Shaheen Ariefdien

He gained recognition at The BASE (legendary club which featured Saturday afternoon hip-hop jams), with his supremacy in freestyle battles.

He is credited with having set the standards with rap styles, skills, and lyrical content in Cape Town.

[1] As an MC, he is almost unsurpassed in South Africa, while his production skills are dominant on all of POC's releases to date.

Former member of the pioneering South African hip-hop group Prophets of Da City, he is now involved in a number of youth educational projects using hip-hop as a tool for social justice and has facilitated several youth programs in South Africa and abroad.

in social anthropology at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with his research area focusing on hip-hop and education.