Rapper and media personality Boity Thulo is grateful to have made it out of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown alive and that has made her realise how precious life is.
Catching up with TshisaLIVE recently, the rapper was more than excited to be up and about and rubbing shoulders with celebs at the Durban July.
The rapper said she does not take for granted the gift of life she has been given, “It feels like you are free and things are just back to normal, I really appreciate it.”
She said Covid-19 has forced her to look at life with a new perspective, one that has made her introspect on the meaning of life.
“At that point I think for a long time we've all just been kind of been forced to step out of our 'kind of being spoilt for existence', and being spoilt of having everything you want within close reach. Now we were forced to be actually grateful for being alive, because not many made it. A lot of people did pass on and it's people we never thought would. And I think you were forced to stop taking life for granted, because you were reminded that life is short and when your time comes, it comes and there's nothing you can do about it.
“So I think with Covid-19 we were just reminded to stop taking for granted how fragile life is and how short it actually is and also be grateful for having it as opposed to thinking that what makes life is all the other things that we are always chasing on the goal all the time.”
Boity released her debut single Wuz Dat in 2018 and she has never looked back since. As little as two years ago Boity told TshisaLIVE she was pouring all her energy into perfecting her craft and while doubt comes with the territory, she planned on winning the naysayers over one track at a time.
The rapper released a single titled Own Your Throne and celebrated all the independent women out there working hard in their respective fields.
Boity said she had taken a break to work on new material for her followers who had been with her since her breakout days.
“I've been gigging ... not as much as I should be, but I think I've taken a step back because I've really want to work on a project and I'm ready to present new work, new material to my followers because they are like 'we want more music'. And I know and I'm just like 'oh God when I get there I will' and I think that's when I will start taking more gigs again properly and start reflourishing my music career.”
The rapper and media personality said she was slowly returning to her rap game which is not necessarily her bread and butter but which has afforded her the flexibility to be who and what she wants.
“It was intentional (the break) because even when I started doing music I didn't do it with the intention of it being the one thing I'm gonna do for most people. It's their thing — it's like their bread and butter. For me, this is my thing and people love it but I entered it already being an entrepreneur and already being a multifaceted person. So I' m still treating it that way and that's just works for me so I'm returning to it now.”
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