Lehlogonolo Ronald Mataboge (born 20 March 1997), known professionally as A-Reece, is a South African rapper, songwriter and record producer.
At 16 years old, A-Reece was signed under Raw X Productions by South African Hip-Hop DJ, pH.
A-Reece gained national prominence under Ambitiouz Entertainment in 2015, following the release of his single, "Couldn't", which featured Emtee.
In 2018, he released a collaborative album with Ecco the Beast and Wordz titled Long Lost Letters (L3), the lead single was "Welcome to My Life".
[3] In 2021, A-Reece signed a distribution deal with Apple Music-owned A&R company Platoon, which specializes in packaging emerging artists before they get a major-label contract, and his mixtape Today's Tragedy, Tomorrow's Memory: The Mixtape was publicised in Forbes, Clash and Flaunt magazines.
[4] A-Reece's third studio album P2: The Big Hearted Bad Guy (2023), debuted at number one in South Africa.
He released Cutaways, an EP, on 29 September 2016, which consists of songs that did not make the cut for his debut album Paradise.
[7] Following a financial squabble with Ambitiouz Entertainment, he formed the Wrecking Crew (TWC) in 2017 with MashBeatz, Flvme & B3nchMarQ.
Early in 2018 Flvme, Ecco the Beast and Mellow Don Picasso left the Wrecking Crew due to financial disputes.
and back in 2019 he had fans speculating whether he was sponsored by Nike Ambitiouz Entertainment came under scrutiny after artists Fifi Cooper, B3nchMarQ, A-Reece and Flvme left the label in a public dispute.
[19][20] The record label also went on to remove all of A-Reece's music videos from their YouTube channel and his Facebook page was also deleted.