YoungstaCPT
Riyadh Roberts, known professionally as YoungstaCPT, is a South African rapper, lyricist and songwriter from Wynberg. He is known for incorporating details about his Cape Malay culture and his Cape Town roots in his music. YoungstaCPT has been described as "one of the most outspoken South African emcees of this generation". He released his debut solo album 3T in March 2019, which won Album of The Year at the 2019 South African Hip Hop Awards. Prior to the release of 3T, YoungstaCPT had released 30 mixtapes, six extended plays and two collaborative albums since his debut in 2010.
In 2021, he landed his debut acting role on the second season of the Netflix series Blood & Water. For the record YoungCPT has praise song which is directed to him by Bushbuckridge based rapper Stevence released in 2020. The King of Cape Flats released two joint projects with Shaney Jay which are Suffer For Beauty & Dreams Don't Pay Bills respectively.
Selected discography
Studio albums
- ''3T''
Mixtapes
- The Cape of Good Hope – with Ganja Beatz
- Y?-Fi – with Maloon TheBoom
- Kaapstads Revenge – with J-Beatz
- How to Make It in South Africa with Loopsta
- Yungloon Taliboom – with Maloon TheBoom and Yungloon Taliboom
- To Be Continued – with Maloon TheBoom and Yungloon Taliboom
- Dreams Don't Pay Bills - With Shaney Jay
- Suffer For Beauty - With Shaney Jay
Personal life