I-Octane recently received recognition at the Excellence in Music and Entertainment Awards for his music video Stab Vampire and his latest video Poverty seems set to follow in the same direction.

This is definitely one of the best music videos for the longest time. Poverty takes a sharp look into ghetto livity, it cuts to the core as it identifies the cause and consequences through cleverly inserted blurbs. This gripping social commentary zones in on real issues that contribute to crime through a pictorial portrayal and I-Octane tops it off with his soothing empathizing voice in the background.

The video since its release has been permeating the local cable and television music video programmes and is receiving some good feedback.

It could be one of the contributing factors why the single Poverty which was recorded on the 83 rhythm has now shot its way on the Hype TV Top 20 Singles chart at # 18.

Incidentally another single, Queen Ifrica's Daddy Don't Touch Me There was also recorded on the same rhythm and that song sat at the number one spot for four weeks. It's left to be seen whether I-Octane's Poverty will follow the same path.