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Game Goabaone Bantsi (born 22 July 1986), better known by his stage name Zeus, is a Batswana hip-hop artist, MC and businessman. Zeus released his debut album ''Freshly Baked'' in 2008 which included the hits ''Back in the days'' and ''Gijima''. The album was generally well received and garnered him a ''Channel O Music Video'' award nomination and win in the Best Hip Hop video for the aforementioned ''Gijima''.〔(Nigerian Music - Trio Of Double Trophy Wins At 2009 Channel O Music Video Awards! )〕 His sophomore offering, 2009's ''The Flipside''〔(Zeus to launch The Flipside )〕 has been positively reviewed in both his home country as well as neighbouring South Africa.〔(Zeus celebrates birthday celebrity catwalk style )〕 In 2010, he was ranked seventh in a list of the Top 15 South African Rappers〔(Top 15 South African Rappers )〕 and 4th on ''MNET's Top 10 African Rappers for 2010'' compilation.〔(MNET Top Ten African Rappers for 2010 list )〕 Zeus currently splits his time between Gaborone, his hometown and Johannesburg, South Africa. == Early life == Zeus was born in Serowe and raised in Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana. He has three siblings; two brothers and one sister and is the last born in his family. On the musical tastes of his family members, he once stated in an interview, ''"My mother religiously loves gospel, my father is a fan of country music, my two brothers love hip-hop and dancehall respectively and my sister digs R&B. So, all sorts of music I was exposed to when growing up influenced the album."''〔(Seuz vows to take South Africans head on )〕 Zeus grew up in a Christian household and still identifies himself as a Christian. 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「Zeus (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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