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ProKid praised for paving way for many hip-hop artists

He will be buried at West Park cemetery.
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Hip hop star Linda ‘ProKid’ Mkhize has been praised for paving the way for many hip-hop artists that came after him.

ProKid’s funeral is underway at University of Johannesburg’s Soweto Campus.

The 37-year-old, who has been hailed as one of Soweto’s best and a pioneer in kasi-style hip-hop, died last week Wednesday.

He will be buried at West Park cemetery.

One of the executives of his recording company TsRecords, TK Ngciza says they made history together.

He says: “He believed in us, we worked together and at the time there was no corporate South Africa that came through for many artists. So it meant they really relied on royalties and publishing and gigs.”

“So they didn’t really make a lot of money through royalties but one thing that the parents and people must take from this thing, ProKid really has paved the way for many hip hop artists –  in fact he is the real Soweto no.1 boy, he is the pro he is the king of hip-hop.”

His younger brother Sandile Mkhize was overwhelmed with emotions bidding his brother farewell.

“I’ve been with Linda. He’s been with me in my heart, in my mind the whole time. Even after his passing I went and found Linda after I got a call. All I could do was tell Linda that I will take over from the vision that he had. I know Linda is smiling. I would not like to listen to anything else. I know Linda is smiling and (Zulu translation:) he loves us all as we are taking him to his final resting place.”

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