South African music producer Psyko Beats started out making beats for himself to rap to, but he says something felt different when he started composing music. Despite the fact that he loved rapping, he took his passion for producing music to the next level, which resulted in the 23-year-old from Cape Town working with some of the biggest names in SA’s music industry today!

Psykobeats is a music producer, trained sound engineer and businessman. The 23-year-old says that he “is always based in any place where business is at”.

“I grew up on the streets of Cape Town and from there, like any other teenager, I had dreams of working in the entertainment industry.”

Psyko Beats say his interest in music production started in 2013.

“I started making beats for my raps. I was a rapper first before being a producer but something felt different when I started composing music. I just liked the feeling I got from the process of creating, as well as the end result. It gave me more freedom and a voice.”

He says that seeing himself grow inspired him to work extra hard.

“I quickly met a lot of industry professionals and I started doing some engineering work in some of the best studios around Cape Town . This experience helped me realize a lot of opportunities and possibilities which I wouldn’t have archived as a rapper, not because I wasn’t good but because the competition was just way too much.”

The music producer admits that starting out was the fun part. After he worked with various artists such as Nasty C and Cassper Nyovest, things became “serious”.

“Before I was just making music with my homies for fun without knowing anything about the industry but now its has become more serious to the extent that I now become more strategic about every move I make, which can be very demanding and stressful at times, as it takes away part of the fun. Meeting deadlines, working with huge corporates, showing up for meetings shows me that I’m actually running a business(sic)