Stilo Magolide Raps Over Icy Beats On 'Ziyabanda'

Boyzn Bucks rap and streetwear star Stilo Magolide teams with Castle Lite and Lebogang Rasethaba of Arcade Content on "Ziyabanda."

Stilo Magolide Raps Over Icy Beats On 'Ziyabanda'


The latest from Stilo Magolide sees the Boyzn Bucks hip-hop and streetwear star rapping over icy beats on "Ziyabanda." A collaboration with South African beer brand Castle Lite, the track is touted as the world's first to be produced at subzero temperatures (-2.5 degrees Celsius). The song premiered yesterday along with a video directed by Arcade Content's Lebogang Rasethaba, the Johannesburg-based filmmaker who co-directed the SA electronic music documentary Future Sound of Mzansi (one of our top films of 2014) with Spoek Mathambo. Download "Ziyabanda" in full here. For more from Stilo, see his recent videos for "Mr. Party" and "Mswenkofontein" alongside some of his fellow Boyzn Bucks members.

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