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!-Create div with image. Replace my image with the URL of your own image-!!-END Block to Place Custom Banner at Top of Page-!Kayo Marbilus is an established Canberra emcee originally from Ghana. He has been doing live performances since he was 15, and released his debut CD at the age of 19 which was popular in the Canberra scene, with over 900 copies sold. Tracks from the CD were played on FUEL CHANNEL 2005-2007 and received outstanding feedback from Australia's top DJs.
Kayo Marbilus currently runs a Hip Hop workshop for high school kids between the ages of 12 - 16 on the north side of the ACT with a focus on the art of poetry, techniques, forms of writing, and building up self esteem and self confidence.
Kayo draws on personal life experience to write his lyrics, "High school was the hardest time of my life because I was fighting in the schoolyard defending my culture. It didn't make things easy, and I had a lot of anger for a 15 year old. Putting the pen to paper helped me generate that negative energy into a rhyme. Now 8 years later, I'm writing in a more mature manner with awareness of what's going on around me."
As well as sharing insights into his life growing up, Kayo raps about issues such as poverty and politics in Australia and the struggles of disadvantaged Australian youth. Kayo may not reflect the sound of your typical Australian rapper - having strong Ghanaian heritage and being Australian raised, Kayo brings a unique accent to the Aussie hip hop scene, and flows to beats with an urban sound reflective of popular US Hip Hop.
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Canberra Stand Up – tha mixtape
In March 2007 Kayo released a 19 track mix tape, 'Canberra Stand Up', promoting some of Canberra's local talent. Recorded and produced by Canberra based independent production company Metaphysical Productions, THE CANBERRA STAND UP MIXTAPE WAS WRITING AND RECORDED OVER A FOUR MONTH PERIOD WHERE KAYO WROTE AND RECORDED AN AVERAGE TWO TRACKS PER WEEK
The mixtape brings hot tracks, catchy cuts, samples, and shout outs from some of your favourite artists & DJs.
Here's what Maxine Cohen of 3D World magazine has to say about Kayo and 'Canberra Stand Up – tha mix tape':
"I'm excited by artists who own their positions within the hip hop community. Ones who work with what they got to make some noise. One such artist goes by the name of Kayo Marbilus…and he knows how to bring the heat! …writing on topics that are both personal as well as inspirational, Kayo steps to the mic with a voice that speaks with honesty."
'Canberra Stand Up' is available from Landspeed Records in Civic or by sending $13 cheque/money order with return address to: PO BOX 7088 KALEEN ACT 2617
To hear some more tracks off the mixtape visit my MUSIC PAGE.
