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Kwesta on being hip-hop's Middle Child while planning his 17th Bar

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Rapper Kwesta performs at the 2023 'Back To The City' hip hop music festival.
Rapper Kwesta performs at the 2023 'Back To The City' hip hop music festival.
Alfonso Nqunjana

In his 2019 song, Middle Child, J. Cole raps, "I'm dead in the middle of two generations. I'm little bro and big bro all at once", and that line perfectly describes Kwesta's position in the South African rap scene.

The 35-year-old rapper has built a career over the past 16 years, with no signs of slowing down.  

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