U-Alvin Nathaniel Joyner, owathatha igama lokuqamba elithi Xzibit, uphumelele ezindaweni eziningi.
Izingoma zomculi zazizwakala emhlabeni wonke, futhi amafilimu ayedlala kuwo njengomlingisi aba ama-box office hits. Uhlelo oludumile lwe-TV "Pimp My Ride" alukalahlekelwa uthando lwabantu; abalandeli besiteshi se-MTV ngeke basheshe bakukhohlwe.
Iminyaka Yokuqala Ka-Alvin Nathaniel Joyner
Umculi wekusasa onamakhono amaningi wazalwa ngemuva nje kukaKhisimusi ngo-1974 eDetroit (Michigan). Leli dolobha laba yindawo lapho achitha khona isikhathi esiningi sobuntwana bomculi wesikhathi esizayo. Lapho eneminyaka engu-9 ubudala, umama wakhe washona.
Ngokushesha, uyise ka-Alvin wahlangana nowesifazane futhi wamshada. Umndeni omusha wanquma ukuzama inhlanhla endaweni entsha - ezweni lakubo, eNew Mexico.
Ubudlelwano phakathi kwensizwa nosingamama kwakunzima kakhulu ukubiza ngokuthi bufudumele. Ebona ubutha obungachazeki ngendodana yakhe yokutholwa, wayehlala eyithwalisa kanzima ngomsebenzi futhi eyixabanisa.
Njengoba u-Xzibit akhumbula kamuva engxoxweni, ubaba wayengajahile ukuqonda isimo nokuvikela osemusha. Ngokuvamile wayechema nomama wakhe wokutholwa. Ngakho-ke, ubuhlobo phakathi kukababa nendodana kancane kancane baqala ukuwohloka. Ehluleka ukubekezelela isimo esishubile ekhaya, uXzibit wahamba ekhaya wathola ukuthi umndeni wakhe awujahile ukumfuna.
Ngakho, ngaphambi nje kokuba akhule, umculi wesikhathi esizayo we-multi-platinum wazithola esesemgwaqweni. Njengoba ehlala esendaweni evame ubugebengu futhi exhumana ikakhulukazi nezigelekeqe, waba senkingeni namaphoyisa.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala, waboshelwa ukutholakala nesibhamu esingekho emthethweni. Ukuba sesikhungweni sezingane kuthuse u-Alvin. Wazithembisa ukuthi ngeke aphinde aphelele endaweni enje. Ngesikhathi edonsa isigwebo sakhe, wacabanga ukuthi uzokwenzani lapho ekhululekile.
Isinyathelo sokuqala ayefuna ukusithatha ngemva kokushiya leli koloni kwakuwukuthuthela eCalifornia enelanga eyohlala nabangane bakudala. Ngezinye izikhathi wayedlwengula futhi abhale izingoma nabo.
Impumelelo yokuqala ka-Xzibit
Lapho efika eLos Angeles, wamukelwa ngemfudumalo abangane bakudala. Wamangala lapho ethola ukuthi ngesikhathi bengabonani, leli qembu libe yimpumelelo endimeni yomculo. Kwakungasadingeki bahlanganyele emisebenzini engabazekayo ukuze baziphilise.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, u-Xzibit waqala ukuzisebenzela futhi wangena embonini yomculo. Iqembu labangane baka-Alvin lalibizwa ngokuthi uTha Alkoholiks. Wayeyingxenye yeqembu elikhulu lama-rapper, abakhiqizi kanye nentsha ehlakaniphile ebizwa ngokuthi i-Likwit Crew.
Ngemva kokujoyina inkampani, umculi wazibonakalisa ngokushesha futhi waqala ukusiza iqembu le-Tha Alkoholiks ukuthi libhale izingoma, lithole ulwazi olubalulekile.
Kodwa umuntu onothando olunjalo nesitayela sokusebenza esiyingqayizivele wazizwa eminyene eqenjini. Futhi waqala umsebenzi ku-albhamu eyedwa. I-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi, At the Speed of Life, yakhululwa ngo-1996.
Yiqiniso, akazange abe isihlabani somhlaba. Nokho, ukuthengiswa kwe-albhamu kubonise imiphumela ehloniphekile kumculi ozimele. Umculo wakhe wanconywa kakhulu ngabagxeki bomculo, futhi umbuthano omncane kodwa ozinikele wabalandeli bakheka eduze komculi.
Ukukhuphuka komsebenzi ka-Xzibit
Omunye wabantu abezwa i-albhamu yokuqala yalo mrepha osafufusa kwakunguphrojusa nomculi we-hip-hop wehlelo uDkt. Dre. Kwamjabulisa kakhulu lokho akuzwa waze wamthola lo mculi wabe esemnika inkontileka yokuqopha i-albhamu.
Ubuye waba ngumkhiqizi omkhulu we-albhamu yesibili ethi 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz. Eyokuqala erekhodini elisha bekuyingoma ethi What U See Is What U Get. Ufakwe ohlwini lwamathrekhi e-rap ahamba phambili, ahlanganiswe yi-The Source, XXL kanye ne-Complex.
I-albhamu yesibili eyedwa yenza lo mculi waba ngusaziwayo ezweni lonke. Abalandeli bomculo we-hip-hop bahlabeke umxhwele kakhulu ngaye. Ngemuva kwempumelelo, ukuthengiswa kwe-albhamu yokuqala yomculi kwanda. Ngemuva kwalokho, umculi waqopha futhi wakhipha ama-albhamu amahlanu ngaphezulu. Zonke zibonise imiphumela emihle kakhulu yokuthengisa futhi zamukelwa ngokufudumele ngabalaleli nabagxeki.
Ngo-1999, u-Xzibit wathola isipho sokudlala enye yendima yefilimu ethi "Igwababa Elimhlophe". Ngemva kokuthola ukubuyekezwa okuhle kwabagxeki befilimu nababukeli ngendima yakhe, umculi wanquma ukuphishekela umsebenzi wesinema.
Ithalente lakhe lokulingisa lalingenakuphikwa. Iminikelo evela ezinkampanini zamafilimu nabaqondisi abazodlala kumafilimu abo amasha yaqala ukufika njalo. Amafilimu adume kakhulu i-Xzibit eyadlala kuwo yilawa: “8 Mile”, “The X-Files: I want to Believe”, “Inani Lokukhaphela” kanye “Nethuba Lesibili”.
Wakwazi ukusebenza nabalingisi abadumile njengoDavid Duchovny, uClive Owen noDwayne Johnson. Namuhla, u-Xzibit usebenze njengomlingisi kumafilimu angaphezu kwama-20. Njengamanje, inkundla yokulingisa iwumsebenzi oyinhloko womdwebi.
"Phimp My Ride"
Okuncane, futhi mhlawumbe ngaphezu komsebenzi wakhe wefilimu nokudala komculo, umculi wenziwa waziwa ngohlelo lwe-TV "Pimp My Ride" (kusiteshi se-MTV). I-Xzibit isingathe lolu hlelo iminyaka emithathu.
Uhlelo lukhishwe iminyaka eminingana ngemuva kokuba umculi eshiye isikhundla somethuli. Le minyaka emithathu ibhekwa "njengegolide" emlandweni wephrojekthi. Ukubamba iqhaza ohlelweni oluthi “Pimp Your Ride” kuvumele i-Xzibit ukuthi ibe umsingathi wemikhosi emikhulu nemicimbi yemiklomelo eyahlukahlukene, njenge-MTV EMA, njll.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Xzibit
Impilo ka-Xzibit yomuntu siqu yakhunjulwa ngochungechunge lwamanoveli. Bonke bekungamantombazane agqamile, ikakhulukazi esebenza ebhizinisini lokumodela.
Wayethembisene kabili amamodeli u-Aishia Brightwell noKarin Stefans. Umculi unendodana, uTremaine. Kuyaziwa futhi ukuthi indodana yesibili yomculi yashona ngesikhathi sokubeletha.
