To Dump or not to dump "water"

Ice Ice Baby!!

Stop Collaborate and listen… ice is back with a brand new invention. Ok now that I’ve caught your attention you should know that this post is not only fun but interesting as well and will probably leave you with some new knowledge. I’m sure most of you have been seeing videos of people throwing a bucket of ice water over themselves… and wondering why the heck would one be so crazy?? Well stop wondering because I am here to tell you all about it.

The whole point behind throwing a bucket of iced water over yourself and then uploading the video to the public, is to raise awareness about the ALS disease.  ASL stands for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. It is a disease that basically attacks a person’s muscles in their body causing one to hardly be able to move and could even end up paralyzed.  Many people don’t know about the disease especially in South Africa. Therefore the ice bucket challenge was created to make people aware and educate them about ALS and raise funds to do more research on the disease and how we can help fight it.                                           

      

You will be surprised as to how many people are suffering from ALS for example a young man named Pete Frates. Pete who was an active athlete was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 27. Within two years the disease had attacked Petes muscles so badly that he is now paralyzed and unable to talk. Another famous South African that is fighting the same battle is the famous Springbok legend Joost van der Westhuizen.

Springbok legend Joost van der Westhuizen

27 year old Pete Frates

Social media has definitely made the challenge more interesting and popular. One of the rules to this challenge is uploading a video of yourself taking the challenge. Therefore everyone gets to view different peoples videos and see what its all about. Uploading a video of it has certainly put the fun into doing the challenge as many people use social media as a way of communication with the world. Been able to do the challenge over social media also allows the hype and awareness around the disease to go viral, making it easier to also educate people about the disease and the concept behind the exciting challenge.

Helping contribute to creating awareness and raising money is only a splish splash away!

1: Take a video of yourself dumping a bucket of iced water over your head.

2: Simply post that very same video on any sort of social network, for example Instagram or Facebook.

3: Nominate other friends to take on the challenge within 24 hours.

If you’re too afraid to take on the challenge you could still help without freezing your butt off. Visit this website to see how (hyperlink)

All the money that is raised from the challenge will go towards the cost of a patient that is living with the disease. Money will also help with purchasing and providing them with the necessary equipment needed. For example wheel chairs and respiratory equipment.

Hip Hop is nothing but gangsta Party!

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What’s the hype about Hip Hop?

On the 28^th of January 1988 South Africa’s prince of Hip Hop, Kiernan Jordan Forbes was born also known as AKA.  From the age of 14 AKA had discovered a cool street style music which had then led him to the big dream of becoming a Hip Hop star. In 2005 AKA was part of the group called "Entity" who released the album “The Royal School Of Hip Hop”. Being part of this crew allowed AKA to broaden his dream, and show off his talent to the rest of South Africa. Although the group departed a year later, that was not the end for AKA.

                                        !!Centre Stage!!

He became a music producer for IV league and focused on his solo career. This career had given him many opportunities little did he know the best was yet to come.  AKA had set the Hip hop game in SA on fire in the year 2011 with his comeback solo album Altar Ego (hyperlink). The album which included singles such as victory lap had won him best male artist of the year.  He continued to chase his dream over Beastly beats, rhymes, and free words. And just when we thought he had it all. This young talented and skillful artist who is not just a hip hop artist, showed the world that he has more to offer. AKA became an ambassador of a local urban clothing line called the Head Honcho making him a trendsetter!

South African Hip Hop Artist

How did social media scoop the young artist??

Social media worked as a foundation for AKA to express himself and allow the rest of the world to take a glance into his life. AKA used Instagram to show the world what he was all about, through his pictures posts. On his account one can see how he showcases himself as a brand and what his label is bringing to us. Another way that AKA used social media is by expressing himself over twitter. On twitter we see that he is a very stern and opinionated person. Which often leaves the artist making headlines and more famous.

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Recently AKA has been nominated for the:

Best Hip Hop album

Best collabo “All eyes on me”

Song of the year “congratulate”

At the Metro Fm awards, in order for him to win  you can vote by Dialing *120*588#

After all these great achievements thus far AKA still continues to feed his passion for the SA local Hip hop industry and soar to great heights to reach the top.  We are eager to see what he has in store for us and wait with excitement!