Snazz D

Quick Facts

Full Name	Snazz D
Occupation	Record Producer
Date Of Birth	Mar 13, 1977(1977-03-13)
Age	47
Birthplace	Cape Town
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Western Cape
Horoscope	Pisces

Snazz D Biography

Snazz D is one of the most popular and richest Record Producer who was born on March 13, 1977 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Julian Du Plessis (born 13 March 1977 in Cape Town), known as his stage names Snazz D, or Snazz the Dictator is known as a South African underground rapper and music producer.

The next year, Bobbito Garcia, Mr. Len and Jean Grae traveled to South Africa from New York to perform in South Africa for the first time. Bobbito later released the split 12″ single from Cashless Society “Blaze the Breaks” with Mizchif “Place for a Wife” through his own Independent Fondle ‘Em Records label in 2000 after they returned in the States. The single came out through Southern Africa on Unreleased Records in the year following and was included in the “Farewell Fondle ‘Em” compilation that was released on Definitive Jux.

In 2003 Cashless Society released their debut album “African Raw Material volume one” on Unreleased Records. The album featured hit singles ‘Hottentot Hop (Bantu 1, 2)’ and ‘Taxi Wars’ with guest appearances by Tumi, Mizchif and Masauko of Blk Sonshine. Distribution was handled by BMG Africa with the album earning three SAMA awards for best hip-hop album, best single and best music video, while winning four awards at the South African “Hiphop Indaba Awards” as well. The third single off of the album ‘8-3-1 (I Love You)’, a dedication to Johannesburg, was featured on the Soundtrack of “Yizo Yizo 3”. The group was then photographed for the cover of the first issue of HYPE magazine, the first national hip-hop publication in South Africa.

In 2005 he appeared on the “Imbizo Street Mixtapes Vol. 1” on Unreleased Records with the single ‘2 Sides to every story’ which featured Kilani Rich. The song was later featured on HYPE magazine’s “Hype Sessions Vol. 15: Story Time ” mixed by DJ Raiko. He also starred in the first hip-hop commercial for CNN Inside Africa together with rapper Young Nations. The following year saw the single ‘Best of both Worlds’ a collaboration with Sub Z featured on the “Drudge Dialect Vol. 1” compilation album which was released on Pioneer Unit Records. The song would later be featured on DJ Sarasa’s “KWANZAA!” Mix-CD released on DJ Honda Recordings in Japan.

The year 1999 was the time that Snazz went from the United States to Cologne, Germany where he worked with artists such as Metaphysics Laygwan Sharkie, Remarkable and Clueso appearing as guest performers on a variety of recordings, such as the first album by Clueso “Text und Ton” on Four Music during his three-month stay.

Snazz D Net Worth

Snazz D is one of the richest Record Producer from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Snazz D 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Julian Du Plessis was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He was raised in Gugulethu which is a South African township on the Cape Flats, before moving to Mitchells Plain another township on the Flats. Inspired by hip-hop’s culture and movement emerging at the Cape Flats at the height of Apartheid and with groups like Prophets of Da City and Black Noise emerging, he began rhyming as an early teens in the mid nineties, under the name Snazzy D. In 1993, he moved to Johannesburg and his fame increased. The first group he formed was Dark Seed alongside the rapper Fee as well as producer Iko. Their debut track “Mic Device” was featured on “The Muthaload: A Cube Collective” released by Tusk Music in 1996; the first compilation album of hip-hop made available in South Africa. The album also included debut tracks by Amu, Metamo Forces, Ramesh, Shorty & Loko. They also featured a new song by Shorty. Dark Seed disbanded shortly thereafter.

in 1996 Snazz created the popular group Audio Visual, together with Krook’d Tha Warmonger (Isaac Chokwe) and Ben Sharpa (Kgotso Semela). Snazz was the host of the legendary Saturday afternoon matinee sessions at ‘Le ‘ Club downtown Johannesburg together with DJ Blaze and DJ Bionic. In 1998, he founded Cashless Society. Cashless Society, together with Draztik (Dave Balsher), Fat Free (Salim Mosidinyane), Black Intellect (Jerry Kai Lewis), the X-Amount (Kwezi Ngcakani), Criminal (Alfred Chirwa), Tizeye (Tyrone Phillips) and Gemini (Thabiso Mofokeng). The group had the members of South Africa, Botswana, Sierra Leone and Malawi all located in Johannesburg as well as Gaborone, Botswana at the time they formed their own Independent “Unreleased Records” imprint.

In 2002 GroundWorks released their debut album “Demolition: The MeStory” on Concentration Camp Records with Snazz self-produced ‘Copaesthetic Phenomenology’. GroundWorks were a collective of artists from the Johannesburg and Cape Town scenes including members of Audio Visual, Cashless Society and BaseMental Platform. Members of the group include Krook’d tha Warmonga, Forekast, Gemini, Hueman, Non-Depiction, Bonafide, and S.E.L.F. The next year Concentration Camp Records released the compilation album “Pavement Special Volume 1” which featured songs ‘Show Me Yours’ and ‘The Epitaph’ by Audio Visual as well as his solo song ‘The Work’.

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Facts & Trivia

Snazz Ranked on the list of most popular Record Producer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Snazz D celebrates birthday on March 13 of every year.