The national coronavirus lockdown has inspired rapper, Earl Swartz, well known as Early B to spread hope through music. The talented rapper from Bloemendal, Port Elizabeth dropped his latest Covid-19 awareness rap single and video which he shot for a Good Hope FM awareness campaign.
In the song, which does not have a title, he encourages the public to stay indoors, sanitize their hands and follows lockdown regulations. The video, uploaded on his Facebook page, has had fans excited and it has been shared thousands of times. The song was featured on Good Hope FM DJ Easy’s Covid-19 16 Bar Challenge played on Friday nights.
“People consume information in different ways and through the government keeps spreading awareness in its own ways, I thought to also use my style of rap to spread the message to my audience so we as SA can stand a chance to win against this virus,” said Early B.
Early B has been involved in other Covid-19 awareness campaigns. He took part in a Pick n Pay campaign against panic buying just before the level 5 lockdown was instituted by the government. “We made a song with about 10 other artists where we encouraged people to stop panic buying and think of the next person’s needs too,” he said.
Written by Ard Matthews and produced by Theo Crous, the song, Don’t Panic Buy, features comedians and musicians including Lira, DRB singer Madjozi, Kahn Morbee, Arno Carstens, Karen Zoid, Early B, Jack Parow, Francois van Coke, Loyiso Bala and Zolani Mahola.
