| Bona fide consists
of Maz (rapper/songwriter) and Ziggy (Singer/rapper/songwriter).
Two best friends who have grown up together.
In the late 1980's, Maz along with his
family moved to the street where Ziggy lived. This led
to a friendship that survives to this day. The guys
shared the same passion for music and before you knew
it, the two friends were chillin on the streets singing
accapella to the latest r'n'b tracks or beatboxing and
rapping to the freshest hiphop tunes they could find.
As their skills increased so did their enjoyment of
this noble art. They loved writing lyrics and putting
songs together. However, it all remained just a hobby
for years until one of their tracks got into the hands
of DJ Fritz who saw the talent they possessed and signed
them up immediately to Supreme Dream Management.
Since signing up with Supreme Dream, Bona fide have
been working on their debut album alongside Gorrilla
Chilla and a number of other big name producers. The
album will be very diverse covering various genres of
music and dealing with various subjects.
Bona fide have also been performing
at highly publicised gigs and concerts up and down the
country.They have performed alongside big names such
as Raghav, Stereo Nation, Juggy D, Veronica, Dr Zeus
etc etc
Not only are Maz and Ziggy vocalists
and songwriters, they also showcase their fluency in
Hindi and Punjabi in their music. Maz raps fluently
in Punjabi as well as English whilst Ziggy has the ability
to sing in Hindi and panjabi as well as English.
In a write up for Zee magazine, the
head of music at the BBC Asian Network tipped Bona fide
for mainstream success. He went on to say "these
musicians have entered my audio-conscious and left a
distinctive mark on my brain"
Earlier this year Bona fide released
'would i lie to you' on white label. This became a big
underground hit .It also received extensive airplay.
It was on A list on BBC radio 1xtra, Asian network and
Galaxy just to name a
few.
They were recently featured on 'future
friction'. A feature on BBC Asian networks show 'friction'
in which the show focuses on acts they tip to blow up
in the near future.
They have just finished shooting the
video for 'would i lie to you'. The video was shot by
Dark Matter films and will be hitting the music channels
very soon.
With all the foundations being laid,
the future looks bigger and brighter for this Manchester
based duo.
Further information and songs can be
found at www.myspace.com/bonafideworld.
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