"He always told me he wanted me to be self-sufficient, so my business and his business would collaborate.""I got to learn a lot, I was on the road with him. Sometimes he would tell me how he handles his deals."Hailing from Kanana, a small crime-ridden township in Klerksdorp, MDB frequently references his township experiences in his songs. The name "doe boy" originates from his years of selling drugs as a youngster.
His style of rap, 'Straata' is a Motswako sub-genre and supposedly references his time actively running the streets through his trade.style. His moves were very calculated: "I wanted my sound to have its own space and it has its own space now in the culture, the lifestyle, and all. All of this has been planned.""I did features for four years, positioning myself because a lot of people were questioning what I was saying because my slang is so different. So I felt the best way to teach South Africans was on other people's songs."