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Emtee’s biography is a little interesting but not too much information is given about his past life as a toddler or even as a teenager. However, it is known that the rapper’s official name is Mthembeni Ndevu. How old is Emtee? Probably a question that some of his fans are asking. Emtee was born on 15th of September 1992, which makes him 28 years at the moment. Emtee was born in a mid-sized town known as Matatiele; however, he grew up in Rockville, Soweto. In this middle-sized town, the inclination of his music career started taking place. Emtee's dream of being a rapper started as early as when he was only at 1st grade. His first performance was when he was still in the Yeoville Primary School talent show. This was a good start for him, and it motivated him to continue making music. Emtee net worth is really not known as he hasn't revealed it to the public.
He only started earning from music when he was 17 years old. He was also a member of Marimba, and he participates in more provincial competitions where he won cash prizes, which motivated him to work harder and spend more time improving his skills as a rap artist. Emtee was not spending more time to his academics as compared to the time he spent making music and so his studies were significantly affected. As it would be expected, the rapper did not perform so well and so, he lacked a chance to join a tertiary institution to continue his studies. This, however, did not deter him from following his dreams of being one of South Africa's most celebrated rappers.
Emtee's effort towards his music venture resulted in his first collaboration with a South African rapper known as Maraza in 2010 in a hit titled ‘in it to win it.' 2015 was his lucky year and a year when he would rise above his status and be noticed in the music industry. Emtee had a friend who happened to be a producer too, and he produced ‘roll up', the song that brought Emtee into the limelight. Emtee claimed that it only took two hours to have the song produced. The song became a massive airplay and resulted in taking a number one spot on YMF's DJ speedstas.
he re-released track featured two international artists who were Wizkid and AKA. Emtee won the award of the nomination song of the year awards at the South African hip hop awards because of the ‘roll up' track. The new status of Emtee that brought him into the limelight was not just found on a silver platter. Emtee was also involved in some scandals.
Emtee Albums
1. Avery
Avery was Emtee’s debut studio album that made sure he stepped on to other greater heights any rapper would want for his career. The album was officially released on December 4th, 2015. The album was named after Emtee son, Avery. The album has 16 tracks.
Below are Emtee Avery songs.
About me
Feel me up
We up
Dreams
Winning
Pray for me
Mama
Ready
Roll up
Mamie game
U got it
Avery
Where were you
Ngeke
Pearl thusi
Five-0
Roll up (re-up)
2. Manando
Manando is Emtee’s second album which was released by ambitiouz entertainment on the 15th September, 2017. The record had the privilege of being produced by the best producers in South Africa who were Ruff, Tweezy Christer, Lunatik, Ron Epidemic, and Bize boy. This album features Sjava, Saudi andcthe Nigerian finest Tiwa Savage. This 20 track album is quite an emotional story since it was named after Emtee's street brother who is currently dead. Emtee say that Manando stood by him when the other bigger boys were bullying him. Manando also motivated and taught Emtee how to be the best marimba player he is at the moment. The Manando album records are so much full of emotional lines, and that would show that the rapper has another character of being so emotional about certain things he experienced in the past.