LO2

LO2, the Windhoek born Rapper took the coast by storm with his Afrikaans lyrics and catchy hooks. Though he was only heard in 2003, LO2 started his music career seven years before. His first hit single "Jy sal net verloor" (which is now named a classic) was very well received and was followed by his second hit "Skiebie Skabo". LO2 was born Lownan Lennon Nangombe in Windhoek on 2 April 1982. His journey began as an athlete. Coming from an athletic family (Mother: sprinter, gymnast and Netball Player, and Father: Football player) he started his career as a sprinter and in 1998 LO2 became a professional sprinter and was competing on a national level. It was in 1999 that he wrote his first song with his group "Ethnics" made up of five friends of different ethnic backgrounds. The group soon broke up and in 2001, while still in high school LO2 decided to rap in Afrikaans as a way of campaigning to get elected as LRC. It started as a joke but people liked his flow and word build. The school pupils later wanted to hear more of his music. He sold his first song (Jy sal net verloor) at school for N$50 and sold more than 700 copies. It was at this stage that LO2 started taking his music serious. In 2003, his song was taken to radio where people through the whole of Namibia heard him. His song (Jy sal net verloor) became a hit and landed on the charts were it was in the top three for five weeks. In 2005 LO2 released his second radio single (Skiebie Skabo) which was nominated for the Sanlam Music Awards as Best Hip-Hop. It is also the first Afrikaans track which got nominated in the history of Namibian music. Due to the fact that his Afrikaans sounds proper and he raps with an "Afrikaner" accent, people could not make out the ethnic group he comes from. But one thing is for sure: LO2 is the pioneer of Afrikaans Hip-Hop In Namibia.
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