and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, before relocating to South Africa and joining the group Cashless Society. Blaze Tha Breaks In 2000 Bobbito Garcia, Mr. Len and Jean Grae travelled to South Africa from New York City to perform in South Africa for the first time. Bobbito then released the split-12" single of Cashless Society "Blaze tha Breaks" b/w Mizchif "Place for a Wife" on his own Independent Fondle 'Em Records in 2000 upon their return to the States. The A-side of the record, 'Blaze Tha Breaks' saw Snazz D, X-Amount and Black Intellect rhyming over a Nina Simone sample based beat produced by Draztik and X-Amount. The B-Side saw Mizchif featuring Tsakani Mhinga performing "Place for a Wife" over a beat by Richard The 3rd. Distribution was handled by Fat Beats with the record becoming one of the first Internationally distributed records for a South African hip-hop artist. The single was released in Southern Africa on Unreleased Records the following year, and it was also featured on the "Farewell Fondle 'Em" compilation released on Definitive Jux as well. The South African release also features the songs 'History', 'Make It Happen' and Blaze Tha Breaks (Remix). The enhanced portion of the CD features full biographies as well as the 'Blaze Tha Breaks' music video. African Raw Material Vol. 1 In 2003 the group released their first full-length album 'African Raw Material volume one' on their own Unreleased Records imprint with distribution handled by Sony BMG Africa. It featured guest appearances by Tumi, Mizchif and Masauko of Blk Sonshine. The album saw the group add additional members Criminal, Tizeye and Gemini, while DJ IQ had left the group to relocate back to Queens, New York. Criminal a rapper originally from Lilongwe, Malawi, Tizeye from Johannesburg and Gemini a rapper and producer from Cape Town who is also a member of Groundworks. Hottentot Hop (Bantu 1,2) The first single off the album 'Hottentot Hop (Bantu 1, 2)' was well received. The song featured Snazz, X-Amount and Fat Free performing a Draztik produced beat. The video directed by Andrew Wessels was filmed in the Kalahari Desert and earned the group an award at the South African Music Awards that year for best video. The song was also featured on the 'Silvertab Harambe Dope Sessions' compilation released by DIY Records and published by African Dope Records. The compilation was made up of songs voted