Loves A Woman by

White Tiger

When a man loves a woman

his heart opens wide

his love is neverending

holding her by his side


his eyes feel her touch

casting a spell upon him

to love her as much


all his dreams come true

she turns his cloudy skies

from gray to heavenly blue


wishes come from the heart

that both become as one

and never grow apart

When aman loves a woman

you both feel free

for this is the way I love you

and cherish my love for thee.

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