Dynamite comes in small packages

Layara Marks
Layara Marks

At first sight Layara Marks looks like just another slight young woman ready to embrace the world. Until you see her do her thing on stage it is unlikely that you will imagine her as a cutting edge Hip Hop artist who loads her lyrical gun with a full magazine.

Once she pulls the trigger, it is difficult for this miniature chick to stop until the ‘gat’ is empty.

At a recent Motswrap poetry night at Thapong Visual Arts Centre, the enigmatic rapper demonstrated confidence buoyed by raw talent. Within minutes of coming on stage, she had convinced the youthful crowd to rally behind her with big cheers and whistles as she strutted her stuff.

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