29/05/2026
Celebrate Afrika Month.
MC Fire was born in the early 80s in Botshabelo, a township
just outside Bloemfontein. MC Fire's real name is
Zwelinzima Mphumele. He is part of a new generation of
young people rewriting history by preserving African
storytelling and Sesotho culture through hip-hop music.
They have coined and crafted what they call Tshepe Hip
Hop, loosely translated to steel or a steel bell, using issues
that happen around him and telling his own stories.
Through his Sesotho rhymes, MC Fire has managed to
recapture the true essence of hip-hop music, which takes
you back to the days when hip-hop was first met, before it got diluted with champagne and bling.