Jungle Crewz Posse has three members. We met Bantu G Bro (real name Luzango D P Mfupe). The crew started in 1993 at Mbeya College in Mbeya. Now two members live in Dar and one in Tabora.
We have our own style, the cantu vantu style. We normally talk about afro-centricity, we want
to make people know their origin. We hate tribalism and the
gap between the rich and the poor.
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It is just the text (that's different). It's normal rap. We're trying to
transform it. We rap in English and a little Kiswahili.
Bantu are not only in Tanzania. If we use Kiswahili
people from other countries, it would be difficult for them to
understand. We want everyone, white people, Indians, Japanese,
to understand what we are talking.
We mean, we want people to understand the roots of the
black man, traditions. Nowadays most rappers in third world
countries are just copying from abroad. Rap is not copying
from abroad. Rap is how we live. Where you belong. The
surroundings. Everything. We are not talking gun. If you show
me a gun it would be hard for me to tell you which is the
trigger. I know gun in movies, pictures. We are talking things
that we know and see and understand.
Jungle Crewz Posse has published one cassette called "Bantu Way Back" in 1995. Since they have recorded some more songs.
Listen to a piece of the song Cantu Vantu (.wav format 750 kB).
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