After a year long spiritual hiatus, the Pretoria native is ready to arm his supporters with ammunition
to fight off the critics in the heated debate on whether TTGO has a place within the spectrum of
South African Hip Hop. Partnering with independent record label, RAD Music, the album campaign
begins with the title song “Lifestylion” – set for release on all digital platforms January 18th 2019.
The song incapsulates a nostalgic tone as TTGO refers to remembering a simpler time in his own
life and for South Africa when songs like “sika lekhekhe” by Arthur Mafokate was the theme music
for the everyday South African. He also points out that although times were tough during those
days, all green pastures start out as rough terrain with the line “It wasn’t that bad, Monatè o thoma
bo slegè”.
The 11 track album is set to arrive March 1st 2019.

TTGO Artist Profile

Full name : Thato Thabo Sibanda
Date of birth : 15 April 1995

Thato Sibanda better known by his stage name, TTGO, is a 22 year old musician and Hip
hop rapper hailing from Pretoria, South Africa who’s music has been described as “the
new wave of South African hip hop” by Khan, PXY magazine.
Coming from a family that has no previous musical history his musical journey has become
almost inseparable from his life journey and having seen a lot of life’s dualities from his
family being poor to being upper middle class, living in the ghetto of Seshego to the plush
suburbs of Pretoria east and being a extremely introverted child to a bubbly extroverted
young adult he translates these experiences through his music with a wide spectrum of
genre’s ranging from mellow jazz influenced hip hop to up-tempo alternative and trap
music.
TTGO’s claim to national fame was through his appearance on the second season of Vuzu
Tv’s (M-Net channel) hit reality hip hop show ‘The Hustle’ (April – June 2017) where he
placed 4th overall and received much praise for his ability to entertain above and beyond
being a rapper. He has also released a music video (June 2017) for his single ‘Mfana
Pitori’ ( 40 000 + youtube streams) which is enjoying playlisting on TV stations such as
Channel O, Trace Africa and more. Shortly after He released his follow up single titled
Gorgeous boasting more than 6000 downloads.

Social Media
TTGO has built a strong social media following through sharing personal and controlled
content.
Twitter : 6000 + followers
Instagram : 12 000 + followers
Facebook : 3500 + followers
Not only are the follower numbers strong, but the rate of interaction that TTGO’s pages
can stir up are quite significant with tweets and posts reaching up to 45 000 impressions
and from October 2016 – June 2017 TTGO has trended Organically on twitter 4 times.

Performances
TTGO has performed at the following places amongst others

• Europa club
• Arcade Empire Club
• Blueroom Club
• Castle light Official After party (Travis Scott concert)
• Cantare club
• Vanity Club
• The Social Market
• The Banister hotel
• Waterland Club
• Homecoming Africa Festival
• Oppi Koppi Music Festival
He has also performed alongside International artist such as OT Genesis and Wizkid.

Media Coverage
TTGO has been featured on the following media publications
• Vuzu Hustle
• Channel O
• Trace
• Hype Magazine
• PXY Magazine
• Okay Africa
• The Plug Magazine
– http://theplugmag.com/steers-respek-nation-presents-ttgo-the-pitori-invasion/
• Zkhipani Magazine
• Slikour on Life
• Shiz Live (ETV)
• YFM
• Tuks Fm
• Tshwane FM
• UJ FM
• Soweto Urban Jabavu
• The Switch Up – Massive Metro
• Bush Buck Radio
• Alex FM

Alternative / Non Musical Work
TTGO has been involved in Global campaigns with prominent brand such as adidas.
The ICON TANGO campaign launched globally by adidas ( July 2017) saw them launch a
range of urban wear in collaboration with Orlando Pirates for which TTGO’s photographic
likeness and social media influence was used to promote the product to millions around
the world. TTGO’s images were chosen and published on the adidas football official page
(21 million followers), on soccer bible ( 4,8 million followers) and GQ South Africa just to
name a few.

Contact
Email : bo******@gm***.com
Phone : 082 371 3977
Instagram : https://instagram.com/ttgo_mfana_pitori
Youtube : https://youtu.be/-N1bC0Kezs8
Twitter : https://twitter.com/ttgo17?lang=en
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/ttgo17
Facebook : https://www.fb.me/ttgo17