Mizchif was born and raised in Highfield,
Harare,
Zimbabwe. He moved to
Syracuse, New York at the age of 12 where he hooked up with a crew, Soul Pack, and began rapping. He moved to
South Africa at 18, where he released his debut album
Life from All Angles in 1999 on Eargasm Records. It was well received and had classics like "Place for a Wife" and "Fashionable," of which both respective music videos received constant airplay on several TV music channels across Africa. Mizchif presented
hip hop news on
Johannesburg radio station
YFM. He was also a
video jockey on
Nasty, a
hip hop show on
MNET music channel, Channel O. In 2001 Mizchif teamed up with Mavusana from
kwaito group Oda Meeste, for the album
Summertime on
Ghetto Ruff records which had the infectious hit "Summertime". His album
Supernatural (My Return), was released in September 2003 and nominated for the Best Hip Hop Album at the 2003
South African Music Awards. ==Death==