THE TRIBE

#TheTribeExclusive featuring Black Vulcanite

They are undoubtedly Namibia’s leading hip hop act. Their lyricism packed with Afrofuturist themes has garnered them throngs of devoted fans and over the years the group has managed to take their sound beyond Namibia’s borders.

Consisting of Mark Mushiva, AliThatDude and Okin, Black Vulcanite has been away from the music scene for some time now with members of the group all focusing on various individual projects.

AliThatDude and Okin recently joined TheTribeExclusive to keep their fans in tune with what has been happening with the group and shed light on what the trio has been working on.

“There are so many variables that go into creating projects like Black Colonialist and Remember the Future. I think maybe it’s because we have this relatable connection to the youth of Namibia”, says Ali That Dude. Since the release of their debut project the trio has remained a fan favourite because it seems that everything they touch turns to gold.

He describes their evolution since their debut project as an interesting one, noting that it inspired him to produce his own solo mixtapes which took him on a journey to Europe where he toured countries like Germany, Finland and the Netherlands.

For Okin, time away from the music scene was spent completing his MBA in China and getting involved in other creative projects in the Asian country.

“I’ve been busy. We started the Slam Poetry movement in Beijing which then moved to other parts of China,” he says.

Their lyricism packed with Afrofuturist themes has garnered them throngs of devoted fans and over the years the group has managed to take their sound beyond Namibia’s borders.

As a group, Okin says that all three members of Black Vulcanite blossomed after Black Colonialists. “We went back to some of the stuff we were doing when we were individual artists before we formed Black Vulcanite and then also kept pushing that flag as much as we could,” he adds.

The trio has dropped a song in 2019 and more music is on the way.

“We worked with some of the people who worked with us on our first project so it was like almost coming back full circle – we always love to work with the people that we respect. We are working on some stuff but we don’t want to put a date on anything yet. We’d like to keep you guys in suspense just for a bit longer, at least until Mark comes back,” Okin says.

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