Name: West Njokweni Instagram Handle/Username: @westnjoks Introduce Yourself/Tell About Yourself: Born as Mawethu Njokweni, West Njokweni isa Rap/Hip hop artist who writes his lyrics inXhosa (Mother Toungue), Born in Port AlfredEastern Cape and grew up in Peddie(Emaxhegweni Location) not far from PortAlfred, South Africa.He started writing songs in 2008 although hislove for music had long began when he leftthe Eastern Cape to KwaZulu […]
Name: West Njokweni
Instagram Handle/Username: @westnjoks
Introduce Yourself/Tell About Yourself: Born as Mawethu Njokweni, West Njokweni is a Rap/Hip hop artist who writes his lyrics in Xhosa (Mother Toungue), Born in Port Alfred Eastern Cape and grew up in Peddie (Emaxhegweni Location) not far from Port Alfred, South Africa. He started writing songs in 2008 although his love for music had long began when he left the Eastern Cape to KwaZulu Natal that is when he recorded his first song that led to him getting on stage, performing live for the very first time in the competiton then he took it back home to the Eastern Cape with some performance around the province. West has worked with a number of artists and producers such as Dj NKO Madlala (Durban), Rhyma, Elcee Gweja (Nigeria) just to name a few.
West Njokweni Released his first mixtape titled uSathane wo Mboko which sold 850 copies on the streets, in the year 2010 and that was the project that created a buzz for this rapper as it got a lot of airplay and some local radio stations like KOWIE FM, Now Ndlambe FM, ICORA FM, ZULULAND FM, RADIO GRAHAMSTOWN, KQ FM to mention few. Known for pouring his heart to his lyrics, West Njokweni writes and raps in Xhosa as it his home language, he believes his music is for everyone from young people to our grand parents. He writes about the things that affects people on a daily basis “Writing in Xhosa makes me feel real, honest and true to my self and everyone that listens to my music” – West said… The port Alfred born and bred rapper managed to share the stage with the likes of Mbongeni Ngema, Imithente, Big Nuz, L’vovo Derango, Dumza Maswana, Berita and many more. West decided to take a break n music in 2015 after the release of his 2 nd mixtape tittled XIV Pages Westenised volume 2. In 2019, October 22nd he surprisingly came back with the project tittled Izimvo Zombhali, which is a 16 track mixtape which he co produced and arranged all the songs on the project, it is available on Itunes, Google Play, Amazon and all other digital stores
What Inspires You Every day? : Being the reason for the next person smile, or when I see someone smile because of me I got really inspired or seeing someone happy.
What is some words of wisdom you live by?: You can’t change the past but you can make the future.
What is your ultimate goal in life? : Is to make sure that me and my loved ones are happy and healthy all the time. And to make the best out of life that includes pushing dreams and always word harder.
How have you been during the pandemic and how has it affected you? : I’ve been very strong, at some point I’ve been at my lowest in terms of the energy.
Seeing people dying around you is never a good thing to experience that only is way too bad. And I believe we all been affected so bad by the pandemic, it hit us so bad financially as we can no longer hustle as normal, we have to change our plans, our strategies and the approach.
What is a positive message you would like to give others? : The more you give, the more you’ll receive. It could be blessings or anything just make sure to show good humanity, respect, spread love and help where you can.
What questions would you like to ask others?: 1.their thoughts about art? 2. How was 2020 for them? 3. How they see the world and everything that is happening around us now.
