Andre is a young, smart, dynamic, enthusiastic and spontaneous
young man. He is “full of life” and focused on making a change in his community
and the people he comes in contact with. His passion is to help people, and he
is doing so by using his talents (gifts). His talents are rapping, making music
and performance art. His passion is what drives him, the passion to perform
inform in front of a crowed does him justice, he loves to entertain
people, and in doing so encouraging them
in a positive way. Hip Hop is a major influential factor in his life; he has
grown up listening to Hip Hop. It started out with him being influenced by the
negative elements of hip hop but he no longer is.
He is now a born again Christian, and he is as said in his own
words, and I quote “unashamed of the gospel” and he’s using his art and craft
to spread the word and love of the God. “I will go to the wildest places in the
world, to share the love of God”. He said: “Art is a universal language, it
speaks to everybody, no matter who you are, and where you come from, it speaks
to you. Everybody watches TV, and listens to music, so they can relate to it.
God has given me a word “Disciples of the nation”, and at the moment I am
involved in an organisation. I am reaching out to people, mainly the poor
communities and I am trying to get them off the streets. There is a few of them
that’s actually talented dances and they are very good performers, and I want
to utilize that so that they can become successful. I want to encourage them to
use their gifts, to create job opportunities for themselves. Everybody goes
through struggles and bad times, and I want to show them that there is hope
through art and my journey. I want to show people that you can rap and not
swear and still have a positive impact, because at the end of the day it is still a
funky beat that would get people moving, but positive words are being
preached and proclaimed.
I am a Zafe’ and I want to encourage my fellow Zafes (peers) to
work on something whether it be dance, or any form of art even if it’s not art
but a skill, and take that skill or art and find a venue and have everybody
come together and use all your skills or art to create a free workshop for
everybody to learn. God Bless.”
