Hloma Soga aka HMz is a rapper, songwriter, pianist & record producer. His name is an acronym – Hloma’s Mind zone. Named because he is a lyricist and makes music to what he thinks about. I started rapping when I was 11 years old. When I turned 14 I started putting lyrics to paper and by 20, I started producing music. My passion for production ushered me on to learning how to play the piano. HMz specializes in Hip-hop, R&B, House & EDM, infact he believes he can make almost everything music related. He is influenced by rappers and producers such as; Eminem, Nas, Jay-Z, Drake, Kanye West, Dr Dre, Timbaland and Scott Storch. In 2011 I rapped on the YFM hiphop show Siz & Scoop. In 2013 my song 'Get Real' reached 9th on YFM’s Hip-hop Hot 99 and its music video played on Channel O. HMz’s track ‘My Zone’ is a Platform Battle winner on SABC 1’s Mzansi Insider DJ Adil (Metro FM) said the song has a global appeal and can easily play on most radio stations. In 2016 his song 'Trilli' aired on DJ Fresh's 5FM morning show Fresh at 5 In 2017 he won the "corner cypher" at the South African hiphop awards & also won Rap activity jam battle on metro fm with Oskido In 2018 he performed his storytelling single titled "Themba's Story" on a show called expressions on sabc 1. He has also made an appearance on "The Booth" on shiz live Most recently he co produced Shekhinah's song "Pick Up" with Michael ‘Goofy’ Morare from her latest album Trouble In Paradise