Tuesday, November 28, 2017

The Next Big Thing In Line

The Next Big Thing In Line

Jason Johnson goes by his rap name Jesse Reignz. He moved to Cape Town 5 years ago, completing his studies here and his also been rapping for 7 years now. He is originally from Delmore, Johannesburg. Jesse goes around to communities similar to Delmore to do charity work, outreach programmes, foundations and fund raisers.

He got the opportunity to be part of The NXT LVL. Hot New Music Show Ready To Take Talent To The Next Level. The music show dubbed THE NXT LVL,  gives DJs, singers, rappers and bands the platform to learn the ins and outs of the music biz from some of South Africa’s music giants. 5 talented artists takes part in a 10 week master class that will see one of them become the NXT big thing on the SA Music scene. Stay tuned to find out who the 5 talented artists are.

During this time he was mentored by Euphonik arguably one of  South Africa’s most sought after Dj’s, DJ Zinhle, Metro FM and SAMA Award nominee DJ Zinhle, Riky Rick, who began at a recording studio session with Bongani Fassie,  Danny K, an artist best known for his SAMA award-winning hits and Big Nuz who is well-known and highly celebrated Durban-based kwaito group under the Afrotainment record label. Jesse Reignz is currently the only rapper on the show. It plays every Wednesday at 21:00 on Mzanzi Magic, Dstv and the show is busy with it's last two weeks before they announce the winner. Voting lines do open tomorrow at 29 November at 21:30 and close at 10:30 on 06 December.

His new song payslips is a collaboration that he done with Ricky Rick and is one of his favorite. 'Brown Cages' is one of the songs that is really close to Jesse. It tells a story about a coloured boy who is affected by gang violence, drug abuse, domestic abuse. It wanted to use the platform of THE NXT LVL to tell the story of the coloured people and what they experience in the communites insted of the conventional turn up music just talking about models, women and money. He released 2 songs in the last two weeks 'Brown Cages' being one of them which is available for downloads, streaming and for purchase on iTunes, Spotify, Sound Cloud and Audiomack. The other song that he released called 'Rain Maker' is a free download which is available on Sound Cloud or Audiomack.

He recently registered his own company Summer Rain International. All of the money that his been making from YouTube and performances will be invested into the company. The company will initiate developments in the coloured communities and around South Africa.

To votes for Jesse send an sms 'Jesse' to 33575. Sms cost R1,50. Voting opens at 21:30 on 29 November (tomorrow night) and closes at 10:30 on 06 December. People can vote as many times as they like.

Contact Details:

Twitter: @jessereignz
Instragram: @jessereignz\
Facebook: @jessereignz
Soundcloud: @jessereignz

Presenters and Producers: Khusi Veto, Michaela Muller and Tyler Layman


By: Michaela Muller

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