NOMFUNDO MOH
Nomfundo Moh started singing when she was six years old and there wasn’t a school concert or church competition that she wouldn’t enter.
In her latest album, she has tried to cater to all people by having influences of Gospel, Maskandi while sticking to her genre of Afro-pop.
Nomfundo Moh has featured many artists in her latest album including Ami Faki, Sha Sha, De Muziqal chef, Mthuda amongst others.
Nomfundo Moh is fast becoming a sensation in the music industry with her third official radio single, Phakade Lami, sitting on almost 1-million views on YouTube.
Nomfundo Moh shares her life experiences, through relatable stories and offers some motivation and inspiration with her life story with added doses of spirituality.
AMI FAKU
Ami Faku is featured on Tresor’s latest single smoke and mirrors because of her distinctive voice, which brings a new and different sound to the song.
Ami Faku comes from Port Elizabeth and often sings in isiXhosa, but loves to explain the stories behind her music.
Ami Faku’s debut single, Imali, was released in 2018 and last year she had five different songs in the Top 100 on local radio stations.
Ami Faku shares her personal life through her songs, which is why they’re so relatable.
Ami Faku’s harmonies are influenced by the Bollywood films that she grew up watching, and attributes her sound to her exposure to multiple genres and various artists throughout her life.
SHA SHA
Sha Sha is an introvert despite being in the music industry.
Sha Sha speaks at least four languages including Shona, English, Zulu, and Ndebele.
In 2020, she was signed to Blaqboy record label, owned by DJ Maphorisa.
Sha Sha’s biggest fears are creepy crawlies such as bugs and spiders.
DJ TIRA
Dj Tira and his wife Gugu Khathi have dated for 18 years and married for nine years.
DJ Tira is generous and often does random acts of kindness for strangers, which has allowed him to remain humble.
While he’s made hundreds of gqom music hits, DJ Tira loves hip-hop music and listens to many RnB.
DJ Tira’s favourite RnB artists are Keyshia Cole and Teddy Pendergrass.
DJ Tira is very positive and constantly wants to think and feel good and avoids anything that will throw him off.
DJ Tira loves working out.
PRINCE BULO
Prince Bulo teamed up with Q Twins on the fast-paced love track ‘Uthando’. The song is characterised by challenges but ends on a good note with people dancing.
Prince Bulo and Andiswa Live’s powerful song lyrics protest against gender violence in South Africa.
Prince Bulo has collaborated with DJ Tira on an Afro-house track titled “Stay With Me”.
Vanessa Mdee featured Prince Bulo, DJ Tira, and Distruction Boyz in her song ‘That’s For Me’.
Prince Bulo has pledged to donate R10,000 from his SAMRO Royalty income every four years to SAMRO Foundation to be used as a composer’s award.
ZANDA ZAKUZA
Zanda Zakuza achieved widespread popularity after featuring on the singles “Skeleton Move” by Master KG and “Club Controller” (2019) by Prince Kaybee.
Zakuza was born and raised in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal but her family are from Bizana in the Eastern Cape.
Zanda Zakuza attended Pinetown Girls’ High School and later enrolled at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where she studied music, specialising in jazz.
At an early age, she preferred dancing and sports. However, she started taking an interest in music in high school.
Zanda Zakuza joined the industry in 2015 and signed a record deal with Open Mic Productions.
GUNNA
Gunna is an American rapper and songwriter who has a net worth of $4 million.
Gunna was born in College Park, Georgia in June 1993.
In 2013 he released the mixtape Hard Body under the name Yung Gunna.
As Gunna, he released the mixtapes Drip Season in 2016 and Drip Season 2 in 2017.
His mixtape Drip Season 3 was released in 2018 and reached #20 on the US Rap chart and #25 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop chart.
FUTURE
Future’s government name is Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn.
Future’s former fiancee singer Ciara has a tattoo of the letter “N” on her ring finger for Nayvadius.
His stage name was born when members of the hip-hop musical collective, The Dungeon Family, called him “The Future.”
Future wrote the hook for Ludacris’ “Blueberry Yum Yum.”
As a kid, Future learned the lyrics to all of Too $hort’s songs.
YOUNG THUG
Young Thug was born Jeffrey Williams in 1992, in Atlanta and is the second youngest of 11 children.
Young Thug became a Grammy award-winning artist in 2019 for his work on Childish Gambino’s “This Is America,” which was named Song of the Year 2019.
Young Thug was featured on the front cover of Dazed magazine in 2015 wearing a Gucci lace top and a sheer tulle dress.
Young Thug has always preferred women’s clothes because they’re slimmer than men’s.
Young Thug caught the attention of Gucci Mane after releasing three instalments of a mixtape series titled ‘I Came from Nothing’.
MAJOR LEAGUE DJS
The Major League Djz twins have done a lot of weekly mixes on Khozi FM and Mafikeng FM.
Major League Djz has decided to become the ambassadors for the McDonald’s Street Rhythm campaign.
Major League Djz’s favourite artists are Sjava and Nasty C, Zonke and Nadia Nakai.
The estimated net worth of Major League Djz is about $200,000 – 500,00$
The Major League Djz twins were born on January 3, 1991.
MATHANDO AND NVCHO
The song BAKWA LAH by Major League Djz Mathandos and Nvcho featuring C4 Djs has gained over 1,780,438 views on YouTube since its release in February.
Mathandos Instagram handle is real_deejaymathandos.
Mathandos has 1.9 thousand followers on Instagram.
ZAYN
Zayn Malik was born on 12th January 1993 in St Luke’s Hospital, Bradford. He’s the second oldest member of One Direction behind Louis.
Zayn can’t swim and is scared of open water (also known as Aquaphobia). Despite this he likes sharks – especially hammerheads!
Zayn’s surname Malik in Arabic means ‘king’ or ‘chieftain’.
Zayn was born to British Pakistani father Yaser and an English mother Tricia Malik (maiden name Brannan).
Zayn’s name is actually spelt with an ‘i’ (Zain). He reckons ‘Zayn’ looks more original and adopted it as his stage name.
JUSTIN BIEBER
Justin Bieber wore His own Label as he and his wife Hailey Baldwin made their Met Gala Debut.
Justin Bieber has suffered from Lyme disease for many years and often talks about his struggles with the disease.
Justin Bieber has received multiple awards including a Grammy, 15 American Music Awards and 21 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Justin Bieber’s new documentary called Our World will be released on the 8th of October on Amazon Prime.
Justin Bieber is going to headline Jay-Z’s Made in America festival this year as it was cancelled
last year because of the coronavirus.
OMAH LAY
Omah Lay’s real name is Omah Stanley Didia.
Omah Lay is a native of Port-Harcourt, and also a graduate of the University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers state.
The upcoming artiste Omah Lay started singing when he was just 15.
Omah Lay is currently signed to Dvpper music record label.
Omah Lay was born on 1st May 1976.
REECE MADLISA
Reece Madlisa produces his songs under the record label Black is Brown ENT and Prime Hold Consulting. His genres are dance and electronic.
Reece Madlisa’s net worth as of 2021 is $25.8k.
Reece Madlisa has amassed 244k followers on the platform (as of April 8, 2021).
Reece Madlisa released his own album Ama Roto in 2020. Two of his tracks from the album made it to the top 2 on the charts of South Africa in October last year.
Reece Madlisa song Sithi Sithisong exceeded 2 million streams and achieved gold status in March.
ZUMA
Zuma is active on Instagram as dereal_zumba.
Zuma has collaborated with many artists. He has created many music collaborations with Reece Madlisa. His most popular collab is with Ama Roto Ep.
Zuma started his musical career from an early age and has impressed his fans and followers. He started out with other genres but later picked up Amapiano.
Zuma has been featured by a well-known Amapiano DJ, JazzDisciples.
AKA
The award-winning rapper AKA finally settled a whopping tax bill of R5 million pending since 2017.
AKA bought Durban’s Cuba Lounge in 2020 and formally announced ownership of the venture in Nov/ December 2020.
AKA has a partnership with Cruz Vodka, where he gets paid a percentage of every purchase.
One of AKA’s most expensive cars, a BMW MX6, costs over R2 million.
AKA launched his own subscription-based channel in May of 2020 called AKA TV.
COSTA TITCH
Costa Titch is originally from Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, where he was born and raised.
Costa Titch was part of a dance crew, New Age Steeze, with Phantom Steeze and Tumi Tladi.
Costa Titch’s Costa’s breakout single ‘Nkalakatha ft Riky Rick and AKA had more than 900k views on YouTube in just six months.
Costa Titch’s real name is Costa Tsobanoglou.
Costa Titch has choreographed the DSTV Mzansi Viewers Choice Awards.
CBUDA M
C’buda M has more than a thousand monthly listeners on Spotify.
C’buda M’s most-streamed song on Spotify is Themba Kim, with 65 700 streams.
His Instagram handle is cbuda_m.
C’buda M’s song Themba Kim has received 34,286 views on YouTube.
ALFA KAT
Alfa Kat is a South African-based artist born and raised in the village of Mahikeng, South Africa.
Alfa Kat writes his own lyrics to his songs, mostly rap songs. He even produces his songs often.
Alfa Kat is available on Instagram as @alfakat__. He has a whopping 30k followers in his account.
Alfa Kat set his vision to become an artist at four years of age.
Alfa Kat goes by the name of Phone Yam on his Twitter account.
GUNNA
Gunna is an American rapper and songwriter who has a net worth of $4 million.
Gunna was born in College Park, Georgia, in June 1993.
In 2013 he released the mixtape Hard Body under the name Yung Gunna.
As Gunna, he released the mixtapes Drip Season in 2016 and Drip Season 2 in 2017.
Gunna’s mixtape Drip Season 3 was released in 2018 and reached #20 on the U.S. Rap chart and #25 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop chart.
FUTURE
Future was born on a cusp (the changeover from one Sun to the next) on November 20, which means he has the traits of two different star signs.
Future’s real name is Nayvadius Cash! He was born with Nayvadius Wilburn but later had his name legally changed.
Future started his career as a songwriter, penning hooks for fellow Atlanta artists like Ludacris. His big break came in 2011 when he wrote YC’s hit single ‘Racks’.
Future was engaged to Ciara and had a son named Future Zahir. However, he broke off the engagement in August 2014, three months after his son was born.
At 14, he got shot in the hand because he was heavily involved in street life.
DJ SLIQE
DJ Sliqe is a spiritual man who depends on God for direction.
DJ Sliqe is a vegetarian.
DJ Sliqe says music regulates his moods and his consciousness.
DJ Sliqe latest album consists of 5 songs in total and features a song with Zingah titled Fresh Take.
DJ Sliqe has a lot of plants in his house as he loves nature and being around it.
EMTEE
Emtee was born in Matatiele and grew up in Rockville, Soweto, where he was involved in talent shows.
Before being signed to Ambitiouz Entertainment, Emtee was part of Hip Hop group 4front. 4front was started in 2011 by South African hip hop artist, presenter and producer, MarazA.
Emtee’s career began at the age of 17 and his debut hit single, “Roll Up” was released in 2015 to critical acclaim.
Emtee started off by writing Kwaito music.
Emtee recorded his first professional song when he was only 13 with money he had saved up himself.
MARAZA
Maraza was born in Stanger, North Coast, South Africa on the 13th of June 1989.
The rapper, Maraza’s real name is S’phamandla Mholonga.
While we talk about his online influence, Maraza’s Instagram account holds more than 43K followers and 81K on Twitter.
Maraza wanted to be an international superstar, but I initially believed he had a better chance of being a lawyer or engineer.
Maraza’s name was born from an evolution of pet names he was teased by. Started out as Sparks.
FIREBOY DML
Adedamola Adefolahan popularly known by fans as Fireboy DML is a Nigerian artiste born on the 5th of February 1996.
Fireboy DML is signed to Olamide’s YBNL records as a replacement of Adekunle Gold.
After Fireboy DML’s secondary education, he proceeded to the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-ife, where he studied the English Language.
Fireboy DML started and completed his primary and secondary education in Abaeokuta, Ogun State Nigeria.
Fireboy DML’s net worth is around $100,000.
ED SHEERAN
Ed Sheeran’s birthday is in February 1991, this means the singer just turned 31 as of February 2022.
Ed Sheeran was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire which is in England. However, his father moved the family to Framlingham in Suffolk when Ed was three-years-old.
Ed Sheeran has named his fans Sheerios after the breakfast cereal Cheerios.
Ed Sheeran’s cat has his own Twitter account we aren’t kidding, it’s @GrahamShizza.
A fan loved him so much she sent him a cake full of hair. How’s that for the dark side of fame.
DE MTHUDA
De Mthuda has made a name for himself through the AmaPiano series. He even composed a song for the movie “John Wick.”
De Mthuda has 256,174 monthly listeners, and most of them are from his hometown, Johannesburg.
De Mthuda also runs a record label by the name of CCA.
SINO MSOLO
Sino Msolo is an Afro Musician artist; he is well known as a singer, rapper, songwriter, and composer.
Sino Msolo was born on September 15, 1997, in Flagstaff, Eastern Cape.
In 2017, Sino Msolo entered South African Idols and went all the way to the Top 29.
DA MUZIKAL CHEF
Da Muziqal Chef has worked with artists like Sam Deep, De Mthuda, Sir Triill, Njelic, DJ Maphorisa and Kabza de Small.
In February this year, he dropped his EP titled Nguwe which marked his time to shine and take centre stage. Nguwe features Sino Msolo, De Mthuda and Malumanator.
Da Muziqal Chefhas over 233k streams on Spotify and 79.7k listeners on Spotify.
Da Muziqal Chef’s real name is Tshepo Bure.
THE WEEKEND
The Weeknd has Ethiopian roots. Both his parents moved from Ethiopia to Canada in the ’80s.
Since The Weekend did not finish high school, he does crossword puzzles to improve his vocabulary.
The Weeknd’s real name is Abel Makonnen Tesfaye.
The Weeknd toured with Justin Timberlake in 2013 for his 20/20 Experience tour and opened Justin’s stage for him.
The Weeknd named his album ‘Starboy’ after David Bowie’s ‘Starman’. The album was heavily influenced by the deaths of the iconic stars David Bowie and Prince.
