SABC1's music show Jam Alley will be introducing a new hip and hopping rhyme-off reality segment entitled Versus as from Friday 2 May, 2008.
Hosted by television and radio host
Tebogo “Proverb” Thekiso, the four minute segment will pit Mzansi’s aspiring MC’s against each other in a battle for the title of being the country's next most-sizzling MC.
Versus is divided into 3 segments. The first one - Pass On The Mic - will require participating MC’s to pick-up lyrically from where the previous one left off.
In the second segment - Word - the competing MC’s get a topic, subject or word and have to spontaneously construct a rhyme.
The last and final segment is called Can I Kick It. During this segment the MC’s will be requested to state - in rhyme - why they believe they deserve to be Mzanzi’s next biggest MC.
The eventual winner of the competition will win a recording contract with a leading independent record label and will have their album produced by a prominent hip hop producer, with the possibility of featuring a leading hip hop artist on their debut album.
To be part of the competition, aspiring MC’s can sms 34 222 with these details:
- the tagline VS
- your name, ID number and home town.
Once you've SMS'ed you'll be provided with details of the auditioning process.
Dates of regional auditions are as follows:
Free State - Friday 28 March 2008
Durban - Friday 25 April 2008
Eastern Cape - Friday 23 May 2008
Gauteng - Friday 13 June 2008
North West - Friday 18 July 2008
Western Cape - Friday 08 August 2008
Finals (Gauteng) - Friday 26 September 2008
Versus starts on Jam Alley on Friday 2 May 2008 at 18h30.