UKent Jones.(Ifoto: Courtesy of Kent Jones.) Ukuqhekeka kwe-hip-hop smash ka-2016, ngaphandle kwale yeepandas, awukhathali. Ngomculo wakhe wokucula (Watsho uHola ¿Cómo estás? Utshilo uKonnichiwa) kunye nomculo osulelayo, lo mkhondo uxhokonxe uKent Jones ekwenzeni ubumnyama eFlorida ukuya phezulu kwiitshathi.
Ngexesha lokufikisa, uJones wayeyimvumi yomculo wejazz kwaye kungekudala wabonakalisa amandla akhe kwihlabathi le-hip-hop, ephumelela abalandeli abalulekileyo abanjengabacebisi abaza kunceda ukukhokela ikhondo lakhe lomsebenzi, kubavelisi uCool noDre, baye kuDJ Khaled. Ngaphandle kokuvalwa kweendlela, kubandakanya ukufumana isifundi somculo esikhutshwe phantsi kwakhe kunye nesitayile sokungabi namakhaya xa wayekwishumi elivisayo emva kokuba umama wakhe egule kwaye waphulukana nendlu yosapho, uJones wanyamezela esebenza kumakhulu eengoma ngaphambi kokukhubeka kwimpumelelo yentsholongwane. Ingqondo.
Phakathi kukhenketho njengenkxaso ye Beyonce ‘S Uqeqesho ukhenketho ecaleni kukaKhaled, uJones wathetha noMqwalaseli malunga nendlela eya kuthi itshintshe ubomi bakhe.
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Ndiyakuvuyela. Oku kuya kuba sisaqhwithi sempumelelo kuwe. Into endingakhange ndiyazi kukuba uqale ukudlala ipiyano njengomntwana? Ungene njani kuloo nto?
Njengomntwana ndandidlala amagubu. Kwiminyaka emibini ngaphambi kwebanga lesithoba umama wayekule ndibano yegospile kwaye umphathi womculo wandivumela ukuba ndiphazamisane nepiyano nangona ndandingazi nto ngezitshixo. Ke ndiye ndaqala ukuziqhelanisa neeCD kwaye ndifumana ubumnandi kuyo. Wayendibonisa izakhiwo ze-chord kwaye ndandibaleka nazo kwaye ndaqala ukwenza iiprogram zokubetha kule khibhodi eqhuba kwiibhetri ezinezithethi kuyo. Bendicinga ndiyenza nyani.
Ndandihlala ndibhala izicengcelezo kwitawuli zamaphepha ukusukela xa ndandisengumntwana omncinci, kodwa zange ndithathe i-rap nzulu. Ndifunda umculo we-jazz kunyaka wam wokugqibela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kwaye yandise ireferensi yam ukuya kwinqanaba apho ndakwazi ukusebenzisa uqeqesho olufanayo endandilisebenzisa kwi-jazz ukuya kwi-hip-hop. Uqeqesho olufanayo kwijazz, ujingi, ibhendi enkulu, yala maxesha zizinto ezifanayo endizisebenzisayo xa kufikwa kumculo wehip-hop, rap, imveliso, ipiyano, ukubhala… Kuyafana.
Kubonakala ngathi uninzi lwabaculi bethu abanetalente kuqala baqala ukufunda i-jazz kwaye bayisebenzisa njengendawo esisiseko. Kuyathakazelisa ukucinga ukuba ukuba uqale ngokwenza iminqwazi, isandi sakho sisenokuba sahlukile. Ngaba ungakhetha uhlobo oluthandayo?
Uhlobo endiluthandayo kuya kufuneka lube ngumphefumlo. Njengomhlaba, Umoya kunye noMlilo, uMichael Jackson, kunye nelo xesha. Kulapho kwaqala khona iimpembelelo zam zokuqala. Umakazi wam wayedla ngokusebenzela u Iyonwabisa i-albhamu xa ndandisengumntwana, kodwa andizange ndingene kwi-hip-hop kude kube kamva. 
UKent Jones.(Ifoto: Courtesy of Kent Jones.)
Ke uphumelela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo eFlorida kwaye usuka phi apho?
Ndaya eTCC [Tallahassee Community College] ndaya kufundisa umculo. Ndiyifumene imali yokufunda eFlorida i-A & M, kodwa inkqubo yomculo yavalwa ngaloo nyaka ngenxa yengozi apho isigubhu esikhulu safa khona emva kwesigameko esibuhlungu. Kwakungaphambi kokuba ndide ndifike apho, ke ndandithandaza umculo undisa kwenye indawo kwaye ukuba oko kwakuthetha ukuba ndingumntu olahlekileyo kusapho lwam kuba andizukuya kwikholeji, makube njalo.
Yayicinga ntoni usapho lwakho ngelo xesha?
Babenjengoko, Kufuneka uhlale esikolweni! Kufuneka ufumane umsebenzi oqhelekileyo! Ngelo xesha, babethetha okona kulungileyo kum kodwa babengawuqondi umbono owawubekwe phambi kobomi bam.
Njengokuba uThixo ebabeka bonke aba bantu ebomini bam, nam uThixo undibeke ebomini babo. Kukuphambana ukubukela yonke into isenzeka. Yonke into yenzekile ngesizathu. Umama kuphela othembekileyo, kuba ebengaqondi kodwa uyazingca ngam.
Ngoku, uninzi lwabantu lucinga ukuba ungacingi ngengoma yakho yokuqala kunye nempumelelo yobusuku.
Musa Ingqondo kwafuneka ukuba yingoma yam ye-400. Ndaye kwigumbi elincinci elincinci iminyaka emine ndenza umculo kwaye andizange ndishiye. Akukho mntu waziyo ukuba ndingubani. Ndenza iminqwazi kubaculi balapha ngemali kwaye ndaqala ukwenza imali. Kwangelo xesha, [abacebisi] uPholile noDre babehlala bekwikona yam. Abazange bandityise ngecephe, kodwa bandivumela ukuba ndisebenze estudio xa ndandineminyaka eli-18 neli-19.
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Ndixelele ngokubhala Musa Ingqondo.
Khange ifumane nethuba lokubhalwa phantsi. Ndenza ukubetha kwaye ihaki yayisentloko yam, emva koko ngengomso ndayirekhoda.
Ke uyiphucule kwisitudiyo?
Isitshixo yayikukubabamba ngokuziqhelanisa. [Ukucula] Undixelela lento, undixelela lonto, nguBarry White. Abantu abancinci abayazi ukuba yintoni leyo, kodwa bayayithanda kuba iqhelekile. Umculo wokwenyani unomhla kunye nexesha kuwo, okuthetha ukuba awunaxesha. Ibuyisela umva.
Endala kunye entsha iya kukugcina Musa Ngqondo ngeenxa. Kodwa ndarekhoda loo rekhodi kunye nezinye ezine ngemini enye kwaye phantse ayenzanga mixtape kuba yayihlukile kwaye umgangatho wokudibanisa wawungekho. Emva koko wonke umntu wayefana, Ingoma iyadlala ngokumangalisayo!
I-mixtape iyaphuma kwaye iyintoni inguquko yempumelelo yengoma?
Abantu baqala ukungcangcazela kuyo kwaye benza iividiyo ngengoma leyo, okwangoku yayingeyiyo neyodwa.
Kwaye kangangeenyanga ezintandathu, ngoMvulo ukuya ngeCawa, sasiphume saya kwiiklabhu ezahlukeneyo sizama ukuba sidlalwe kwaye sisebenze. Ngalo lonke ixesha sisiya kwiklabhu siyidlale, umntu othile wayeza abuze ukuba, Yeyiphi ingoma leyo? Sasifumana loo mpendulo busuku ngabunye, ukusuka koo-DJs ukuya kumantombazana ukuya kubantu bezokhuseleko.
Emva kweenyanga ezintandathu saya nayo kwirediyo yasekhaya kwaye iilayini zomnxeba zaqhuma. Olo suku lokuqala lukanomathotholo ndazise. Kwaye kupholile, uDre, kunye no-DJ Khaled, badlale indima yabo yolawulo kwi-T ngexesha lokukhutshwa.
Ngoku ekubeni ukhenketho lwaseBeyonce, kunjani ukuba yinxalenye yaloo nto?
Abathethi. Ndinguye kuphela umculi omtsha kuloo ndlela yokusebenza.
Ndiyayithanda indlela ye-arenas ngaphezulu kokwenza iklabhu. Umboniso wam wokuqala Uqeqesho , amandla ayephezulu kwaye ndikulungele ukutsiba ndiye apho kuba usuku lokuqala lwalukwidolophu yasekhaya eMiami. Ke ndandilungile. Kwaye kwakunzima kuneMiami, iAtlanta yayihamba nzima. Amava onke a… andinakuthetha.
