4 Brothers From 3 Different Countries : 2 Provinces 1 Passion
Jasbreed is an acronym that was created by ‘Jasbreed’ themselves, it’s a single name that incorporates all names of the four founding members of the music group, namely Jamie Nali, Swibzy On Da Beat, Banjo The Poetic and Retro Africa. Brought together by music and owing residency to three Southern African countries - Malawi, South Africa and Lesotho, the group was slowly formed in the reception foyer of an IT company in Johannesburg, South Africa – True story!! Retro and Nali had been in contact and regular communication because of Swibzy – Nali’s brother (blood brother, not hypothetical nonsense) and a fellow producer to Retro. Nali and Banjo would spark up conversations about hip-hop and music in general when they met – in the foyer. As the common link to all three individuals, it was Nali’s idea to try form ‘a little some-some’, the true formation though, occurred when after another regular chat between Nali and Banjo – in the foyer, Nali asked Banjo, “Yo, do you write rhymes?”
