# Mizchif
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mizchif
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| birth_name = Hechichamunorwa Mount Zion Kwenda
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1976|06|23}}
| birth_place = [Salisbury](/source/Harare), [Rhodesia](/source/Rhodesia)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2014|09|04|1976|06|23}}
| death_place = [Johannesburg](/source/Johannesburg), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
| origin = Highfields, [Harare](/source/Harare), [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe)
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| genre = [Hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music)
| occupation = Rapper
| years_active = 1994–2014
| label = Eargasm, [Fondle 'Em](/source/Fondle_'Em_Records), [Ghetto Ruff](/source/Ghetto_Ruff), [Gallo Record Company](/source/Gallo_Record_Company)
| associated_acts = HeadQuarters, [37mph](/source/Mpho_Pholo), Richard the IIIrd, [Tsakani Mhinga](/source/Tsakani_Mhinga), Mavusana, [Cashless Society](/source/Cashless_Society), [Necessary Noize](/source/Necessary_Noize)
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'''Hechichamunorwa Mount Zion Kwenda''' (23 June 1976 – 4 September 2014), better known as '''Mizchif''', was a [South African](/source/South_Africa) based [Zimbabwean](/source/Zimbabwean) [rapper](/source/rapper). He was allegedly 'the first to independently release a solo hip hop album in South Africa,'[{{cite web |url=http://www.hypemagazine.co.za/2013/05/02/independence-day-%E2%80%93-a-reflection-of-mizchif/ |title=Independence Day – A reflection of Mizchif | HYPE Magazine |accessdate=31 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101160412/http://www.hypemagazine.co.za/2013/05/02/independence-day-%E2%80%93-a-reflection-of-mizchif/ |archivedate=1 January 2014 }}] and the first person in South Africa to perform hip hop with a live band.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.zimlink.org/mainstream-and-underground-forgot-hip-hop-mizchif|title="Mainstream and Underground Forgot Hip-hop" - Mizchif|date=12 October 2013}}]
==Early Background==
Mizchif was born and raised in Highfield, [Harare](/source/Harare), [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe). He moved to [Syracuse, New York](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York) at the age of 12 where he hooked up with a crew, Soul Pack, and began rapping. He moved to [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) at 18, where he released his debut album ''Life from All Angles'' in 1999 on Eargasm Records.[{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kw0EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Mizchif%22&pg=PA41|title=Global music pulse|last=Coetzer|first=Diane|date=18 January 2000|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|accessdate=5 June 2010}}] It was well received and had classics like "Place for a Wife" and "Fashionable," of which both respective music videos received constant airplay on several TV music channels across Africa.
Mizchif presented [hip hop](/source/hip_hop_culture) news on [Johannesburg](/source/Johannesburg) radio station [YFM](/source/YFM). He was also a [video jockey](/source/VJ_(media_personality)) on ''Nasty'', a [hip hop](/source/hip_hop_music) show on [MNET](/source/M-Net) music channel, Channel O.[{{cite news|last=Makiwa|first=Henry|title=AllAfrica|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200208160600.html|accessdate=19 December 2012|newspaper=The Daily News Harare|date=16 August 2002}}] In 2001 Mizchif teamed up with Mavusana from [kwaito](/source/kwaito) group Oda Meeste, for the album ''Summertime'' on [Ghetto Ruff](/source/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](/source/South_African_Music_Awards).[{{Cite web |url=http://www.publicenemyafrica.com/zimbabwean-hip-hop/ |title=ZIMBABWEAN HIP-HOP | Public Enemy Africa |access-date=19 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803174500/http://www.publicenemyafrica.com/zimbabwean-hip-hop/ |archive-date=3 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}]
==Death==
On 4 September 2014, Mizchif died due to ill health.[{{cite web|url=http://thejuice.co.za/top-stories/rapper-mizchif-dies/|title=RIP Rapper Mizchif|publisher=The Juice|date=4 September 2014|author=Ben, Siyathemba|accessdate=5 September 2014}}][{{cite news|url=http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/entertainment/music/2014/09/04/legend-rapper-mizchif-dies|title=Legend rapper Mizchif dies|newspaper=Sowetan|date=4 September 2014|accessdate=5 September 2014}}] He was 38. His funeral was held on 8 September 2014 in his hometown in Greendale, Harare, Zimbabwe at the Warren Hills cemetery.[{{cite web|url=http://www.enca.com/hip-hop-legend-laid-rest-zimbabwe|title=Mizchif laid to rest in Zimbabwe|publisher=ENCA|date=9 September 2014|accessdate=9 September 2014}}]
==Discography==
===Singles===
*"Fashionable" (1999)
*"Place for a Wife featuring [TK](/source/Tsakani_Mhinga)" (1999)
*"Summertime feat Mavusana" (2001)
*"Ngiyazwa" (2001)
*"Wonderful World" (2003)
===Albums===
*''Life from All Angles'' (1999)
*''Mavusana meets Mizchif (Summertime)'' (2001)
*''Supernatural (My Return)'' (2003)
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.hiphop.co.za/ Hiphop South Africa]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070430222329/http://zimvibes.com/ Zimbabwe Urban Culture]
* [http://www.africanhiphop.com/ The home of African hip-hop culture on the web. 15 years online.]
* [http://www.yfm.co.za/ YFM]
Category:1976 births
Category:2014 deaths
Category:Zimbabwean rappers
Category:Musicians from Harare
Category:Zimbabwean emigrants to South Africa
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