SA hip hop star in US

He received the invitation in recognition of his talent as a recording artist coupled with his ‘selfless commitment to serving his community'. As an ‘artist incubator', the sponsor seeks to support artists who support their communities, and to create linkages between artist communities and non-profit organisations.

HHP, who stars in the Stimorol brand commercial and recently seen in Stimorol's stretch limo taxi, is the perfect brand icon. He is one of South Africa's foremost hip hop stars and a double SAMA-award winning artist, not to mention the founder of his own record label. However, he is also a man with a message of togetherness, which he communicates by creating music that cuts across genres, across cultures and across boundaries.

The tour will see the local superstar rubbing shoulders and collaborating musically with American rapper Nas and one half of acclaimed hip hop group Unspoken Heard and founder of the Hip-Hop Education Literacy Program (HELP), Asheru. He will also attend the BET Awards, which are honouring legendary songstress Whitney Houston, multifaceted entertainer Queen Latifah and business mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Other highlights include a luncheon to raise funds necessary to send 15 girls in foster care to the World Cup in South Africa in June, a workshop with the Ghandi Brigade and several meetings and discussion groups with Metro Teen AIDS. He will also visit schools and community centres and perform his trademark Motswako music at an open-mic night at BloomBars with Jabari Exum.

Listeners can join him as he ‘chews life' in the US by tuning in to exclusive media partner YFM; check the website for updates - www.yworld.co.za.