The Holstar

The Holstar
Born	Duncan Sodala (1982-05-10) 10 May 1982 Lusaka, Zambia
Other names	Holstar
Occupation	Singer Producer
Years active	1993–present
Notable credit(s)	Zone Fam Slam Dunk Records
Website	Website

Duncan Sodala known professionally as The Holstar , is an Zambian hip hop recording artist producer and music promoter from Lusaka. In 2004 he adopted the name The Holstar a name that embodies his lyricism and style of music. Holstar is also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of his own label imprint, Slam Dunk Records , which he founded in 2007. His interest in hip hop started in 1993 when he heard Snoop Doggy Dog’s first album Doggystyle and was further influenced by 90s rap and hip-hop produced by the Wu Tang Clan and Nas. He made his first studio recording in 2004 which lead to an EP as well as his friendship and producing relationship with Patrick Kawanu.

Early life and education

Born in Lusaka out of a family of five Sodala is the last born. He attend his school at Namulunga Primary School and he did his High school in South Africa at the International School of South Africa but he completed his school in Zambia at ITS in 1999. He went to ZICAS and got a certificate in the Institute for Management of Information System and the he got a diploma in the same field at ZBIC

Early career

His first job was at Zamtel in the marketing department he was then moved to the billing department after Zamtel he worked for a imagining solutions where he did some administration works. A year later after working for imaging solutions he moved to train setters magazine doing sound engineering for a radio show youth media and he did a bit of consultancy works as he tried to find his footing. While at train setters they started an organization called Hip-Hop Foundation of Zambia at the time Hip-Hop was still growing in Zambia. During that time they had a number of events at the Lusaka Play House.

Music and career

Holster's music career started when he was in high performing in school talent shows. He was inspired by a local rapper Arkitect in the late nineties and seeing someone like him trying to break into the business gave him the courage to try his luck. The Holstar establish his own studio in conjunction with Pope called “The Zone” and then later he created his own imprint Slam Dunk Records in 2007 and has released his three albums on this label Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Part 2 and 2009 - H3 – Love Me or Hate.

Zone Fam

The Holstar one of the original members of Zone Fam formed in 2007, releasing mix-tapes such as The Full Script produced by Nigerian producer Teck-Zilla. In 2009, he changed his role in the group and become the manager but still he continued to produce music as a solo artist.

External links

• Duncan Sodala on Twitter
• Danncan Sodala Facebook Page
• Danncan Sodala Instagram Page