U-Octavian ungumculi we-rapper, umculi wezingoma, umculi. Ubizwa ngokuthi umculi osemusha ogqamile wase-England. Isitayela sokucula “esimnandi”, izwi elizwakalayo elinomsindo - lokhu yikho okukhonzwe umculi. Uphinde abe nezinhlamvu ezipholile nesitayela esithokozisayo sokwethula izinto zomculo.
Ngo-2019, waba ngumdlali othembisa kakhulu emhlabeni, futhi kakade ngo-2021 wathi "uboshwe" ngomsebenzi wokudala. Ngo-2020, owayeyintombi yomculi we-rap yammangalela ngodlame, futhi ilebula yenqaba ukukhulula ingoma yokuqala yalo mculi i-LP. Njengoba ehlala emphakathini onokubekezelelana okukhulu, ukuguquka kwezenzakalo okunjalo, uma kungenakubikezelwa, bekulindelwe ngempela. Ngemuva kwesitatimende esimayelana nodlame, umsebenzi walo mrepha wehla kakhulu. Umculi we-rap uphawula ngokukhetha kwakhe kanje:
“Ngiphatheke kabi ngakho konke ukungalungi ngale ndaba. Endaweni engihlala kuyo akusho lutho ukuthi nginecala noma cha. Ngokusobala, angikho esimeni esihle kakhulu njengamanje. Ngibonga wonke umuntu ongisekele ngokwengqondo, ngiyabonga ngalo lonke uthando lwenu…”.
Ubuntwana nobusha buka-Octavian
Usuku lokuzalwa lomculi nguJanuwari 22, 1996. Wazalelwa eFrance, emndenini wezifiki ezivela e-Angola. Kusukela esemncane wayenobunzima. Lapho esemncane kakhulu, uyise washona.
Umama wawela emisebenzini hhayi nje yokukhulisa, kodwa futhi nokuhlinzeka u-Oliver Goji (igama langempela lomculi we-rap). Ngemva kokushona kukayise ngokuzumayo, umama wakhe wanquma ukuthuthela e-UK.
Umndeni odlile wawuziphilisa. Umama no-Oliver babengenakho okwanele esikoleni esiphansi kakhulu. Kwenye yezingxoxo, uvumile ukuthi waze wazulazula. Naphezu kobumpofu, lo mfana akazange aphelelwe inhliziyo. Wakhula njengengane yomculo. Esemusha, u-Goji wasusa amathrekhi ama-rapper aseMelika aphezulu "izimbobo".
Esemusha, wawina umfundaze wokuya e-BRIT School. Maye, kwenzeka ukuthi into yokugcina eyayimkhathaza ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyizifundo zakhe. Ngemva konyaka nesigamu, wasiyeka isikole wayobhukuda mahhala.
Indlela yokudala ye-rapper u-Octavian
Ukwethulwa kwengoma yokuqala yomculi we-rap kwenzeka ngo-2016. Isiqephu somculo sasibizwa nge-Octavian OG. Ngemva konyaka, wethula ingoma eyamenza waduma ngempela. Sikhuluma ngocezu lomculo Iphathi Lapha.
U-Octavian uzithole ebhekwe ngabomvu abathandi bomculo ngesikhathi uDrake ecula ehambisana nezingoma zakhe ethi Party Here live. Ngesandla esilula sikaDrake, umsebenzi ka-Oliver womculo “wethulwa”.
Ngo-Agasti 2018, wasayina ne-Sony/ATV Records. Ngawo lowo nyaka, i-premiere yengoma ethi Hands (ngokubamba iqhaza kwe-Mura Masa) yenzeka. Ekupheleni kuka-Okthoba 2018, ividiyo ethi Here Is Not Safe yaboniswa okokuqala, eyathola amamaki aphezulu hhayi kubalandeli kuphela, kodwa nakubagxeki bomculo.
Ngesikhathi ekhuluma nabalandeli, lo mrepha uveze ukuthi bazokwazi ukujabulela enye ividiyo maduze. NgoDisemba, ithalenta lesiNgisi likhiphe into entsha "emnandi". Umsebenzi wawubizwa ngokuthi Hambisa Ngokushesha. Abanye abagxeki baqaphele ukuthi le vidiyo akuwona umsebenzi wokuqala womculi. Kodwa, kunoma yikuphi, isiqeshana besithakazelisa ukusibuka. Ikakhulukazi, ngenkathi sibuka ividiyo, isizukulwane esisha "sivule".
Unyaka ka-2019 usuthandeka kakhulu futhi awukhiqizanga kangako umculi we-rap. Okokuqala, wakhulula inani elingenangqondo lomsebenzi ohloniphekile. Futhi okwesibili, waba umculi othembisa kakhulu emhlabeni.
Ekugcineni, wabamba ngesandla, enye into, hhayi umbhobho. Qaphela ukuthi indondo ye-BBC Music's Sound iklonyeliswa minyaka yonke kumdlali osemusha othembisa kakhulu.
Abalandeli abakwazanga ukuthola ngokwanele izindaba mayelana "nesihloko" esisha somculi. Futhi yena, wahlala phansi esitudiyo sokuqopha ukuze ajabulise izethameli ngezinto ezintsha.
Ekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari 2019, kanye noMichael Phantom, wakhipha ividiyo yesiqephu somculo esithi Bet. Kodwa, okubaluleke kakhulu, ekugcineni wajabulisa "abalandeli" ngolwazi mayelana nomsebenzi we-mixtape entsha.
I-Endorphins mixtape yokuqala
Ngo-2019, i-premiere ye-mixtape yesibili yenzeka. Iqoqo lalibizwa ngokuthi i-Endorphins. Ngesikhathi ephuma, lo mrepha usizwe nguSkepta, uJessie Ware, u-A$AP Ferg, uSmokepurrp nezinye izihlabani.
UZibandlela uhlonzwe ngokuphuma kwevidiyo egqamile yengoma ethi Lala. UKrimbo ubambe iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwevidiyo. Umsebenzi uthole amamaki aphezulu kakhulu kochwepheshe bomculo. Ekuqaleni konyaka olandelayo, i-premiere ye-Death of Traitor Freestyle isiqeshana sevidiyo yenzeka, nayo ethole amashumi ezinkulungwane zokubukwa ekusingatheni ividiyo ephezulu.
NgoMashi 2020 kwaphawulwa ukukhishwa kwevidiyo yomculo kaPapi Chulo (ehambisana no-Skepta). "Abalandeli" bazibonele ngokwabo isicupho esihle esinezingoma zesigingci saseLatin America. Ingoma ekhuluma ngothando ihambisane nenhlokomo kubathandi bomculo.
Ngo-2020, u-Gorillaz no-Octavian bethula isiqeshana ngoLwesihlanu 13, esakhiwa njengengxenye yephrojekthi ye-The Song Machine. Ividiyo yaphela ngamazwi esishoshovu samalungelo abantu abamnyama uJames Baldwin:
“Akuyona yonke into obhekene nayo engashintshwa. Kodwa akukho okungashintshwa uze ubhekane nakho. Ukungazi, ngokubambisana namandla, kuyisitha esinonya kakhulu ukulunga okungaba naso.”
Endabeni yokuthandwa, i-premiere ye-novelty yasehlobo ekhanyayo ye-rapper yenzeke, ekurekhodweni lapho iqembu elithi Future libambe iqhaza. I-Clip Rari iqinisekise izinga eliphezulu lomculi.
Octavian: imininingwane yokuphila kwakhe siqu
Wayesebudlelwaneni nentombazane egama layo linguHana, owaziwa ngelika-Emo Baby. Kwakukhona ubuhlobo obufudumele ngempela phakathi kwabo. Abalandeli bebenesiqiniseko sokuthi imizwa izophumela kokuthile okungathí sina. Kepha, ngoNovemba 11, 2020, uHana washicilela iposi elithokozisayo.
Kuvele okuthunyelwe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zikaHana, obekuhambisana nezithombe zokushaywa, izithombe-skrini zezincwadi kanye namavidiyo okuhlaselwa komculi we-rap. Ngokusho kwale ntombazane, lo mrepha wamshaya ephindelela, wamphoqa ukuba ahushule isisu, wahlasela owesifazane okhulelwe ngesando, wamshintsha wamqeda nya.
Uphinde wathi u-Octavian wayevame ukusebenzisa i-cocaine futhi wasebenzisa ukulutheka "njengezaba zezenzo zakhe."
Impendulo yacishe yashesha. NgoNovemba 13, ilebula yenqaba ukukhipha i-albhamu yomculi we-rap yobude obugcwele. I-albhamu yokuqala ye-rapper yaseBrithani u-Alpha bekufanele ikhishwe ngoNovemba 13, kodwa i-Black Butter Records ayizange ifake isithunzi sayo engozini.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi umculi we-rap ngokwakhe akalivumi icala lakhe. Ngokusho kwakhe, intombazane inamanga kuphela ngoba inqume ukuhlukana nayo. U-Octavian naye uthembise ukusibheka isimo. Akahlosile ukubekezelela ukuhlaselwa "kwabazondayo" kanye nentombi yangaphambili.
Octavian: izinsuku zethu
Akazange aphume isikhathi eside, kodwa ngo-2021 ukuthula kwaphulwa ngokwethulwa kwengoma entsha. Sikhuluma ngengoma ethi Time After Time. Akazange futhi aphazamise amakhonsathi abehleliwe.
Kubalandeli bekubonakala sengathi isithunzi somculi we-rap sase siqala “ukuhlanzwa” ngemuva kwalesi sihlava, kodwa ngo-Okthoba 20, 2021, kwaziwa ukuthi uyawushiya umculo. Kungenzeka ukuthi lesi akusona isinqumo sokugcina, kodwa namuhla, sicaphuna: "ukhathele ukulwa nobubi obumshaya."
