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Before Godessa, each of these girls was already hitting the South African Hip-Hop scene in their own way. In the 1990's, Burni and Shame had met and were deciding on forming a group but at the time they weren't ready so the project didn't go any further until 2000. In 2000, each of the girls was invited to do a solo performance for a project that was being held in South Africa. They were then told to work together on a project and they found that they worked really well together and so decided to form the group. The name of the group came from the words Godess and the Egyptian, Odessa. They put the two together to form Godessa. After this, they were signed to African Dope Records and starting working on writing songs and producing them. Their first single "Social Ills" was released in 2002 and the song quickly became a radio favourite with it's catchy tune and positive lyrics. All three girls have strong lyrical abilities and have proven them on the single. Their debut album which will also be called "Social Ills" will be released in February 2004 to South Africa. Big up to the Cape Town rappers, lyrical Gs, songwriters, Godessa! |
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Burnadette "Burni" Amansure is the spoken-word artist of the group. She also has strong songwriting abilites. She has collabrated with many South African artists and has peformed in Hip-Hop clubs and gatherings since 1995. Her work appears on the anthology, Millenium Moments. |
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Elouise "EJ" Jones is a rapper and producer for the group. EJ von Lyrik has the lyrical ablities of a master Lyrical G and has written and produced songs for many organizations such as songs addressing the H.I.V/Aids issue for a Youth Against Aids initiative. She introduced her talent for rapping to Dead Prez's fans when they came to South Africa, she became one of the opening acts. She produced a remix of song for funk, soul group Mood Phase5ive. |
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Shameema "Shame" Williams is the founder of the group, Godessa. She's a rapper and also displays her lyrical abilites in her songwriting just like her sista's Burni and EJ. She was kicked out of her Matric year of High School and spent time with poets from the Apartheid era. She started doing Hip-Hop documentries in 1996. She has also conducted Hip-Hop workshops and done many peformances. Some of her biggest highlights include performing on Youth Days and Human Rights Days throughout the 1990's. |
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