Zoocci Coke Dope

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Zoocci Coke Dope

Zoocci Coke Dope (born Andile Babalwe) is a South African beatmaker and engineer. He has worked with several talented, upcoming, and promising rappers. The beatmaker has developed confidence in his unique abilities in beat making.^[1]

Instagram

Zoocci has 148k followers on his verified Instagram account.

Age

In 2016, Hype (magazine) in article #HYPE411 With Zoocci Coke Dope said he was aged 22. The beatmaker Zoocci Coke is 26 years old.^[2]

Education

He’s passionate about the production which pushed him to chase an academic career in engineering.

He did not complete his studies as an engineer after dropping out after a year of study.

During his days of study, he discovered that he did more school work rather than making music

“I was super hungry.
I wanted to show people how good I am.
Because that’s what it’s all about for me, showing people that I’m really good at making music,”

he says.

At that time, his sister was also in the university so he thought he could lessen the burden for his mother who was paying for their education.

“I spoke to her about it and told her I got a plan,” She said she would give me about a year.
And I took it.”^[3]

Record label

He is signed under the record label PiFF Audio, an independent label.

Zoocci started the label to escape pursuing hit records that sound the same. According to him, it is the place where he gets artists he believes in and works with them to release music. ^[4]

Career

The thought of which he derives his confidence and feels to be the best in the city.

His name Zoocci has a different story of its own and the coke is short for cocaine which tries to lay emphasis on his addictive beats.

Zooocci is self-taught and talented, his debut copy of FL Studio when he was 10 years old and since then he has been on fire! Occasionally, the beatmaker records hooks and verses for several rappers working with him. Hard work pays, after all, his spirit of non-stop hustling and uniqueness has brought him to the spotlight.

Influence & Inspiration

Zoocci Coke Dope draws his inspiration from listening to new age soul artists like Eli Sostre, Rexx Life Raj, Tory Lanez, alongside rappers like A-Reece, Emtee, and Nipsey Hussle. However, he says that his greatest influence in music is Lil Wayne.