Cashtime Life

CashTime Life was a South African Music Publishing Company and Entertainment Company, as well as a record label and Management Service. The CashTime Fam was a South African hip hop collective, consisted of South African hip hop musicians, performers and entertainers K.O, Ma-E, Maggz, Kid X, Smashis, AB Crazy and Ntukza.^[1]

Cashtime
Founder	K.O and Ma-E
Defunct	2018 (2018)
Genre	Various
Country of origin	South Africa
Location	Johannesburg
Slogan	Cashtime for Life Cashtime Tsotsi for Life

Roster

Current roster

• (CashTime is No Longer Active)

Former acts

• K.O
• Ma-E
• Maggz^[2]
• AB Crazy^[3]
• Ntukza
• Zingah^[4]
• Nomuzi aka Moozlie
• Michamelo
• KiD X
• zandie_buthelezi
• andi
• AirDee^[5]

Full Discography

Compilation albums

Year	Artist	Album Title	Album details	Certification	Sales
2006	Teargas	K'shubile K'bovu	Released: July 6, 2006[6] Label: Electrode Formats: CD, digital download	RiSA: Gold[6]	South Africa: +25,000
2008	Teargas	Wafa Wafa	Released: March 23, 2008[6] Label: Electrode Formats: CD, digital download
2009	Teargas	Dark or Blue	Released: November 11, 2009[6] Label: Electrode Formats: CD, digital download	RiSA: Gold[6]	South Africa: +20,000
2011	Cashtime Fam	Now or Never	Released: October 13, 2011[6] Label: Electrode Formats: CD, digital download
2012	Teargas	Num8er Num8er	Released: August 22, 2012[6] Label: Electrode Formats: CD, digital download

Solo studio albums

Year	Artist	Album Title	Album details	Certification	Sales
2013	K.O.	Skhanda Republic	Released: November 7, 2014 Label: Cashtime Life, Electrode Formats: CD, digital download	RISA: Platinum[7]	South Africa: + 40,000
2016	Ma-E	Township Counsellor	Released: March 28, 2016 Label: Cashtime Life Formats: CD, digital download

Mixtapes

Year	Artist	Album Title	Album details	Downloads
2013	Cashtime Fam	Cashtime R.A.D.I.O	Released: March, 2013 Label: Cashtime Life Formats: Digital download
2015	KiD X	3 Quarter Pace	Released: October, 2015 Label: Cashtime Life Formats: Digital download	+600,000

Nomuzi's Departure

Cashtime Life CEO Thabiso Khati announced in March 2016 that artist Nomuzi Mabena otherwise known as Moozlie, was no longer part of the Cashtime Roster. It was said that due to the differences between Nomuzi's vision and the label's vision for her development in her music career, the label opted to release her from her contract. Nomuzi departed on good terms with the label.^[8]

References

1. "'No transparency or credibility': Why rappers K.O, Kid X are not taking part in SA Hip Hop Awards". Times LIVE. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
2. "Rapper Maggz set to leave Cashtime - but the label's future is secure". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
3. "Goodbye to Cashtime Fam for good?". www.hypemagazine.co.za. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
4. "Smashis Addresses His Relationship With K.O & Cashtime Life". www.hypemagazine.co.za. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
5. Helen, Ms (June 6, 2016). "A Sit Down with Producer extraordinare". SlikourOnLife. Archived from the original on 2020-01-28. Retrieved Jan 28, 2020.
6. "Best Selling Hip Hop Albums In South Africa Part 3 - SA Hip Hop Mag". 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
7. Ogala, Idia (2015-12-08). "Meet K.O, the platinum-selling emcee putting South Africa on the map". The Source. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
8. Tjiya, Emmanuel. "Nomuzi Mabena released from CashTime records". Sowetan LIVE. Retrieved 2016-03-23.