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Mingus, born Xola Mkubukeli, is a Jozi (Johannesburg) born Cape Townian. His early childhood is based in a small township in Cape Town called Guguletu. Later, after the apartheid restrictions were lifted in South Africa, his family moved to the suburbs and there he attended interracial schools in pursuit of a better education. The reason being is that at the time, the apartheid system was in place and what that meant was that if you were a black South African, the level of education given was lower than that of white South Africans. Mingus was always into music. His uncle was a huge Jazz fanatic and his family played a major role in the local church choir. He found Hip Hop at an early age and immediately fell in love with the music. Back then he was just in it as a fan. He would meet up with friends and exchange tapes as if it was a drug deal since at the time he wasn't allowed to play music with a high explicit lyrical content like Hip Hop had and still has. That however didn't st...