Lebogang Yende

This rapper from Pretoria/Tshwane has so many names and nicknames that some people don't realize they're all the same person. Lebogang, Desmond Yende is what Elldope was named when he was born. He uses Elldope as his rap name because it represents his initials "L-and-D". some know him as "Bongz" some know him as "Lebza" but to the hiphop community as large he is known as "Elldope".Elldope (Lebogang, Desmond Yende) was born on November 15 in the city of Tshwane, Gauteng where he lived for five years until he moved to Durban. He never had much of a chance to make friends moving every other month because his mother continued to look for affordable accommodation for her two kids, Lebogang and Marcia(1st born child). He later moved to Pretoria wen going to the 10th grade and that is when his passion for hiphop and rap music was discovered. he made a couple of friends who would end up being his biggest rap rivals. Elldope went to school up to the 12th grade before getting accepted into the Tshwane University of Technology. He then continued to strive for that record deal to make him famous. While trying to achieve his goal he studied Human Resource Management and did a couple of promotional jobs on the side. Elldope continued to rap after high school and won a Blackberry Campus Freestyle Competiotion in 2010 that produced a BlackBerry smartphone to the 1st place winner. In 2012 Elldope furiously came in 2nd desperately needing the exposure not knowing that a few producers had seen him from upcoming record companies. A few offers were made and a couple of tracks laced but Elldope to this day remains unsigned. In 2013 he graduated with a National Diploma in H.R and is currently furthering his studies.

Elldope is set to release his most anticipated mixtape late next year.