Do not wait for opportunity create it.

by: NSUKU KHOSA

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Mpumalanga young podcaster leaves township shaking in the media industry. In the past few years there have been young uprising artists around our communities that been developing mostly in the Hip-hop and Ama-piano music, whereby some young people saw the opportunity to promote their homeboys and girls by creating podcasts and other social media plate forms.

Stefano Zunguene (21) also known as Steezy Jayde is a young self-driven podcaster From Mpumalanga Hazyview in a small township called Mkhuhlu Township that is where his media journey was initiated , his known for Podcasting in which is he is also the producer, host and the presenter on it but across the podcast Portfolio he is a skilled videographer and photographer which is on the podcasting main stream.

Stefano was inspired by Slikour the founder of SLIKOURONKIFE YOUTUBE channel is, he said he used to watch him give spotlight to young hard-working artists which are now influential award-winning artists like A-REECE. This is one of the reasons his podcast is about to give platform to young upcoming artists who are working hard towards their dreams. Steezy started his podcast in November 2021 and with just eight videos uploaded so far, he has about 300 subscribers so far, his podcast managed to cover up musicians from Limpopo and Mpumalanga which was all covered in a period of less than a year.

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One of the reasons his podcast is unique is because it has a live performing platform called 'MUSIC LEAKERS' which allows musicians to leak their unreleased music. Steezy gave young people advice who can wish to start podcast in future he stated" Do enough research before starting podcasting, seek help and be social active, focus on growth rather than fame, focusing on growth makes you to improve continuously and thus brings more loyal viewers but if forces on fame you will encounter a lot of mistakes by doing anything to be famous.