Maglera Doe Boy

About Artist

Maglera Doe Boy is a South African rapper and songwriter. Born in a small town in the Freestate called Reitz and raised in a Klerksdorp township called Kanana,in the North West province, he embarked on his musical career at a young age under the stage name "M.D.B" ( Maglera Doe Boy). Releasing an EP titled "Progression” in 2015 that garnered national attention and led to him being recognized on Hype Magazine's "Top 5 underrated Mixtapes and EP’s. He began to gain recognition on a bigger scale after, working on songs featuring acts like Slikour,Towdeemac,Cassper Nyovest,Khuli Chana and more recently,pH Raw & Reason and HHP,he was also nominated for Hype Magazines 2017 Freshmen list. He began his musical career in his hometown for 14 years, getting his style from the rappers he grew up listening to that originate from Klerksdorp. His vernacular style of rap is influenced by Motswako and West Coast Gangster rap, which led to the birth of his style which was dubbed “STRAATA” by a rapper who does the same style who goes by the name of Apu Sebekedi.His influences nationally were kwaito artists like Brickz,Mapaputsi,Ma-Orange,Gumshev,Zola,Mageu amongst a few. He started recording music in professional studios at a very young age, working with Afro Pop legends “The Jaziel Brothers” Luthando & Ntobeko Ncgizela,who were also recording Jub-Jub’s album at that time. He continued making music on his own with the producers he grew up around ever since.