International Rapper and Producer Nasty C releases his first documentary film created in partnership with Red Bull, Africa Creative Agency and Ivyson Entertainment.
Zulu Man in Japan is a 48-minute visual experience of Nasty C’s journey and artistic exploration of Japanese culture.
The short film was captured by the equally talented Chris Nicols.
Fans and lovers of music can catch the documentary debuted on the leading global entertainment streaming service – Netflix, on Friday the 25th September.
The award-winning Durbanite is seen living carefree and collaborating with some of Japan’s hottest music acts, which include JP The Wavey, Ricky and Yoshi, among others.
His fascination with the culture, food, public transport and the overall level of normalcy that Japan afforded him comes across incredulously in the film.
Bleached hair, high-end fashion and fulfilling encounters with various creatives across entertainment and music, Nasty C shares his insightful experiences with the likes of Nigerian-American Designer – Ugo Mozie, Actor – Rakan Abdulwahid and his manager Colin Gayle who co-directed the project with Nhlakanipho Teddy Mkhize.
“I’ve always had this feeling that I was meant to visit Japan. I could never really explain it. Perhaps it’s because I’m not just a rapper, I’m an artist and I feel like Japan is the hub of art. Shout out to Red Bull for giving me the opportunity to expand my knowledge and creativity as far as art, fashion and music go,” comments Nasty C.
The 23-year-old star with his new Japanese friends made seven songs in eight days. “Japan is dope.
The language barrier is not even that much of an issue. People here are kind; have good energy and they love my work…” continued the Zulu Man star.
Zulu Man in Japan premiered on Netflix on the 25th September.
ABOUT NASTY C:
For nearly a decade, Nasty C ( Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo) has had a singular focus: to push the boundaries of his own potential.
He has been pursuing his hip-hop dreams since childhood when, legend has it, he began rapping and learning to lay down tracks at age nine under the tutelage of his older brother.
At just fifteen years of age, Nasty released his debut mixtape, One Kid, A Thousand Coffins (2012).
He shot to stardom in 2014, with his boundary-breaking second mixtape, Price City, and “Juice Back,” a continent-wide instant classic smash.
The “Juice Back” remix featured Nigerian muso, Davido and South African rapper Cassper Nyovest.
This early success won Nasty C the Best Freshman prize at the highly competitive South African Hip-Hop Awards.
Nasty C’s popularity detonated with his 2016 debut album Bad Hair, which hit #1 on the iTunes local chart and was the country’s most-streamed album within 24 hours of release.
Its re-release, Bad Hair Extensions featured French Montana. The seminal album earned him Nasty C four Metro FM Music Awards, a South African Music Award and a BET Awards nomination.
The momentum surged with Strings And Bling in 2018, named one of South Africa’s greatest hip-hop albums by such influential local outlets as TimesLive and IOL.
Nasty C was the only South African nominated for a BET Hip-Hop Award in the Best International Flow category in 2019, and was also nominated for an MTV Europe Music Award that year.
Strings and Bling won him two South African Music Awards and two AFRIMMAs (All African Muzik Magazine Awards).
