Music a healing force for Ntsika The Dyan
Artist puts painful past behind him
Growing up, Selunathi Ntsika Dontsa witnessed his mother being physically and emotionally abused by his father. Then he was still too young to do anything about it.
However years later, Ntsika The Dyan, as he is known in themusic industry, is using his voice to motivate victims of gender-based-violence.
Ntsika, a rapper and a songwriter who is signed with CloudNine Entertainment, recently released his single Bambelela , which features RnB/House vocalist Sande.
I wrote the song to encourage people who found themselves in a similar position as me.
I am the product of a broken marriage, one that consisted physical and emotional abuse. My siblings and I were raised by a single mother and it was not easy as my mother was trying to make ends meet.
There were nights when we went to bed on empty stomachs and I have lost count of the number of times when we were kicked out of our rental places as my mother could not afford rent,” he said.
Ntsika said he was glad he hadmusical talent as it opened a lot of doors for him.
“My intention is to reach out to the youth through music that features lyrics that people can relate to.
“Through this song I want to bring about change and encourage my peers to make them see that life goes beyond their circumstances,” he said.
Ntsika added that in the song he also touched on several social issues that he believed were denying people the chance to move on.
I have long forgiven my father for everything he did to us and I am not sharing my story to spite or to shame him, but I want to make people aware that these things do happen and ours is to try our level best to move on from them, he said.
Ntsika’s focus is now on his music, and he believes that it has brought positive changes in his life and those around him.
Ntsika is no stranger to music as his song, Asvukeni ft 2ska, is found on MTN caller tunes.
He also has a new EP which he says is his first full project titled