Unseen Talents

Nomthandazo Ngwetsheni aka Nomty is about to blow up

Nomthandazo Ngwetsheni aka Nomty

Nomthandazo Ngwetsheni aka Nomty born on the 9th February 1991 is a South African singer. She was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Her name translates to “Prayer” in isiXhosa and she speaks three languages. She is an upcoming Afro-Soul vocalist, who refers to her music as “a fusion of soul elements of pop, jazz and African.”

ALSO READ: Getting To Know DJ Fingz, A Hip-Hop DJ & Producer From Tembisa

Her early childhood

She always knew that music was her calling, have loved to sing all her life. Growing up in a musical family, her Granddad being a composer, songwriter and conductor for choral choirs influenced her love for music at an early age.

Life was good for her as a child, she enjoyed putting on shows at home singing along to her favourite artists, but I always had a yearning of being like Brenda Fassie someone who would sing for the love of singing.
We all have life-changing moments and mine came in the form of a tragic train accident where she was travelling with her 3 sister-cousins and grandmother to Johannesburg. At the tender age of 10 she had to listen to her cousins suffer in agony of the train that had de-railed.

Her sister-cousins did not make it and the aftermath of this event (to this day) is like dealing with the aftermath of a Tsunami. 3 children gone and she survived. The emotional guilt that she has carried over the years has been a heavy one. Music went from being a love to being a form of escaping her reality. Life is not easy, the obstacle that we face at times seem virtually impossible to overcome. But in those words, lies the secret to making any dream happen – “It is Possible”.

Read Full Article

Getting to know DJ Fingz, a Hip-hop DJ & producer from Tembisa

DJ Fingz Gift

DJ Fingz, whose real name is Gift, was born in Tembisa, Gauteng Province, on 27 October 1991. Fingz is a House/Hip-hop and Kwaito DJ and producer known for his work in Thee Extreem Hip-Hop mix projects. 

ALSO READ: Rapper Lolo Vandal Releases Two Brand New Singles

The Tembisa Awards Best Upcoming DJ Nominee and currently the mix DJ for The HoodBase Show on SMU FM 91.7, creates, performs crazy and unique sounds, including heavy mixes of Trap club favourites, original Hip-hop,
soulful RNB, commercial hip-hop and/or funky sounds of other styles.

Starting his career as a DJ at local Pubs in 2010, covering various styles and genres with a focus on dance music, DJ Fingz began creating his own hybrid of hip-hop and trap music into a club sound that fits well in festivals as it does on dance floors.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoXwZGxBIF7/

With a full length of mix seasons released on SoundCloud and a free single release of Drum Hostage (original mix) on Soundcloud, got him called in to be a Deejay for a community TV show named Street Dance 4 Lyf for the Midrand Tembisa Tv (MTTV) community channel. Fingz took part in the Tembisa Community Awards (TCA) as the headline act for launch gala dinner.

Read Full Article

Local artist Qwade Dunn looking forward to returning to SA this summer

Qwade Dunn

Family, the sun and a decent curry is what artist, Qwade Dunn – who is currently conquering the overseas market and living abroad – is most looking forward to when he returns to SA shores this November for a short trip to promote his new single, Girlfriend, which was released to radio earlier this month.

ALSO READ: Kwaito Rapper Mgaga Releases His Debut Solo Single ALL THE WAY Ft AugustChild & Sizwe Magwaza

Qwade grew up in a small town in KwaZulu-Natal, called Eshowe. As a teen, the South-African born singer relocated to New Zealand to study. With a passion and desire to make it in the music industry, he self-funded his first music demo and video, which caught the attention of British manager Johnathan (Jay) Jules. After being scouted by Sony Music, Dunn released his debut single, We Are, produced by British producer James Reynolds, in 2012. It featured as song of the week on New Zealand’s ZM Radio, making Dunn the first African artist to achieve that status in Australasia – quite an achievement for a developing act.

In 2013, Dunn returned to South Africa where he continued to pursue music, albeit in a different way. “It was at this point that Jonathan Jules and I founded Jabba, a music company with a difference. It provided a solution for international music companies seeking to establish a footprint in Africa, one of the world’s fastest growing economies. We not only wanted to bring products into Africa for African music lovers, but also wanted to create a vehicle for exporting African music beyond borders.”

While the business became his primary focus, Dunn continued to release music ad hoc from late 2015 to 2017. “During this time, I did a radio/television tour of east Africa; it just so happened that our company was label partners to an Idols-type show in Zambia. I loved touring east Africa because the people were so warm and the vibe I got was incredible. It made me fall in love with our content all over again.”

Read Full Article

Xenlaii releases his latest single Kwaze kwamnandi

Xenlaii Kwaze kwamnandi

Xenlaii leads us into the Festive Season with this groovy summer tune titled Kwaze Kwamnandi.

ALSO READ: Young Upcoming Rapper Xenlaii Releases His First Song

This comes as Xenlaii’s second offering after his ‘’How To Play’’ hit single which did it’s rotations on commercial radio and even landed him an article on Cosmopolitan magazine and other various media outlets such as CliffCentral to name the few.

Produced by the Tweezy & Una Rams collabotor who goes by the name Kaeb, this single taken from his Surf AM EP which is scheduled to be released on the 15th November 2018 along with a short film, Kwaze Kwamnadi tells a story of high-class females, Margarita wine drinking and afterparties in the northern suburbs of Durban. He paints this picture with an intoxicated grunge texture in his voice.

“The story of high-class females, Margarita wine drinking and afterparty’s in the suburbs is painted with the intoxicated grunge texture in his voice. This is an excellent blend of genres to create a new genre that just forces you to sway your head side to side no matter how much you try to fight the vibration” Xenlaii says.

The song reflects on a youthful midnight experience in the city of Durban which Xenlaii calls the Surf AM experience. Surf AM is a pursuit of happiness, a form of escapism from his bitter reality of losing very important people in his life. It is also the title of his ‘’soon to be released’’ project which will come with a very conceptual short film that was shot in Balito, Durban.

Read Full Article

Getting to know the first Kwaito female DJ Thembi Mkhumbene AKA Dj Miss T SA

Thembi Mkhumbene AKA Dj Miss T SA

Thembi Mkhumbene AKA Dj Miss T SA is an independent first kwaito female DJ born January 22nd in Tokoza (Ekurhuleni).

ALSO READ: Getting To Know Maphokoane Serobanyane Aka DJ Puggy

Her dress-code is Mathanda kitchen, Samson Overall and all-star sneakers. They said Kwaito music is dead but Dj Miss T would disagree. The first kwaito DJ who tattooed Kwaito Diva on her left hand is not a stranger to entertainment venues. This kwaito Dj is about to release her Kwaito EP/Album titled “Ezase Kasi Lami”.

She has been a kwaito fan since she was young and she started her music career 2016 and she is attracting a large number of audience in the short time she has started and she already shared the stage with the likes of Mandla Spikiri, Mapaputsi , Skhokho , 2.5, Mshoza , Drencko, DJ Jucka , DJ Kaygee, Amon , Blorie Da Jam , DJ Sweetment, Toffolux Wabolova , Nomtha WA Kwaito and Stena DJ Bee just to mention a few. She has played in & outside South Africa in places like Caprivi, Justice Place, Lemba Café, Voltage Lounge, Barrels Place, Ha Pita (Lesotho/Maseru), MT Lounge, Boiketlong Pub.

She was also a nominee at the 2017 edition of the Mzansi Kwaito House Music Awards as the best Kwaito DJ Amongst the best DJ’s on the Best Kwaito DJ category which she unfortunately didn’t win but is back once again to prove her nomination wasn’t a fluke by winning the Best Kwaito DJ category.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpq06GRFyz-/

DJ Miss T SA is also representing SA at Southern Africa Music Festival alongside with DJ Melody, Dj Shiks and Dj Sweetment who was also a 2017 Kwaito House Music Award Best Kwaito DJ Nominee. S.A.M.F movement also has Mr. Brown from Mozambique, Abuti from Lesotho, Jonico Kobela from Tembisa and other artists from Botswana, Swaziland, Zambia and Nigeria. Speaking about SAMF Dj Miss T was on a tour to Swaziland in March 25th, Mozambique in June, Botswana in September, Ethiopia after and Lesotho once again in December.

Read Full Article

Getting to know Galaletsang Koffman from The River

Actress Galaletsang Koffman

Actress Galaletsang Koffman is one of the upcoming talents South Africa should watch out. The young talented actress made appearances on several local shows.

ALSO READ: Five Minutes With Expresso’s Thabiso Makhubela

She made an appearance on the Mzansi Magic soap “The Road”, where she bagged a role of Lefentse. She also starred in a LoveLife production “Foxy Chix” where she played the lead role Sbosh. Galaletsang Koffman was nominated for best actress in her graduation film “Lucky”, where played the lead “Mmabatho”. She also appeared on the SABC3 soap “Thula’s Vine” where she played the character of “Musa”.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnwPXrEl8CU/?hl=en&taken-by=age_galaletsang

In her recent interview with Daily Sun, The River actress, who plays Beauty, has advised the youth to go to school before getting into the entertainment industry. She wants aspiring actors to know that the industry is not as glamorous as people think.

Read Full Article