‘Your GOAT was the biggest rock star’: Nota boasts about prison life after release

Nhlamulo “Nota” Baloyi appeared in the Randburg magistrate's court on Friday after his release from the Joburg Prison, known as Sun City, on Monday.

The controversial music manager served nearly 20 days of a 60-day sentence imposed by the Joburg high court in March 2023, related to a defamation case brought against him by rapper Ntokozo Mdluli, better known as K.O. over social media allegations.

Nota, who also faces a rape accusation filed by actress Itumeleng Bokaba, was placed under correctional supervision. His case was postponed to February 26.

“When you're in prison, unfortunately you think you might be raped. And fortunately that didn't happen to me,” he told TshisaLIVE.

“You are able to trade things like slices of bread. So if you give them soap, they iron your clothes. And I had spare Sunlight. My case has been postponed to February 26. I was in prison and therefore could not reply or file my affidavits in time so they've given an extension until December 30 to file the reply to the affidavits and the indexing pagination needs to be submitted on January 21, and the matter will be heard on January 26, 2025.”

Nota was reportedly released from the Johannesburg prison, on Monday after serving just over two weeks of his 60-day sentence for contempt of court.

His sentence was in connection with a case involving rapper K.O., who had obtained a court order instructing Nota to refrain from disclosing information that would implicate him in the murder of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes.

After his release, Nota took to X to boast about his experience in prison, expressing how much he missed the people he met while incarcerated. He also boasted about the luxuries he enjoyed while in prison, including having his clothes ironed, receiving meals and getting visits from his loved ones.

“Among serial killers, mass murderers, rapists, scammers, fraudsters and all manner of deplorable characters, your GOAT [greatest of all time] was the biggest rock star. Inside, I had my meals brought to me, my clothes ironed every morning from the day I arrived and a bed waiting for me until my release,” he said.

“As nice as it is to be out, I miss my brothers back inside Monster’s Inc, watching SABC news from the prison cell, seeing our lovers, mothers, wives and sisters taking to the streets because the men who are supposed to protect them are locked down for 18 hours, eating a meal a day.”

Nota joked about “converting to Judaism” and claimed there was no dinner served in prison, which he said did not affect him.

“There’s no supper in jail. You get porridge for breakfast and five slices of bread after the nonsense they give us prisoners for lunch. Fortunately for me, I converted to Judaism because the kosher menu has rice and better-quality protein than that of the Christians and pork, unlike halaal.”

Nota is under house detention with high-risk supervision until January 2025.