Thato Madonsela (born 30 January 1985), better known by his stage name L-Tido, is a South African hip hop recording artist from Alexandra, Johannesburg.

He is best known for being one of the few independent artists[1] in the country to reach commercial success, winning the Best Newcomer in Africa award at the 2010 Channel O Music Video Awards[2] L-Tido's music career began in 2009 when he self-released, self-marketed and hand-to-hand distributed his mixtape City of Gold.

L-Tido's second album All of Me was released on 8 November 2013, through a licensing partnership between the artist and Electromode Music and Business Solutions[7] and debuted at number 2 on iTunes' South African Hip Hop chart.

[10] The beef between L-Tido and fellow South African hip hop artist AKA began in 2009 when AKA went on the social network Facebook to publicly disrespect L-Tido, while commenting on a song which features fellow hip hop artists Da L.E.S and Bongani Fassie of thee group Jozi, and Maggz.

[13] L-Tido has performed several times in the country's major cities and in many small towns,[14] and has opened for Rick Ross, The Game, Slum village, Maino and Usher.