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Hechichamunorwa Mount Zion Kwenda (23 June 1976 – 4 September 2014), better known as Mizchif, was a South African based Zimbabwean rapper. He was allegedly 'the first to independently release a solo hip hop album in South Africa,'〔http://www.hypemagazine.co.za/2013/05/02/independence-day-%E2%80%93-a-reflection-of-mizchif/〕 and the first person in South Africa to perform hip hop with a live band.〔http://www.zimlink.org/mainstream-and-underground-forgot-hip-hop-mizchif〕 Mizchif was born and raised in Highfields, Harare, Zimbabwe. He moved to Syracuse, New York at the age of 12 where he hooked up with a crew, Soul Pack, and began rapping. He moved to South Africa at 18, where he released his debut album ''Life from All Angles'' in 1999 on Eargasm Records. It was well received and had classics like "Place for a Wife" and "Fashionable" which at the time got constant airplay on several TV music channels across Africa. Mizchif presented hip hop news on Johannesburg radio station YFM. He was also a video jockey on ''Nasty'', a hip hop show on MNET music channel, Channel O. In 2001 Mizchif teamed up with Mavusana from kwaito group Oda Meeste, for the album ''Summertime'' on Ghetto Ruff records which had the infectious hit "Summertime". His album ''Supernatural (My Return)'', was released in September 2003 and nominated for the Best Hip Hop Album at the 2003 South African Music Awards.〔http://www.publicenemyafrica.com/zimbabwean-hip-hop/〕 On 4 September 2014, Mizchif died due to ill health. He was 38. His funeral was held on 8 September 2014 in his hometown in Greendale, Harare, Zimbabwe at the Warren Hills cemetery. ==Discography== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mizchif」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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