Those who thought L – Tido, real name Thato Madonsela is sick, or perhaps his hip hop game is dead or retired without announcing, well, you’ve got another thing coming your way!
“You gonna have to let go of a lot of sh!t to unlock that next level of your life,” L-Tido – 13/02/2020.
L-Tido exclusively revealed to MGOSI.co.za that he’s been working hard at the gym, he’s newly single, he loves and appreciates women, recording a lot of music and establishing his new business venture – New Wave Media.
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L-Tido x The Music:
The hip hop mega-house, well, as we know him told MGOSI.co.za that he’s been recording a lot of music for his upcoming album titled, he doesn’t know the title of the album yet.
“I’ve been recording a lot of music. Even if I am not releasing music I always make sure that I stay productive by being constantly in the studio. With the music, I am gonna do a couple of things that are different not forgetting to feed the fans that started with me as L – Tido in the beginning – I wanna make that sound for them.
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“I wanna bring back that sound they love. I also wanna do a new type of sound because things are gradually changing. When I started it was 2008 and now it’s 2020… You know you wanna give people something new and you also want to feed your core audience with the music that they love you for,” says L – Tido.
L – Tido says that there will always be collaborations and on his upcoming album he has collaborated with the likes of Kwesta and AKA.
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“It’s been going amazing. I stay productive even if I don’t drop music I will always make sure that I am in the studio recording music because it’s my passion,” says L – Tido.
Industry Distractions:
“I think dealing with certain people on business ventures in the industry you see how people do their things. It just puts you in a space that you think it might be true what they say about the industry – some people don’t have good intentions. They are all for themselves… Somewhere somehow it has given me that type of mentality not to trust people,” he shares.
L – Tido says that a lot of people in the industry don’t live up to their promises.
“They just promise people things to gain something from their personal situations,” says L – Tido.
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His new company – New Wave Media:
“I’ve been working on my new company New Wave Media and that has been my main focus. We’re a media company that does a lot of things that have to do with the music industry. As an artist, I didn’t wanna go that far and that’s the reason the company is doing things that are music related – something that I have experience in, like shooting music videos, photoshoots, radio, and TV plugging for new artists.
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New Wave Media does consultations, radio admin services, graphic design, and social media marketing. You can click [HERE] to check them out.
Loss of weight and doing away with his long hair – watch below:
L – Tido says that he thinks it’s a “black” thing when someone loses weight it’s always a situation whereby people think you’re sick. He also shared that part of him losing weight was part of a new movie role that he can’t talk about at the moment.
“People will never assume that you’re adopting a healthy lifestyle. It’s always a bad thing and I think our mentalities need to change. It took a lot of hard work for me to achieve what I have achieved so far as my gym is concerned. When you work that hard it requires a lot of patience and focus. When you put the hours and feedback is positive it’s something that I personally appreciate,” says L – Tido.
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He says that he’s been on a very strict diet and he eats twice a day instead of three times.
“I’ve cut out so much sugar and I don’t eat bread. I do reward myself on weekends but during the week I make it certain that I stick to my healthy diet plan. For breakfast, I eat All-Bran-Flakes or Jungle Oats and I love my veggies so much,” he says.
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His son, Jaden:
“My son is my pride and joy,” says L – Tido.
He’s very close with his 9-year-old son.
Him BEING a SNACK and SINGLE:
“The girls… I love the females’ man and I am glad they also love the new look. I am newly single! Like newly, newly single,” he laughs it off as he shares.
So ladies, here’s L – Tido and he’s officially a snack attack! Run to those DMs and you might be the next to snatch him, well, if he’s not too busy to be snacked.
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