Kwesta
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Senzo Mfundo Vilakazi (born 11 August 1988) known professionally as Kwesta, is a South African rapper and songwriter. He was born in Katlehong, Gauteng, a township also known as ‘K1’. In 2003, at the age of 15, he and his friends formed a rap group Ghetto Fellaz which then changed to The Juvenylz, same year. He is currently signed to his own independent media company known as RapLyf Records with co-founder Kid X.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- South Africa
- Active from
- 1988
Discography
- DaKAR2014
- DaKAR II2016
- Spirit2017
- g.o.d guluva2021
- Speak N Vrostaan2022
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- Listeners
- 10,924
- Total plays
- 103,822
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Senzo ‘KWESTA’ Vilakazi was born 11 August 1988 to school teacher Thabsile Vilakazi, on the East Rand of Johannesburg. It was during his high school days at J.G. Strydom where the dream of becoming a rap superstar began, he was a constant irritation to his teachers for writing verses and poems during lessons but as time went on, the very same teachers started asking KWESTA to give examples of his writing by reciting whatever “student friendly” verse or poem he had for the class. <a href="https:/
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Quotes
- “Without South Africa, there is no Nando’s.”
- “We are made special here – made different – full of flavour and fire. We have ‘this thing’ – this indescribable fire, energy and spirit, and it’s worth reminding ourselves of it. Whatever this thing is that we have, may we never lose it.”
- “These things only happen here and it felt like it was already written that they would be part of the story”
- “The fact that brands still want to work with brand Kwesta after 18 years? I must be doing something right”
- “I’m blatantly saying that if I was to leave the game tomorrow, any day and Touchline was the last rapper left I would be fine with how it.”
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Life and career
- Career beginnings
- 2010{{ndash}}2012: ''Special Rekwest''
- 2013{{ndash}}2015: ''DaKAR''
- 2016{{ndash}}2019: ''DaKAR II''
- 2021{{ndash}}present: ''g.o.d guluva''
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Notable singles
- References
Senzo Mfundo Vilakazi (born 11 August 1988) known professionally as Kwesta, is a South African rapper and songwriter. He was born in Katlehong, Gauteng, a township also known as ‘K1’. In 2003, at the age of 15, he and his friends formed a rap group Ghetto Fellaz which then changed to The Juvenylz, same year. He is currently signed to his own independent media company known as RapLyf Records with co-founder Kid X.
In 2010, he released his debut studio album Special ReKwest. His second album DaKAR (2013), peaked at number 3 on the iTunes South African Hip-hop/Rap chart. Kwesta's third studio album, DaKAR II (2016), spawned with singles includes; "Ngud", "Nomayini", "Day One", "Ngiyazifela Ngawe," "Mayibabo" and "Mmino". The album was certified 7× Platinum by the Recording Industry of South Africa (RISA). Having sold 210,000 copies in South Africa, DaKAR II became South African hip hop's best-selling album. His fifth studio album g.o.d Guluva (2021), which debuted at number 3 in South Africa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kwesta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.