The Sunday News
Nigel Siziba, Sunday Life Reporter
THERE has to be this pioneer. The individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always come when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.
Meet Lymon Moyo, also known as Lights Out in arts industry, a multi talented artiste who is also a pioneer of Tsotsi Rap.
Lights Out was born and bred in Mzilikazi in Bulawayo and art has always been part of him since childhood. He has always been inspired by Ghetto life and his music tries to touch on everyday life and problems affecting people.
“I started music while doing Ordinary level because I used to listen to South African Hip-hop a lot and also some local musicians like Stunner and ExQ and most of my songs are touching on everyday problems affecting Ghetto people like drugs, HIV and poverty,” he said.
He said he also found himself in conflict with his parents when he wanted to do arts subjects at school.
“At first what I can say is that when you are still at high school most of the decisions are made by your parents so I did Science subjects at A level but I could see that my dream was misplaced as I found myself doing great in drama which was very rare for a science student,” said Moyo.
Last year he released his first album titled Tsotsi Rap.
“I dropped my first album last year. I was impressed by the positive results I got as my songs have received some airplays at Skyz Metro FM and Khulumani FM.”
He is also a second year student at College of Creative Arts Africa (CCAA) and he was recently elected as Student Executive Council president.
“I am now a second year undergraduate at CCAA where I am studying a degree in Theatre and filming and I think learning will benefit me as an artiste because I will gain more knowledge. I will not be limited to music only to convey a message, I can have more content than other artistes and I am also over the moon as I was recently elected the students president,” said Moyo.
He said he also gained a lot of knowledge whilst he was working under Grassroots Soccer.
“I think Grassroots shaped me in terms of having more information about HIV and Aids and mostly factors affecting our peers, and recently I wrote a short film that encourages people to get tested before they get to the death stage.”
