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Jimmy Flexx

good taste is bad art..i'm a maverick not a martyr

About Me

Born in the, then homelands of Transkei in a town called Umtata near Idutya village. I was bred in a little arid farm-town called De Aar up in the Great Karoo by my grandmother, a social grant beneficiary. Migrated to the mother city in 2001 where i reunited with the parental and siblings. Took up hip hop and lost my fanatical interest in cricket (too skinny for Rugby), could have been a Makhaya Ntini of some sorts. So ya, it turned out i could actually rap, started a crew called Cosmic Syntax with some guy...didn't work out. So i hook up with these other ass holes in 2004, formed Ill-Literate-Skill. Today we are the freshest outfit this city has to offer, Macho even flips it in Spaza (a style of rap done in our native tongue, for you who didn't know). The two of us, together with Uno (the third guy) have conqured every platform, turning audiances inside out with that ill on some other level shit we bring. I've earned my stripes in the Cape City underground, ask your mom. Jimmy Flexx is the shit! but the journey has yet to begin, the industry is like the third force or something man, it's war out here.You know what?...I think i'm gonna have to re-write this bio thing sometime.
CHECK OUT DAVID KAU ON MYSPACE HE GETS PAID TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH...AND HE IS GETTING MARRIED IN DECEMBA! LOLThe Mob That Couldn't Afford a Taxi

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Member Since: 2/11/2007
Band Website: mp3.com/artist/ill-literate-skill
Band Members: Jimmy Flexx a.k.a Macav
Influences: The television feeds i grew up on (therefore alot of american shit). All those druggie Jazz, soul and Rock cats who revolusionised music. South African psycho-social dynamics. old school Kwaito, Tkzee was the best. Video games, I played Sega alot when i was a kid. I have a playstation 2, haven't played in a while though. Scorsese and Quinton Tarrintino flicks. Also Casino, The Savage Messiah, I am Sam, anything by Johny Depp. My music tastes are quite eclectic, i dig most of the Def Juckies, Stuff from Stones Throw and Rhymesayers. Lil Wayne is currently rockin it for me on the commercial rap front, weezy baby!. David Kau, his just cool man. Prison Break, Smallville, Invasion, CSI, Heroes, Generations (not coz it's any good, but you know it's part of the family) No Days and no Bold pleeeease. Cartoons, Samurai Jack and Adult Swim stuff. Anime ( ninja scrolls, ghost in a shell ,etc). I read the news alot, Sunday Times subsriber so i get that free daily as well. El-P and Peanut butterwolf, they run succesful indie rap labels. Portishead, unique stuff. The 80's, the 70's and the 60's. The bourgeosie parties my cousin always gets me into every now and then. The TOWNSHIP...gotta love it, despite the unpleasantries. creative cape town...i thrive off this culture.
Sounds Like: the universe is in my belly...and sometimes a pimped out township smelling of brew and gun powder on a early sunday morning.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I LOST MY EYES

Was out partying in Long Street this friday with a friend from, Woodstock, a friend from Pretoria, his german girlfriend and her two german friends. Got pretty wasted, i mean i remember...
Posted by Jimmy Flexx on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:50:00 PST

random goete

I'm trying to set up a  business solutions company called 3PBS, focused in the creative/ communications industry. The crew has been trying to do the studio thing, but it's been rou...
Posted by Jimmy Flexx on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:57:00 PST

READ THIS! READ THIS! READ THIS! NOW!!!!!!!

With the evolution of Macav came a whole new reality that deserves greater space for expression. After i serve my purpose to the crew, i'll embark on a lone oddessy and explore my creative talents&nbs...
Posted by Jimmy Flexx on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:55:00 PST

just a thought

After the scrutiny they catalogue, but never thought the character too vagabond for the box/dynamic psychographics Prove your measurements are faults Beyond corrective surgery, the bird is free from t...
Posted by Jimmy Flexx on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:44:00 PST

My disposition

I know you can't wait to here some recorded stuff on this page, but it's been rough for me this past few months. I crashed my cusins Renault Megane ( the car is a write off). My crew is running behind...
Posted by Jimmy Flexx on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:04:00 PST

My music

So i finally have my own page, i'm excited. This is like the begining of something...something great, something uhh...you know what never mind. This is a platform for me to plot my madness on the matr...
Posted by Jimmy Flexx on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:48:00 PST