Thato Saul Speaks On 'Life Is Gangtsa', Rap Journey, Hood Life, Trauma, Therapy, Family & Pheli Doc

The storyteller, Thato Saul, reflects on life in Saulsville with gritty, soulful rap on his latest album. "Life Is Gangsta". Thato Saul also shares his vulnerable side and speaks out on the issues he has dealt with in his upbringing and his exposure to the hood life in Pretoria.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:24 - The Rap Journey
4:45 - Inspiration Behind The Album Covers
6:40 - Mob Snitches
9:58 - Going Back To The Hood
12:55 - The Violent Life
17:50 - Therapy / Emotional Reactions
27:26 - R.I.P Fat Cat
32:40 - Safe Parental Upbringing / Guidance
46:30 - Living His Raps
49:34 - "Kick It With You"
52:10 - Thato Saul's Losses
59:14 - Working with A-Reece
1:00:46 - "Members Only" or "Life Is Gangsta"
1:02:05 - Pheli Cops / Buying Weapons From Cops
1:04:15 - One Take Recordings
1:08:33 - Mashbeatz Linkup
1:11:44 - What Does "BYOR" Stand For?
1:13:10 - Pheli Documentary
1:16:00 - Bontholo
1:16:30 - "Modima Ohla Pheli"
1:21:47 - Leaving The Hood
1:24:50 - Cotton Fest Saga
1:30:20 - Ending
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[@TysonSybateli]

Baton passing between all the homies forreal. Great interview now get Maglera and then Mash😂🐍

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Yesssiirrrr🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Enjoyed your interview too big bro🔥🔥🔥

[@slikouronlife]

thank you for watching Tyson! 🙏🏽 Maglera wants to have a smoke off during the session 😭, we'll get the homies in

[@thatointake8314]

We need a cypher from y’all three

[@entertainmentboothofsahip-2182]

He had one with Maglera Doe Boy already, how about he goes straight to Mashbeatz?

[@obchoseme]

thato already an icon in these streets.

[@slikouronlife]

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[@obchoseme]

you can tell these stories come from a real place, peep how he takes heavy breaths as he breaks everything down for slikour. stoepu sa chesa ka nnete

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[@sayless99]

Don't Judge a book by its cover, this man is intelligent. Thank you yet again Slikour

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[@lesedimothoa6611]

This nigga should be given a whole interview breaking down his lyrics.. wa bona leyena wa nyaka. His lyrics are always deeper than we perceive them to be, man!!!! What s legend

[@sanelentshingila348]

Thato's rap are very deep than what we tot....

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[@ntiyisomawila2048]

That Pheli docu needs to include 25K man!!!!!😭🔥

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[@reitumetsepoo5247]

Not happening 🤣

[@chillingtondeephousesessio8694]

Please stop involving 25k everywhere

[@kylevanrensburg1248]

I felt that steel cage part. Pitori dia bowa. 😭🙏🏾

[@hlogilehlogonolo5438]

Batho ba Pitori ba gafa😂

[@siyamdaka3170]

So excited for this! Thato has always been ahead of his time

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hope you enjoy!

[@KeagileJohannesMaluleka97]

43:05))Ese grootman daiden🤔 Translated_Thats an old man right there...

[@bonchis4237]

loved this interview.... here's to the ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LIFE IS GANGSTA from the greatest rapper ever!!!!🔥🔥

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[@mahlatsimojela592]

Areece is is still about to drop relax 😂

[@reitumetsepoo5247]

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@@mahlatsimojela592 re tla bona bra yaka

[@reitumetsepoo5247]

Thank god for Mash 🤣🤣❤️Thato should continue working with him for as long as possible 😎🫶🏾

[@Machesa013]

Thato Saul inspires me so much guys! I love this guys music, this interview is so proper! One day I’ll be on that chair sharing my lifetime story with Slikour & the world!

[@shothodzomasikhwa1921]

This is not an interview. It's a Documentary 🙌🔥🔥

[@mthokozisialijah7239]

This was more than just an interview. I loved every part ot it!

[@AFRIKATHESTAR]

Thato's interviews are so refreshing!

[@thepisceslepr3chaun]

Give Thanks To This One Slikour.🔥 And I Have Been Itching For It. Anyway Man 'saying Sound Intelligent ❤

[@josephlebona5332]

💥💥💥💥Great interview.. That Documentary gots to happen Slikour

[@ogodisengselokela8571]

My favourite SA rapper ❤️🔥 Dankie Brayaka!

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[@blessedpitsi2788]

I'm glad thato made it clear that he recorded the song with reece a while back now the speculation that he responded to Lucasraps can rest

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[@TheMantis21Official]

Modimo Ohla Pheli is my favourite song on the project. I heavily gravitate towards lyricism, but I couldn’t understand what Thato was saying on the song, but I loved the cadence, the flow, the style… something different just happens when I listen to it.

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All the way from Lesotho 🇱🇸 Thato is hard🔥Shout to Slikour

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[@blackrascalent]

Thato Saul and Maglera are two rappers that speak for the people I knew growing up.

[@BlackTwitterNews]

My life just changed. Thato Saul u r a Real G

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[@lesediserumula1684]

How does thato even write like how😭😭🐐🐐🐐🐐 it puzzles me

[@besapharaoh]

LEGEND already.

[@zodala]

Thato mathata, o ntlatsa blin' even yo music is our life for real. Am from MDB's hood. E bodese Thato mathata✊🏾

[@reitumetsepoo5247]

thank you Slik🫶🏾🦅

[@cardrolamadro9843]

Thato Saul is authentic 🔥🔥

[@shimanegoodboy5341]

Yessss please documentary 🔥🔥

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working on it

[@HipHopGobozaYT]

Thato is so humble.

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[@mbongenimhlanga4263]

Thato is elite🐐🔥🔥

[@ndumisomthethwa4537]

Thato is an inspiration. I wanna say this though the Pheli influence is real and very evident, I see it with every rapper from there as their share the lifestyle through the music. Seems like they all tryna get out of the toxicity of the hood.

[@sayykhalil7920]

Can U give me a list of Pheli rappers I wanna check them

[@tshiamomonnapula3688]

one of the real G

[@OfftopicTheWork]

🔥🔥🔥🚀Thato mathata

[@ttduniversity]

WE CAN EASILY TELL THE INTERVIEWER IS INTERMEDIATED BY THATO, BUT IM GRATEFUL THAT THATO IS SLICK WITH IT.

[@HipHopGobozaYT]

Thato Mathata! Thank you Slikour.

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[@futurekhanya8522]

tlean interview. slikour dropping gems as usual.

[@Doeboezzyyy]

Thanks Thato

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Ta'groovy 🙌🏽💯

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[@rapswiththemetroSA]

Rapswiththemetro here ♥️🔥🔥🔗

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My favourite rapper right now 🔥🔥🔥

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Thanks Slik!!

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finally🔥🔥🔥

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Slikour ke Grootman... Siya The Big G. S/O to Thato💯

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[@lesegoraikane9593]

@Slikour you need to do a spaces ko pheli.And the advice you gave him to leave the hood can't be right surely there's another solution to the problems we have in the hood rather than just leaving.Shout out to Maglera,25K and Thato for speaking their truth we are tired of rappers who lie in their songs

[@kznindaba2728]

Didn't know it was really rough like that in Pretoria

[@tlhalefangchelechele6303]

Thato mathata 🔥😭🔥

[@kidlyric0811]

Yesssirski🔥🔥🔥

[@mzamonyaqela3915]

Life Is Gangsta, what a masterpiece, S/O to Thato, you better call Saul

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[@mofmradio1261]

checking in🇿🇦

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[@blvcksoul866]

Thato Soul is Solid mahn..

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Heee byor bo dese Thato o Mathata 👑🙏

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[@reitumetsepoo5247]

Slik Get Working On That Documentary 🦅

[@wellingtonstormzy7622]

012!!! State theatre man!!!!✅✅✅ that’s my Class!

[@shimanegoodboy5341]

Dankiie ntjaka ntjwaa Kasi. Pheli jikelele papa 🔥🤟❤️

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[@reitumetsepoo5247]

Damn he was working on two projects at the same time 🤯

[@otisthatsit3979]

Nice narrative

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[@mphobohwana2980]

The boy is fully in the game now 🔥🔥🤞

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[@stafaktortv344]

Slikour is always talking more than his guests and why would he advise someone who doesn’t necessarily need advice like that I was so excited to watch this it’s no longer an interview rather a boring conversation

[@sandilengiba3137]

Slikour is an OG and if he has to school the youngins, he doesn't shy away from that and I think you are the boring one FOH....

[@InverseTheRapper]

Byor 🔥

[@Jbongs_Ghost]

"Street politics weight like a Ton, feel like a Choker..... I was 11 years old i was jumped on my street, ran home came back with a blade had to cut him a Piece/Probably the only rapper who ran from the police, nightmares of dying in a shootout, and going out cheap..." Thato been through a lot in his life🔥🔥🔥🤌🤌🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🙆🏾‍♂️🙆🏾‍♂️

[@Ameerah07]

I need to see JollyB, ThatoSaul,25k and maglera do magic

[@justthabo]

Thato mathatha🔥

[@khumotawana17]

Modimo otlha pheli ya jumpisa hore it was done in the same time frame as IYKYK🔥

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[@dejecteddripkid]

Need that documentary

[@KatBlskwn777]

And IMP Tha Don Slik 🙏🏼

[@lunahdakid371]

I suggest the Teaching from the HOST(SLIKOUR) should be backstage /behind the scenes... Non the less A PROPER ONE THATO BYOR BOTHATA🔥

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🦅🦅🦅

[@Ameerah07]

Pheli standup📍

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Bodese 🔥🔥

[@svnthabyss]

Slikour speaks a lot of wisdom here.

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[@jdjookin]

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[@manelisigwala9322]

FIMALLY! 🔥🔥🔥

[@Brantley_ZA]

Banyana ba Sosha ba dese serious 🔥

[@wakeup2462]

💯

[@whoisphineas]

THATO SAUL REAL NEGUS ALIVE 🦅‼️

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Thato mathata😭🔥🔥

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[@sayless99]

we need Mash beats next up please

[@slikouronlife]

Got you. Waiting for him to send the album

[@rrekomane9631]

Thato, you went to Valhalla Primary ne? 😂😂😂😂 Ey I remember those steel cage fights

[@pekelosty6731]

19 minutes, you can hear big brother adving lil bro🙏🏾

[@kaybeedna3911]

till this day, around state theater 012 central the game still simmering ko di stofong

[@reitumetsepoo5247]

🤣🤣🤣Byor’s Life Always been a movie since way back🤣🤣🤣🤣

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South Africa Is Blessed

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[@walikozagwa2491]

PTA in da Building 🔥🔥

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[@lesetjasuperior1260]

I fxcks with Thato Saul...PTA Holding the hip hop down

[@thatointake8314]

012 le Thato saul 🔥📍🤌🏾

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RapCity

[@_JoeyHeX]

Pitori FL🌐‼️🌐

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[@plakkasmirff6919]

Dintshang between byor10k & Choko-5k...when is the collabo happening🤷🏾‍♂️ We'd luv 2 hear both 2Pac inspired hommies(The sober & The High version) on 1 joint

[@amoareacts2499]

I loved this interview so much but I still want to know who Thato almost fought with at Cotton Fest 😄

[@innocentmpofu901]

Spill the beans..

[@thularedavid9255]

"I got this knife...butter butter butter "💀💀💀

[@smokey_bodmon]

Thato is the "only rapper that probably ran from the police". He is not pushing a facade like this other gangster rappers who are actually cheese boys

[@hasma_sa5710]

Wanna sit with slikour one day, with the old G....dreams🙌

[@emceek1506]

Malume Slikour One day you'll interview me😌👑 Trust 💯

[@shimanegoodboy5341]

Rip rhulani 🕊️❤️

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[@vutlharhimashele7309]

Thato gave silk that guys name right after the interview.

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[@thubekunene7653]

Interesting dude he's a "Hood Griot" salute

[@user-pc5hf1ln7p]

🅱️yor Ⓜ️athata.🔥

[@lungamrweb]

Put Maglera on the documentary🙌🏾

[@kobelisenoko477]

Maglera, 25k & Thato Saul ⚡🥺🖤🔥🇿🇦love that sound...the new Wordz too

[@entertainmentboothofsahip-2182]

How about one with Mashbeatz?

[@KeagileJohannesMaluleka97]

Exe Byor...neh Dankie baie my bruh...

[@KeagileJohannesMaluleka97]

Mamelodi Appreciates your content...keep going🙌🏾 🙌🏾 🙌🏾

[@KeagileJohannesMaluleka97]

43:03🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@HipHopGobozaYT]

Its 05:13 im still here.

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[@thedarkie1]

where can I get em shades 🕶