Boitumelo Molekane was born on 16 August 1981 in exile in Tanzania. He first came to Soweto, South Africa in 1992.

Ones known as MC Fatboy, Tumi is an MC/Poet who has engraved his mark in the Johannesburg Hip Hop landscape or foundation.

Tumi was a member of the music crew P.E.R.M., which included Zee, Strawmoon, Space2wice, Kju52, Richard The 3rd, McWillie, Neo Shamiyaa and Dilseng.

In the year 2001 Tumi released his debut album The Tao of Tumi as well as a poetry anthology called The Black Inside Out to accompany the music album. The album was followed by an EP, A Dream Let To This, released on CD and Vinyl under the Australian label Nuffsaid Recordings.

Tumi was famously known as the band leader of Tumi And The Volume.

He continued his music as a solo artist after the band broke up in 2006 shortly after their last release. Tumi released three albums under the name, switching his stage name to Stogie T in 2016 afterwards.