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Young Tuchie
from Upcoming Mag (15)
by Upcoming Mag
OCCUPATION: Hip Hop Artist Singer Recording Artist
INSTRUMENTS: Vocals
LOCATED: Cape Town, Kraaifontein
AGE: 16
ORIGIN: ZIMBABWE
GENRES: HIP HOP R&B TRAP AFROPOP MELODIC TRAP
SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES I.G : @young_tuchie_sa Facebook : Young Tuchie Soundcloud: Young Tuchie
PERSONAL DETAILS
Arnold Mazhindu professionally known as Young Tuchie is an uprising hip hop artist based in Cape Town. He was born in Chitugwiza, Zimbabwe. He moved from Zimbabwe to South Africa (Cape Town) in 2016 along with his family. "Tuchie" means someone who wants to be successful and an inspiring person to those who wants to turn their dreams into reality.
He started writing his own music in 2014 but he didn't have the equipment’s to record original songs, he also didn't know any local recording studios or producers. In 2016 (when he moved to Cape Town) he started Recording audios using his phone, but he felt like it wasn't working for him.
In 2019 one of his friends introduced him to Teekay Starboy (an Upcoming rapper based in Kraaifontein) who already had been recording Original songs. Finally, they decided to do a remix of SPLASHIN' by Rich The Kid. The remix featured Slang Thug based in Parrow.
Since then he has been recording all his tracks at DIRTY SPRITE MAFIAs (Producer: Agent Riley). In December 2019 he records a song titled "Kome Kloser" (Produced by Paperfall Bros Beats from USA and Agent Riley based in Cpt). The song was released in March (2020) because it was part of his first ever project (EP).
His project titled GOLDEN RELATIONSHIPs was about the kinds of RELATIONSHIPs he has been through and he has seen the project was produced by Producers such as "Paperfall Bros, Agent Riley, VahhaBeatz & Malthejust" and featured the Afropop King "MäHustler ". The project was well received by his fans and it managed to reach 3.5k plays on Soundcloud in less than a Month. Since its release his fan base has been growing rapidly.
Check out his project on Soundcloud now _ https://soundcloud.com/youngtuchiesa
Since March 2019 he has managed to do lives performances at his school, he also performed at the EKASI HIP HOP CULTURE, KHAYELITSHA, PARROW CIVIC CENTER etc. He'll also be performing at the "STOP IT BUT I LIKE IT SHOW".
He grew up listening to artists such as Lil' Wayne, Jeremih, Eminem and many more.
He discovered his favourite genre in 2018 when he started listening to artists such as Lil Tjay, Yk Osiris, Luh Kel, Tshego, Dej Loaf & Jacquees.