Growing up, he was a very curious kid (still is) and handful (cautiously still is), yet to all that, his mother’s punishment was always to lock him in the garage with nothing but books to read. He fell in love with word construction. It felt sufficient to understand. He yearned for more, to-date.
“I started rapping at the age of 13 under the stage name of Kay Cozy. At first, it was all fun and games. I had clique of 4 members, but all had their own plans. As for me I continued with the ocean I felt moving in me. I would be writing songs of international artists I liked the most, and edit here and there, so that I can present it to the few I felt safe around for expression’s sake. My peers told me that I could rap. Their opinions went straight to the head and heart. I was still in primary school though. I didn’t have the confidence to tell what I can do, until I saw he who is my producer (Landline 43) doing it on stage. He was out of this world. My self-esteem found ground there and then” Kay Cozy recalls.
2022 marks the 12th year of a patient dreamer, who everyday still wields his passion to perfect his craft in a manner not yet witnessed by the ears and eyes of many.
Karabo embodies it now, all of It.
“My first ever song is titled “Let Me Know”. I did it with Tebatšo Machaka from The 4 Members Hip Hop group. He stuck around for some time.
We managed to do 2 Songs.
The Song(Let Me Know) was a vibe then and the audience did receive It well, yet I can’t say the same thing about it today. I hate it not though, it shaped all I am in this rap game. It is my baby” he raves about it.
As an idealist himself, Kay Cozy in fact does write his own songs. I think as an “Mcee”, as an Mcee I Repeat, it feels like harmony to express myself from the depth of that which makes me feel alive and most vibrant” he proudly said
It is a preference. Rules are not guests. Not necessarily saying otherwise about having someone write a song for you would be a degradation of some sort. Creativity along with organisation is a every trick in the book.
Kay Cozy added “Being misunderstood in my everyday life is one of the challenges I usually come across. For I have become the art itself, my life is poetry and poetry requires holy understanding. All other challenges The Lord sees them for me”
Only few years down the line, the rest is assured, Kay Cozy’s long awaited dream will surely get realised. The charismatic rapper speaks nothing of fame for it when it comes, of which it will, it shall be the one to speak. Let our understanding allow patience to take us to that day for now.
Artists like Black Thought, Cannabis, and Eminem are Kay Cozy’s greatest inspirations. “Those artists are excellent writers. There is nothing lazy about their craft (music) and I mean nothing. While listening to them, I can feel my mind open more and more to endless dimensions of a possible potential” he says.
In future and with all the ambitions in the world, Kay Cozy seeks to take his passion to new heights and work with Skylar Grey. “Her music has been all beauty through and through, her voice is sufficient to my heart’s ears” he said
Last but not yet least, to add to his future collaborations, he also hopes to work with Emeli Sande. Kay Cozy referred to Emeli that her music is more of a personal feeling, because her music again also sounds like she is a “Goddess Of A Warrior” who fights our psychological battles we encounter.
“ Let us expect the unexpected, let us not be made tired by waiting as we wait. The content we have for the people is, what it is” he remarked.