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===Music and career=== | ===Music and career=== | ||
Holster's music career started when he was in high performing in school talent shows. He was inspired by a local rapper [[Arkitect]] in the late nineties and seeing someone like him trying to break into the business gave him the courage to try his luck. The Holstar establish his own studio in conjunction with Pope called “The Zone” and then later he created his own imprint ''[[Slam Dunk Records]]'' in 2006 and has released two albums on this label [[Intellectual Property]] and [[Intellectual Property Part 2]] these where not commercial albums that could be found in sound stores or shops, this was the music he would take to radio to be played on air. In an interview with Holstar he say that that first Dj to play his and who Zambia Hip-Hop on the map is Gilbert Tembo aka Dj Drex because he played everyone on radio. In 2007 he released a joined mix tape with his produce Patrick Kawanu at the time he was called Pope. | Holster's music career started when he was in high performing in school talent shows. He was inspired by a local rapper [[Arkitect]] in the late nineties and seeing someone like him trying to break into the business gave him the courage to try his luck. The Holstar establish his own studio in conjunction with Pope called “The Zone” and then later he created his own imprint ''[[Slam Dunk Records]]'' in 2006 and has released two albums on this label [[Intellectual Property]] and [[Intellectual Property Part 2]] these where not commercial albums that could be found in sound stores or shops, this was the music he would take to radio to be played on air. In an interview with Holstar he say that that first Dj to play his and who Zambia Hip-Hop on the map is Gilbert Tembo aka Dj Drex because he played everyone on radio. In 2007 he released a joined mix tape with his produce Patrick Kawanu at the time he was called Pope. During this time that's when started to meet with the Zone Fam guys. It is believed that Alkani is the one that introduced Holster to the Zone Fam crew to be more specific [[Dope G]] who was the first to be introduced to him then after wards it was [[J rocks]]. In 2009 he released his third album called [[H3 – Love Me or Hate]]. | ||
===[[Zone Fam]]=== | |||
The Holstar one of the original members of Zone Fam formed in 2007, releasing mix-tapes such as The Full Script produced by Nigerian producer Teck-Zilla. | |||
In 2009, he changed his role in the group and become the manager but still he continued to produce music as a solo artist. | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
