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Toya Delazy on losing her gran: 'I found myself in a dark place, at war with my own mind'

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She said she wrote a song in the days that followed her grandmother's death that helped her soldier on, Qhawe.

“This track is a rallying call to my fellow humans to be your own warrior, brace yourself and hold your ground because that’s what changed my course. By rapping in my native tongue, Zulu, I’m practising what I preach by being myself and not conforming to current musical norms.”ince the age of nine.

“It's got me through a lot of sticky situations and changed my outlook towards life. I have survived depression with the help of music, mourned or found power to achieve through music. “This made me realise the power it had on my mind and how my thoughts and emotions were able to create a different reality in the midst of hardship.”

 

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