Kwesta
Hip Hop · Rap
Kwesta is Senzo Mfundo Vilakazi, a South African rapper and songwriter born on 11 August 1988 in Katlehong, Gauteng, the township known as K1. He started…
Biography
Kwesta is Senzo Mfundo Vilakazi, a South African rapper and songwriter born on 11 August 1988 in Katlehong, Gauteng, the township known as K1. He started rapping with friends at 15 in a group called Ghetto Fellaz, later The Juvenylz.
His debut album Special ReKwest came out in 2010, followed by DaKAR. The record that changed everything was DaKAR II (2016), with “Ngud'”, “Nomayini”, “Day One” and “Mayibabo”. It went seven times platinum and, at 210,000 copies, became the best-selling South African hip-hop album ever. DJ Maphorisa produced “Ngud'”, and the album mixed kasi rap with house and kwaito.
He co-founded RapLyf Records with Kid X. Later albums include g.o.d Guluva (2021), which debuted at number three, and Speak N Vrostaan (2022). His awards include six SAMAs, four South African Hip Hop Awards, an MTV Africa Music Award and a Metro FM Award.
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