Nhlamulo Baloyi is a South African rapper, music executive, and businessman better known by his stage names Nota, Authority, or Lavid Nota. He holds himself up as a SA Hip Hop pioneer. Nota began his career as a rapper and has since released numerous singles, such as “Karama,” “Sphesihle,” and “Preacher,” which features Kwesta. Nota, who formerly collaborated with Kwesta, is credited with helping some of South Africa’s most well-known hip-hop artists find success. Since June 2019, Nota has served as the director of the Orchard, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

 

Additionally, he is the owner of SoFet Urbantainment CC. One of the most contentious and well-known South African celebrities is Nota. His outspoken views on the music business and his contemporaries have generated a great deal of controversy.

The Authority in SA Hip Hop, as Nota Baloyi calls himself. He once explained why he did this in an interview. “The Authority thing is like, leadership is about someone taking responsibility, so I thought this hip-hop community I have contributed so much to I want it to grow, develop, and be able to contribute to the well-being of other people’s life other than myself it has done so much for me,” he stated.

“I’ve given people the codes, everything, how I did it, who I spoke to, who gave me the deals, how much they were worth, what the percentages were, how the splits worked, what’s fair, and all the things that people will necessarily call codes, I gave up for free,”

Nota has been known to caused a stir in almost everything he says, he recently claim that he owns Billiato of Cassper Nyovest, this caused a stir on social media.

Some claim that he is always looking for drama, and some claim he is a legend.