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Eat, sleep, make music, repeat: Musical polyglot Masego invites you into his world

SANTA ANA, Calif. - The best way to understand the blend of music that multi-instrumentalist, singer, rapper and producer Masego calls "TrapHouseJazz" is to see him create it in action.

In a 2017 one-take YouTube video made in collaboration with French producer FKJ, Masego deftly navigates a narrow studio cluttered with instruments to make the eight-minute song "Tadow." Wearing dark aviators, Masego moves from a microphone to a drum machine, a saxophone slung around his neck. After a brief sax duet with FKJ, Masego maneuvers over to the drum set, adding more layers to the song.

Four minutes in, Masego begins to use

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