WHEN he isn't cooking hit songs in his studio, he's designing new clothes for his collections.
Rapper and businessman Ntokozo Mdluli, popularly known as K.O, is always busy building his empire.
The 43-year-old Sete hitmaker told Daily Sun that nothing's certain in the entertainment industry.
He said he's a true testament to the saying, "First they hate you, then they love you, and then they hate you again."
Celebrating his 18 years in the industry, he said he has seen both the good and the bad.
"I have seen the highs and the lows in the journey and being afforded the opportunity not only by people, but you also create your own opportunities. When the tide says they're not interested in your brand anymore, you can offer something else," he said.
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He emphasised that persistence is key.
"That's all I can share with whoever's reading this. I have seen that firsthand with everything that I tried to accomplish as an artist and an entrepreneur," he said.
K.O said that one of the things that keeps him going's his own personal story and journey.
"One of the things that keeps me humble's that I wasn't born as what I am. But what I am in society and as an artist are things that I had to earn. Knowing that I come from such a small town, and I had a dream in my parents' little, small room, and I came to Joburg and now stay in one of my favourite suburbs and even travel the world," he said.
He said when things go bad, he looks back and thinks of how fortunate he is.
"I just say to myself, do you realise that some people didn't get to travel the journey that you have? Just by looking at that, it allows me to know that whatever I'm dealing with, I can overcome it the same way I have in the past," he said.
K.O launched his new collection on Thursday, 19 September and released a new song called Pasopa.
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