{"id":173924,"date":"2018-04-11T14:44:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T12:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/173924\/new-traffic-laws-added-aarto-amendment-bill\/"},"modified":"2018-04-11T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T12:50:11","slug":"luthando-dekeni-aka-lolli-crowned-winner-emtees-rap-4-talent-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2018\/04\/11\/luthando-dekeni-aka-lolli-crowned-winner-emtees-rap-4-talent-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Luthando Dekeni (aka Lolli) crowned the winner of Emtee\u2019s Rap 4 Me talent show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Auditions were held in Gauteng, at the GauTV studios in Auckland Park, Pretoria and Carnival City, where 18 hopefuls were chosen to compete on the show.<\/p>\n<p>The talented 10 finalists competed for the recording deal at the Goliath Comedy Club, in Melrose Arch, on April 10, 2018. The show\u2019s two-part finale saw Luthando Dekeni (aka Lolli) crowned as the winner of season one.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The pre-recording of the show began early this year, when the contestants were put through a series of challenges, with each contestant seeking to impress the judges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-97774 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/africanreporter.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2018\/04\/Emtee-1-520x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The judges included Emtee, Lebo and Emtee\u2019s colleague Saudi.<\/p>\n<p>The show, which is televised on GauTV (DStv), channel 265, every Tuesday at 20:00, is aimed at giving upcoming rappers a chance to showcase their skills.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs a channel we really wanted to make sure we afford young rappers a platform to shine,\u201d said Zallywood management.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Luthando Dekeni, took away the ultimate prize after three rounds of performances.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-97771 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/africanreporter.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2018\/04\/Lolli-2-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI feel honoured and grateful for the opportunity. Also happy to have shared a stage with Emtee last night. Been working towards this moment since moving to Gauteng,\u201d said Luthando Dekeni.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='0c310dbc78960727f82330f735da5f84'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The talent show Rap 4 Me, recently gave local rap artists from all over the country the opportunity to win R100 000 in cash, a year\u2019s supply of clothing and a recording deal with Emtee\u2019s record label, African Trap Movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6776,"featured_media":176436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[18386,1497,8743,17754,5228,18387,2073,18388,18389,18390,18391,18392,17539,1392,18393,2362,1508,17726,18394],"class_list":["post-173924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-auckland-park","tag-business","tag-cars","tag-dui","tag-economy","tag-emtee","tag-fines","tag-gautv","tag-gautv-dstv","tag-goliath-comedy-club","tag-in-melrose-arch","tag-luthando-dekeni","tag-rand","tag-safety","tag-saudi","tag-south-africa","tag-traffic","tag-transport-social-capital","tag-zallywood-management"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["Auckland Park","business","cars","DUI","economy","Emtee","fines","GauTV","GauTV (DStv)","Goliath Comedy Club","in Melrose Arch","Luthando Dekeni","rand","safety","Saudi","South Africa","traffic","transport social capital","Zallywood management."],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6776"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}