Sleek Note's mixtape tunes into hip hop hype
Munyaradzi Vomo
They are exactly 45 minutes late. And when they pull out of the customised BMW 745i I realise why. Of course they would be late, they are rappers. I could swear the rap outfit, Sleek Note, is made up of five guys, but by the look of things, I have at least 10 people walking towards me.
Again, I remind myself that it is a hip hop thing, as a rapper you never walk alone. There are so many basketball jerseys among them you’d think you are about to watch an NBA match. Suddenly I am glad I didn’t wear my Lakers one too.
I could swear their walk towards me is in slow-motion and I start feeling like I’m in a music video. When they realise it is me they are here to see, we greet with the fancy long hand shake.
By the time I am on the fifth guy, I can’t recall what the first one said his name was. After exchanging pleasantries and getting the pictures done, we get down to the business of the day.
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