Enkosi enkosi enkosi thank you thank you thank you for the votes guys…Thank you again and again for voting for us<\/span> \u201cThe six urban artists were selected out of 1 500 entries from around the country by Hansa\u2019s team of Talent Search Ambassadors, who have been combing the country since November to identify the hottest local talent,\u201d says Hansa Pilsener\u2019s General Manager, Mosidi Seretlo. These were whittled down to twelve finalists through a rigorous selection process, from which members of the public could vote on the final six acts.<\/p>\n The crowd can expect to hear Mo and the Dark Knights\u2019 fusion of funk, kwaito, hip hop, rock and soul, songbird Busi M\u2019s jazz and dance beats, Shoelace\u2019s \u201cpop rock with African elements, blues and soul\u201d, Mapak\u2019shop \u2018s Motswako hip hop rap, Mo Klassik\u2019s hip hop and afro pop with an RB influence and Zulu rapper Abdus\u2019 lyrical rhymes.<\/p>\n \u201cThe aim of the competition was to provide a platform for existing musicians to promote their art and get exposure on a national level, as well as mentoring from credible music industry business people,\u201d Seretlo says.\u00a0 Judges included Thabiso Khati \u2013 who has worked with artists ranging from Lucky Dube to L-Tido \u2013 local rap group Teargas and music mogul Zakes Bantwini.<\/p>\n Besides the main act of RB\u00a0 superstar Usher, the Hansa Festival of Legends will feature performances from established musicians Gang of Instrumentals, Liquideep, Teargas and Zakes Bantwini with Oskido, Vigilante, Capital and DJ Tira on the decks.<\/p>\n Gates open at noon and the first act takes the Orlando Stadium stage in Johannesburg on Saturday 10 March 2012 at 12:00 noon. No under 18s allowed.<\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Four months and almost one million votes later, Hansa Pilsener announced the six fresh South African music acts to perform on stage with Usher at the Hansa Festival of Legends. The winners of the nation-wide talent search are Urban artists Mo and the Dark Knights from Gauteng, Busi M from the Western Cape, Shoelace from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1289,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-8320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mype","8":"tag-port-elizabeth-2","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f174b_bird.png\")
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