Lehlogonolo was born on 27 March 1997 and came from
Danville,
Pretoria,
Gauteng. He started writing music in primary school following the footsteps of his older brother Phologo Jody Mataboge, known as Jay Jody from the hip-hop duo B3nchMarQ. He got his stage name A-Reece from his star sign
Aries.
2014-16 In 2014, A-Reece released an EP titled
Browniez EP. In 2015, A-Reece signed to
Ambitiouz Entertainment and released his first single "Couldn't" under the label, featuring Emtee. He released
Cutaways, an EP, on 29 September 2016, which consists of songs that did not make the cut for his debut album
Paradise. His debut album was later released on 21 October 2016, and topped the No.1 spot on
iTunes just under 24 hours after its release.
2017 Following a financial squabble with
Ambitiouz Entertainment, he formed the Wrecking Crew (TWC) in 2017 with MashBeatz, Flvme & B3nchMarQ. The Wrecking Crew consisted of A-Reece, MashBeatz,FLVME, Ex Global, Ecco the Beast, Mellow Don Picasso , IMP THA DON, Wordz, Ghoust Trvpbully, Enkei, Louw, Kri$h, Tyga Bankz and Thando Nje. He released a single "Meanwhile in Honeydew" early in 2017. On 21 October, he released his second album
From Me to You & Only You, which included Feelings featuring FLVME.
2018 In 2018, he released "A Real N*gga Tale", which featured 1000 Degreez, and then released a collaborative album with Ecco the Beast and Wordz titled
Long Lost Letters (L3), the lead single was "Welcome to My Life". Mataboge then released two EPs,
Gwan Big Up Urself 2 in March and in October his fifth EP, ''And I'm Only 21''. Early in 2018 Flvme, Ecco the Beast and Mellow Don Picasso left the Wrecking Crew due to financial disputes.
2019 In 2019, A‑Reece released a single, "Carele$$", to address his squabble with Flvme. He then released his second collaborative album with MashBeatz titled "Reece Effect". The Wrecking Crew later changed its name to Rvbberband Records.
2020 In 2020, A-Reece had a fallout with MashBeatz and this led to him collaborating with his older brother Jay Jody. He also released a number of singles, including "$elfish [Exp.2]", which lead up to the release of his mixtape ''Today's Tragedy, Tomorrow's Memory''.
2021 In 2021, he released his second mixtape ''Today's Tragedy, Tomorrow's Memory
containing 13 tracks. He also released his third collaborative album, Heaven Can Wait: The Narrow Door, Vol. 1'', with Jay Jody. The album included "The Confrontation", which is a song that addresses his beef with his former producer MashBeatz. In December 2022, A-Reece was featured in Africa Cypher (Hennessy Cypher) that took place in
Nigeria, which also featured artists such as
Vector,
M.I Abaga,
M.anifest and Octopizzo.
2023-present: P2: The Big Hearted Bad Guy His third studio album
P2: The Big Hearted Bad Guy, was released on 20 October 2023. It was supported by two singles: "Bruce Wayne" and "Ving Rhames".
P2: The Big Hearted Bad Guy debuted number 1 on
iTunes All Genres Top 200 Chart, became his first album to reach the summit of the chart. "Ving Rhames" debuted No. 47 on International Top 200 and No. 16 on the Local Top 100 respectively. In addition "God Laughs" reached No. 17 on the Local Top 100 and No. 16 on International Charts respectively. The mixtape debuted number one on
iTunes, and acquired 3 million streams on
Spotify in just a week. ==Endorsement==