Corner Office (In Touch With Akeelah)

Our beloved charity organization hip hop care foundation recently appointed new board to steer this ship forward. Among the newly elected committee is our sister Akelang  Moropane AKA Akeelah. I got in touch with the first lady……..

Wise: Akeelah ma lady

Akeelah: hello

Wise: You good?

Akeelah: I’m great thanks yourself?

Wise: couldn’t be better, you good to go?

Akeelah: yea let’s do this.

Wise: ma lady, ok tell us a lil bit about Akeelah, who is she and what is she about?

Akeelah: Akeelah is a queen in her own right! Shs just a rural girl from Steelpoort with ambitions like every other 23 year old. She is about developing herself and people around her yet growing in all corners of life.

Wise: Nice, you've been appointed the deputy chair of hip hop cares foundation recently. How long have you been with the organization and what were you doing before your current appointment?

Akeelah: I've been with HHC since from its inception. I was there with them on almost every event, though I wasn't part of management! I was just a fan applauding from afar. Before my current appointment, I was only helping them with distributing the donations

Wise: Amazing from that to deputy chairperson. And how are you settling down on your new position?

Akeelah: I'm still trying to find my feet! The organization is very big. You can imagine what's expected of everyone to make events successful. It’s very stressful at times but I love every minute of it.. My team is amazing; they are very hands on and hardworking!

Wise: I can imagine. Since the organization is all about charity, giving to the community through hip hop art form. Do you think artists are doing enough to contribute in giving back to the community?

Akeelah: Personally I think they r doing nothing in giving back to their communities.. It’s organisation's like ours that forces them to come and contribute in giving back... On their own, they r doing zilch work in developing their communities

WITH FORMER CHAIR (DIZZ)

Wise: Are you having something in mind that can motivate them to try their level best, what I mean is does hip  hop cares have campaigns to have rappers share and understand their your mandate?

Akeelah: It's still very premature to go into details but HHC is expanding its horizons with a different change of scenery other than the one we r all used to. We are going BIG. We need rappers to understand that we can't do this without them! Hip Hop doesn't have to be about rap battles and beef...it has to go beyond that n let people know that Hip Hop Cares

Wise: Amen to that. I heard that we going to break the cold ko Uber lifestyle this winter: what influenced the decision to take the event back there?

Akeelah: HHC did a survey, interviewed people and judging on the response we got we decided we stick to Uber! Our last event in December (Uhuru) was almost a disaster...the place was too big, people were swimming in the middle of performances, and the sound was horrible to say the least. Uber is very intimate, the crowd can focus on one thing and the Uber management always makes sure our events run smoothly.

Wise: Ma lady. Are you satisfied with a number of feemces we have an BGF, I mean since you are a woman and holding a position many ignorant still believe it's for men, we also have those who believe hip hop is not for women

Akeelah: I can never be satisfied until we have Feemces only performing and going head to head during a HHC event haha. It's 2016 for god sake and women dominate in a men's world! Fifi cooper for example set the bar up high for us ladies in hip hop. I doubt people still hip hop as a genre for men only after that

Wise: Haha I wasn't calling for imbokoto spirit to manifest, any info from the organization that people need to be notified off?

Akeelah: We have a surprise for them and it will be revealed in due time. Like I said, we are going big! Our fans are gonna love this. Other than that! We Love our people for their unconditional support!

Wise: And last remarks from deputy chair lady?

Akeelah: Hip hop cares fully supports charities and schools in the Burgersfort area. I wish people could talk to us more and give us insight about their very own communities so that we don’t focus on one area! This organization is for people, it's not ANC thou but we are doing this for our communities. Lastly, thank you to everyone who supports HHC. We are who we are because of you.

Wise: Let me take this time to congratulate you on your appointment and thank you for talking to us. We celebrate and appreciate your life. Keep the light on.

Akeelah: Thank you