Gemini Major real name Benn Gilbert Kamoto was (born June 14, 1990) is a Malawian-born record producer, singer, songwriter and a rapper who is currently signed in Cassper Nyovest’s independent record label, Family Tree which is also home to Tshego and Nadia Nakai.
Gemini Major finished high school in 2007 and later graduated in I.T in 2009. In the same year, he moved to Durban, South Africa to pursue his dream as an artiste and record producer. Gemini Major has produced for a number of artists in a variety of genres ranging from R&B, Hip-Hop, House, Dancehall, Pop and Gospel. His portfolio includes production used in TV Shows such as Gold Diggers Season 3, Forever Young and Mo Love but his remarkable work thus far is the ‘Juice Back remix’ single by Nasty C featuring Davido and his boss, Cassper Nyovest which he produced and ‘Ragga Ragga’.
In 2013 he moved to Johannesburg. After a chance meeting with Cassper Nyovest and his team at a video shoot for a song that Gemini Major had produced, he joined the Family Tree team. After the release of Nasty C’s hit single ‘Juice Back’, Gemini has become the go to producer for some of South Africa’s leading Hip-Hop artistes.
In 2015 Gemini Major was nominated for Producer of the year at the South Africa Hip Hop Awards alongside South Africa’s best Hip Hop producers such as Anatii, Riky Rick, Ganja Beats and Tweezy.
He has since been featured in numerous singles with the recent one being ‘Lifestyle’ where he was featured by Da L.E.S