Growth Kennedy Johannesburg Elias Siphosethu Neli was born on the 29th of November 1999, in Johannesburg and moved to the Eastern Cape province in Steynsburg, to stay with his grandmother. In 2008, when he had moved back to Johannesburg to live with his mother, his hip-hop influence had now grown and could identify his musical style and there was no denying that hip-hop was his first love. Though at the time there was a strong admiration of house music from his surroundings, this did not change his musical approach and direction. Growth Kennedy, like many rap artists grew up listening to Lil Wayne, Eminem, J Cole, Kendrick Lamar and he also listens to a South African/ Angolan rapper, Priddy Ugly. His stage name came about when he decided to go real about his identity by deciding to use Lwando which translates to 'growth', this was late in 2020 after having used and called by many stage names. Growth Kennedy says he was inspired by the genuine meaning of the name and decided to start using it as his official stage name. His name was inspired by his aunt and figured that to make the name more appealing he had to use 'Kennedy', which is the former US president's name, J.F Kennedy to showcase his bars, his bombs and heavy lyrical skill content which is discerned in his music Growth Kennedy’s tracks TODA¥ by Growth Kennedy published on 2022-10-19T08:03:25Z Doomsday w/ 5oftie (Prod. kayode & Kelly4dolla) by Growth Kennedy published on 2022-09-05T06:01:07Z F!ND ME by Growth Kennedy published on 2022-07-19T10:15:58Z Your Eyes(Poetry) by Growth Kennedy published on 2022-07-19T10:12:42Z PRADA! by Growth Kennedy published on 2022-07-18T13:32:21Z UNSTOPPABLE! by Growth Kennedy published on 2022-07-18T13:17:42Z Roll My L's (Prod. Trigganasty) by Growth Kennedy published on 2022-07-18T13:13:36Z Lov!ng You by Growth Kennedy published on 2022-07-18T13:07:47Z $teak w/Parisvnds by Growth Kennedy published on 2022-07-18T12:54:51Z Kenny's Back! by Growth Kennedy published on 2022-07-18T12:47:03Z