Michael Mcpotar Mupotaringa

Mcpotar (also Michael Mupotaringa) is a Bulawayo born Zimbabwean hip-hop emcee, award winning hiphop

blogger, 2-D animator and practicing Dental Therapist.

Brief History

Mcpotar grew up doing winning literary contests for prose and poetry at Milton Junior School, then

spent most of his high school life self producing demos in friends rooms against his parents will. He met

Navy Seal along the way in boarding school and they’ve worked hand in hand since. Platforms such as

Mashoko by Magamba elevated his talent by a long shot. He has also worked with Sharky, Xndr, First

Class Beatz, Annie Maliki, Thembelihle Zulu, The Art Department and Quence Motion along with

other artistes of his time.

Career Highlights

In 2013 Mcpotar established a website known as www.mcpotar.com which focused on music, opinion

articles and artiste reviews. It scored him writing gigs with platforms such as Kalabash Media, Zim

Link (as Chief Editor), News24Zim and 3-mob. Furthermore he got featured in the Daily News, The

Sunday News, The Southern Eye, Newsday and innumerable blogs in 2014 for his multiple gifts and

milestones. The relevance of his writing managed to feed his music and fan base throughout 2014

leading to the Zimbabwe Hip-hop Award’s best online media award victory. In 2015, he plans to perform more and enter the mainstream through radio, television and all available mediums.