Hey fellow Steemians! I am Otshepeng Komane.
I know, right? RIP to the capabilities of your tongue. But do not fret, I have a cool moniker I prefer to use and refer to myself – Owen Kay.
Hi! My name is… What? My name is… Who? I couldn’t resist.
I am musician, a rapper, to be precise; and I have been throwing punchlines and trying to encapsulate audiences with multi-syllabic rhymes since I was fifteen years old. I am twenty three and, thankfully, I am much better at it now. Where before I was fixated on flaunting my rhyming techniques and delivery, now I have learned to use my craft to try and tell a story – my story.
Oh dear, here he goes…
It started when I heard Lose Yourself by Eminem. I was hooked! I could not comprehend how he could tell such personal accounts of his struggles, all within the confines of sixteen lines or so – sometimes more – and do so with such flare and precision. So I studied his style, his songs, and everything that made him the rapper he is today. I am certain at some stage I actually became Eminem, but that's a story for another day.
“Blackinem? I certainly ain’t no Whackinem! I’m whackin’ ’em!”
Yeah, I’m always rhymin’, I can barely stop myself.
Around that period in time, I would travel more than fifty kilometers from home just to record with my friend Graham Hunter and Bugsy Filtane. It was the farthest thing from being professional, I mean, we used a cheap desk microphone, and there was a permanent sound of static, but I grew accustomed to it, and it gave those recordings character, I think. Well, maybe. Yeah, they were not great.
In 2012 I was approached by singer, songwriter, and producer 
The dynamic duo: She’s the Dr Dre to my Slim Shady.
Over the course of a couple of years, I refined and wrote lyrics to the beats and instrumentals she produced and two years later, I released Milestone, my first album, titled after the song I wrote for my mother.
One of my very first performances was at SkyRoom Live, where I performed alongside Eden and great deal of well-known South African musical acts. I cannot tell you how nerve-wracking it was. I was so shy I could feel myself trembling on stage. Luckily, I persevered and got through the show. With time, and a lot more shows, I have gotten much better and enjoy myself immensely when I am on stage.
Killing it at the launch of my album, Milestone; “You can call me Fed Ex, I deliver!”
Because who needs to make a funny when you’re good at making a punny?
I am certain that Hip Hop saved my life, so I thank the heavens for it and Eminem for showing me how to do it correctly, but I am even more thankful to Eden for the opportunities she has given me, her tireless efforts invested into my career, and the vested interest in my well-being. A better friend could not be asked for! I cannot imagine the direction in which my life would have veered had I not met her. And I am also very appreciative to her wonderful family; her brothers 
And when I am not rapping up a storm, I am makin’ ’em beats on Ableton (or "unAbleton", I used to say, because it's so hard learn how to produce!) I've recently got into production to learn more about music, and as a means to better my writing of raps. Suffice it to say, it is teaching me to be patient and practice very hard.
Yeah. What is a social life anyway?
Oh, and there is also a little bit of this going on.
Okay, maybe it’s a lot… it’s DotA 2 ladies and gentlemen!
I hope and pray that my music can be enjoyed for its message more than anything else, and it will reach as many people that deem they need to hear what I am saying at that particular stage in their lives. Yeah, changing the world one hot sixteen at a time! I also hope that reading posts and engaging with my fellow Steemians will be able to offer me many different perspectives, and perhaps then I will be able to do the same for others; because I am convinced that changing the world is an inside process…
like Neo over here, flexing his innards...
because he’s no longer oppressed, but, instead liberated by the truth!
I think I am a little too corny for my own good. I suspect that is the reason why my second name is (Corne)lius. But I will catch y'all on Steemit! Thank you for taking the time to read this introduction. Swag. ;)