Entertainment expert and leading local music figure Tebello 'Tibz' Motsoane on how his own experience has shaped him, as well as how he plans to give back and empower potential local industry leaders.
GQ: You established yourself in the music and entertainment industry when you started Show love, SA’s longest-running hip-hop events company. What initially inspired that venture?
Tebello Motsoane: The name Show love stems from my late uncle’s supermarket franchise, Thanda Bantu (love all people). The concept of my events came from my complaints: I loved hip-hop and dressing up and, at the time, no events catered to that. I created a platform for my passion and others fell in love with it. The biggest hip-hop DJs and artists in SA have all been part of Show love.
GQ: How has the industry changed for both the better and the worse since you started out?
TM: The industry has become bigger business, which is great. In the same breath, I think it’s become too easy to get into and that has people taking it for granted and not focusing on the craft and the fans. Longevity in the game is now even more rare.
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