Showing posts with label Johannesburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Johannesburg. Show all posts

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Nike Run Jozi!

"Run where no one dares.
Run like you have nothing to lose.
Run where they say you can't.
Run your city.
Run Jozi!"

With these inspiring words I ran the 10km Nike Run Jozi race on the 21st March on Human Rights Day. I finished in 1hr 38min (super slow I know!) but I finished and that's what counts.  At the starting line we had awesome music playing just to amp us up and then we sang the national anthem and then BOOM! We had fireworks explode at the same time as the starting gun went off.  It was the most fun thing I've ever done and I have an marvelous medal and coolest t-shirt too. Next up is the 21km Soweto Marathon woop woop!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Lil Wayne Live at The Dome, Johannesburg

Lil Wayne is probably one of the best performers I have ever seen on stage. His charisma and stage presence keeps you fixated on every single word he says. The way he makes you feel like you're the only one in the room is something not every performer can do. He doesn't just rap songs he really talks to his audience and wants them to get to know him. He makes jokes and he's so funny I'm sure he's the clown of the YMCMB group. Here he is at the beginning of the show introducing himself and performing "A Milli". Just to let you know the audio is TERRIBLE on the videos. I was five rows from the stage but in front of really tall people and me being 1.5m didn't help so excuse the shaky video taking and bad audio. From 1:21
its just noise, you can't actually hear the song but some shots are ok.


Some playful comments that Weezy made about being with a South African women and what kind of child would come out. The guy really knows how to massage the female ego. I wonder if he says this about the women in all the countries he visits?


A suprise visit from Drizzy Drake Rogers. I loved the way he brought him out.Please look at Wayne's face on 0:44, he's like a little kid that just got candy. I went crazy when Drake came out I forgot that I was filming a video so he's a bit elusive but you do seem him.




Some random clips of Drizzy and Weezy were performing. Audio still terrible, some shots are ok though. My battery was low so I could never shoot more than a minute or less and then it died. Hopefully you get a feel of what we experienced. I can't describe the feeling of salivating fans hanging onto to every word he uttered and rapping along in unison to every song. The intenstity that Lil Wayne blasts out when he's performing comes from the passion that you can feel is in his very soul which sweats out from every pore in his body. I'm glad I got to see him live, I hope he comes back again.


Friday, December 9, 2011

Young Nucho at Rosebank Mall

So on Thursday night I'm busy busting tables when my colleague tells me that Lil Wayne just walked past where I work. I couldn't believe it. I had to see it with my very own eyes...


I honestly believed it was him because he had the entourage, the bodyguards and he walked and dressed like Weezy. He even has the body tattoos. I tweeted it and made it my bbm status update only to be told that Lil Wayne is still Cape Town. You know its one thing to look like someone and another to pretend to be that someone. Is this an honest mistake or a deliberate attempt Young Nucho?