Keen Tip

About the Artist

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Tebogo Patrick Plaatjie popularly known as Keen Tip(his stage name). Was born in 1997-Mrach-11. Keen Tip was born and bred in a small township of Boichoko in Posmasburg in the Northern Cape. Tip started rapping at the age of 11, he was inspired by his cousin Mojalefa Plaatjie, who was only 13 years old at the time. Tip grew up in the mainstream world listening to the likes of Lil Wayne and other popular overseas rappers. As his love for music grew, he joined a music record label called 'New Generation'. Which led to him recording his first song at age 13. He later stopped doing modern rap when he moved to Hartswater in 2013 and started listening to underground emcees like 'Immortal Technique', 'K-Rino' and 'Canibus' just to name a few. Tip then joined a crew named 'THE BEES'. The made good music together and that's when Tip recorded an album (Idea Of The Unknown). Which was released in June 2014. A while after that he joined another crew called 'Black Marcle' previously known as 'Fire Flame'. He recorded 2 mixtapes (Dlala Die Numba and Devil Knows)with the crew. In 2015 they went on to recorded two of their hottest mixtapes of all time (Kicks Impact and Rewriting History). Follwed by Tip's hottest mixtape called 'Internal Skeleton' featuring Chizzy. And another one called 'The Resurrection' where he features his cousin Mojalefa, popularly known as Lil J. Two years down the line as his music career continued to bloom,Tip's music video 'H4M' featuring MD got approved on RisingHype.com a big blog for upcoming rappers in the UK. In 2018 he shared a stage with big names like Holly Rey ,Kaylow, Moskow, Dj Finzo, Sweet n Short and Lection. 2019 he opened his own record label now called MTR which stands for Mr Tip Records. This year (2020) Keen Tip has been busy releasing a lot of singles to promote his upcoming album 'Life After Matric' which he released in April. In his burning desire and passion for music he saw himself embarking on a journey of another popular and loved genre, Amapiano. In which he released his latest EP's 'I LOVE AMAPIANO' and 'ROAD2LAM'.