Tebogo "Proverb" Thekisho Throwback

Proverb on stage before it was cool to be a rapper in South Africa.

Verb rocking a B-ball crowd. I did not know this dude was tennis champion for Northern Cape.

Tumi, Zubz the Golden Mic Holder and Verb. Hip-hop royalty.

Verb Rocking

I Have a Dream, I was in the crowd for this show and later on I had a chance to direct his videos.

Verb and HHP. Kimberly/Mafikeng stand up!

One of the best and most important albums to come out of South African music scene

Proverb in-studio

Mic Check

Recording the HHP live DVD.

Dj Jobie One aka "Proverb's Manager" before we became business partners

Proverb on stage

These are the pics that we did not use for My Day Will Come music video. There were so many pics, videos, home footage and we could not insert all of them in the video.
As we were editing the video I realised how important a role Proverb has played in South African music and entertainment as a whole. When you work with someone, you tend to forget certain things about a person especially their achievements because you just know them as Tebogo Thekisho.
My Day Will Come was the first Verb video I directed. Before this I had only produced two of his videos Writers Club and The Beginning.
I don't think I will ever get a better reception from client like I did when he watched the second cut of the video. I think he shed a tear and I was so relieved I did not let him down because I had a great responsibilty of telling his life story through a music video. This video really brought out the director in me. I had "retired" from directing to focus on business and grow Callback Dreams. I have not stopped directing ever since and the catalog is getting better and better with Jobie One.

Mafikizolo - Khona Music Video Behind The Scene

Khona opening and closing shot. Khona

Setting up a shot with Dave Pienaar. Khona

Shooting a cutaway. Khona

Jane was also the stylist on the video, multi-tasking. Khona

Dave shooting Mathew. He is a star right now. Khona

Theo performance set up. Khona

Nhlanhla set up. Khona

All gold everything. Khona

The owner of the horse that is dancing in the Khona music video. The horse is actually dancing, look close. Khona

Theo set up with horsie, looks more intricate full view. Khona

I to asked for Sotho dancers. I had to represent for my people. Moshoeshoe inn the house!!! Khona

Theo and the aliens on set, lol. Khona

We had four days to prepare for this video and today we are sitting at over half a mil views on Youtube and it is truly amazing. My family does not care what I do but all they care about is the fact that I co-directed the Mafikizolo video, lol.
We had so much in common with Mafikizolo and we have been working together ever since. We have just shot Happiness Ft Mr May D. It is coming out soon. We even worked out on the Huggies deal for Nhlanhla and we continue to work together. Watch the space.

I am not sure how I am going to top shooting Mafikizolo Khona music video, working on it though, lol.

Blessed and Highly Favoured Music Video Behind The Scene

Amy aka The Duster doing her  make-up thing. I was so shocked to find out her sister is a renowned actress on Isidingo. One of the most beautiful souls I have come across. Always smiling and laughing. Beautiful.

Mr Jobie Bakama, Mr Friends season 5 and 6. One of the smartest people I have met. Let the light shine. 

SA Hihop royalty, Tebogo "Proverb" Thekisho. I am Thekiso and he is Thekisho...provocative

JHB is over shot so we decided to make the whole room dark so you don't know where we are, lol. Zinto Wad Up!!

Camera angle, Blessed and Highly Favoured

Callback Dreams Chinese Lights

Doing an interview for Gospel Gold. This show built a new fan base for me, lol... mamas, security guards, helpers, humbling.

Scotch is one of the best designers in SA. He is behind The Soil look. A genius.

Directors view..lights, camera, action.

The Soil before they were black and white

The single cover

Just playing my instrument...

People behind the scene, respect.

Proverb always interacting with his fans, even on set.

This video was one of my best experience. We made it so easy and so enjoyable. It is always a pleasure to work with Verb. Moving forward I don't want to shoot for anyone but just Verb because I always have fun on his projects and have enough room to experiment. He gives us enough creative space to just tell a story and have fun doing it. We don't shoot videos for money because there is none in videos in SA so all we want to do is experiment, have fun, and just let our thoughts manifest.

Qwaqwa Road Trip - Just Breath

My brother and I decided to take a quick pit stop before we got to Qwa x2, the results

We waited for the sunset and it came, what a pure bliss.

My cuz Lefa

My cuz and I giving a speech. Nerve wrecking moment

Free State Sunset, beauty

Parked on the side of the road to take pics.

Selfies with my brother, lol..hehehe

I believe I can fly

Cuzins

He believes he can fly too

My brother and I took a road trip to Qwa Qwa and it was the best experience ever. I had so much fun. We had so many pit stops, it taught me to relax and just enjoy life. It was a moment where I learned to just breath and just be. I allowed myself to loose track of time and just enjoy every moment. Very poetic.

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