Oracle Verse Prince



Oracle verse prince is sheltered by his older brothers Karabo Kola on the left and Masingita Mzilikazi Masiya on the right. Picture taken by Kgaugelo Emmanuel Kganaygo.

Orapeleng Ohra'kill  Kola is famously known on Facebook as Oracle V.P. (Verse Prince). He is an upcoming hip-hop mogul whose roots traverse the streets of Protea Glen and Winterveldt. He grew up here and there, and now safely tucked in the Capital City of South Africa, Pretoria.

I for one wondered how he got his name and he said of it: "’Oracle’ was found in the dictionary by my brother, Karabo when we were looking up words for research for a school project. When he saw the words ‘Oracle’, he excitedly suggested that I use it as my alias. ‘Oracle’ means ‘wise adviser’. I liked it and got attached to it. The latter part, Verse Prince, came through when back in the days I didn’t know what to call myself on Mxit. We used to have multimix battles there and I would always drop heavy rhymes. Since my verses were of high regard, that fact qualified me as royalty, hence ‘Verse Prince’".

Orapeleng is an artist in his own right who owns a graphic design company, Optic Crafts Inc. His graphic design company has made logos for young and upcoming business people like Tiisetso Masenge of Top Image Beauty Care and Massage Therapy and Tonic Lekgau of 1st Note Productions. He is also part of an art movement called He Art Exhibitions founded by his older brother, Masingita Mzilikazi Masiya. He also is an ambassador of the daring clothing label, Venting Fabric.

Through Plutonium Records and the management of New Color Productions, he is soon to drop his mixtape aptly titled, Not Yet Titled. With the release of his first official single on 01 June 2013 titled Hustle, he has grown in acclaim as music lovers continue streaming and downloading his song on www.reverbnation.com/oraclevp. Join the movement.

Not confined to the box of a rapper, he sings, designs and recites poetry. An all round artist in his own right, he is retracing the strokes of the brush of genius that God has weighed the canvass of his life with and to say his future is bright would be a great understatement.

A man with a plan, he left high school in 2011 to pursue further his artistic interests. This did not impress his peers' parents as he would be seen as a bad example to their children. Through resilience and his family's support, he stood by his decision. Two years later, he is starting to reap the rewards.

His music is well received amongst his peers, as was seen on the 25th of May at the FashMuEtry Concert held at First Wintervedlt Baptist Church where attendees recited word-for-word the hook to Hustle which then had been purposefully leaked before its official release.

If anything, the process of how he got his names clearly explains how he is a man passionate about that which he does. South Africa's hip hop scene should brace itself for a breath of freshly brewed mint tainted air as far as this young man is concerned.