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<h4>By Keleabetswe Tapologo &amp; Kaone Hunyepa</h4>
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<p><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color">Dintle Balole</mark></strong>, popularly known as “<strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color">Dintleonthetrack</mark></strong>” in the music spaces is a 20-year-old Producer, Artist, Songwriter and Live Performer from Oodi but based in Gaborone, Botswana. <strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color">Dintle</mark>’s </strong>unique name was inspired by guys he used to look up to back in the days. Guys like “<strong>London On The Track</strong>” and “<strong>Young Chop On The Beat</strong>”. He stated that his name underwent a several changes before it became what it is today.</p>
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<p><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color">Dintle</mark></strong> joined the music industry in late 2012 as a DJ and transitioned into a producer in 2014. He used to record music back then but didn’t sing. Before he could start releasing songs, <strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color">Dintle</mark></strong> would record a lot of music. He only shared with his close friends because he lacked confidence. “I remember ni**as like <strong>Teddy West</strong> kept pushing and encouraging me to drop songs. But I didn’t even want to because people only knew me then as a Producer. Not as an artist.” <strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color">Dintle</mark></strong> said. It was only in 2018 when he spread his wings professionally. He joined the industry as a recording artist and became <strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color">Dintleonthetrack</mark></strong>.</p>
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<p>He said that “<strong>Badmon Ting</strong>” is the song that gave him exposure. And the other hit was “Other ni**as” which he produced featuring <strong>IGNOR3D</strong>. <strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color">Dintle</mark></strong> has more than seven projects released; <strong>No sleep EP</strong>, <strong>Elevation Mixtape</strong>, <strong>Colour black </strong>EP, <strong>Corrupted Files </strong>EP, <strong>Elevation II</strong>, <strong>Road to Elevation III </strong>EP (which was a double single for his fans), the <strong>Hits Collection Compilation</strong>, Hit<strong> Double single</strong>, <strong>Bakae Double Single</strong>, <strong>Hard Thought </strong>EP, and <strong>Days Before Elevation</strong> EP. </p>
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<p>He has worked with over 20 artists locally. The likes of; <strong>ATI</strong>, <strong>Veezo View</strong>, <strong>Ban-T</strong>, <strong>Leitse</strong>, <strong>WhySo</strong>, <strong>Teddy West</strong>, <strong>Shaba Stele</strong>, <strong>Jack Monster</strong> to mention a few. Among the musicians he’d like to work with in future, from Botswana, were <strong>Han-C</strong>, <strong>Motlha</strong>, <strong>Forbes</strong>, <strong>Maxy KhoiSan</strong>,<strong> Charma Gal</strong>,<strong> </strong>and<strong> from South Africa</strong>,<strong> Flame</strong>,<strong> The Big Hash</strong>,<strong> </strong>and<strong> Blacky. </strong>Internationally<strong>, </strong>he said he would love to work with <strong>Tory Lanez</strong>, <strong>Justin Bieber</strong>, <strong>Bryson Tiller</strong>, <strong>Chris Brown</strong>, and <strong>Drake</strong>.</p>
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<p><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color">Dintle</mark>'s</strong> way of staying consistent and ahead in this field is, he always downplays everything. He pushes himself, remains humble and is determined. “I never tell myself that I’m the best or that I’m in a comfortable place even when I know I’m doing good sometimes. That’s what keeps me going.” To spice up his music, <strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color">Dintle</mark></strong> always ensures that everything he creates doesn’t sound like another artist’s work. Even though he draws inspiration from artists like <strong>Tory Lanez</strong>, <strong>Justin Bieber</strong>, and <strong>Travis Scott</strong>, he stated that it’s important that he stays authentic. He adds his own elements such as the log drum and changes his delivery of the songs.</p>
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<p><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color">Dintle</mark></strong> makes music about real life situations; everything that happens around him, his friends &amp; occasionally about strangers.<strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color"> Dintleonthetrack</mark></strong> said he uses any platform to market his music including his social media accounts. He expressed how effective the use of these platforms is and how much they’ve contributed to who he is and where he is in present day. </p>
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