Xolani Ngcaza professionally known as “ProX” or “ProXnakedmynd” is a Cape Town, South Africa based rapper from Khayelitsha. His artistic journey started when he was secretly writing poems while focusing more on doing drama during his high school years when he got the name ProX from the Marvel character (Professor X).
During 2006 he decided to write raps instead of poems and showcased in every poetry and hip hop session he could stubble upon. ProXnakedmynd caught the attention of rappers, Backyard Crew, Undecided Crew, Maxhoseni, Driemanskap and Rattex. In 2008 he was approached by Pzho to join Nunstop Records and became the 4th member of one of the best crews in Khayelitsha, Nakedmynd.
A year later the crew split and only two members remained (Pzho and ProXnakedmynd). The duo did two mixtapes together (Hyper and Ishubile) and became main acts in almost every Zabalaza festival. His first solo single “Mjit’ Uyaflosa” gave him street cred for his punch lines, but the song that gave him a huge following was “Honest (A song many couples related to) featuring Qhama Musiq”.
“I Look To You” a song dedicated to his two former crew mates, and the song held the number 1 spot for over a month on
Bush Radio's hip hop show Headwarmaz. He has performed in various places in and around Cape Town such as Knysna, Strand, Stellenbosch, George, Hermanus, Ceres, Robertson. In the Eastern Cape he performed in Komani, Fort Hare, eMdantsane, King William’s Town, eMhlanga, Dimbaza & Zwelitsha.
Highlights of his career thus far include sharing the stage with Ntsiki Mazwai during a poetry competition in Langa early 2007, Teargas in 2010 in Khayelitsha during a scrutinise event held by the Department of Health and The Soil on the 1st Annual Love Letter Event in Alice on February 2015. Between 2017-2019 he shared stages with K.O, Reason, Fifi Cooper and A-Reece.
He released his first solo mixtape on 19 February 2020 titled "Team Ten Thousand" #TTT with 17 tracks (20 including Intro and 2 skits for the CD version) which saw him get a lot of features by many underground artists around South Africa. Amongst them were Flash Ikumkani (former Emtee Records artist) on “Dat Way” Remix and Tee X on a few songs including “One Of Them” which features multi award winning recording artist Emtee The Hustler.
3 years later again on 19 February ProXnakedmynd released his second mixtape “Phila” which focuses on story telling aimed at healing broken souls and hope it will inspire people to find inner strength. The project features artists Bravo Le Roux, Flash Ikumkani, Lusiblaq, Crimino, Peddie, Jontel, Vee Mafaku, P. Langa and Dapain who also produced 13 of the 16 songs on the project. With Chilli Fly, Mntane Thongo and DJ Toxic producing the rest.