#TheTakeOffInterview| #SpecialGuest The multi award winning legendary musician Joe Nina
As one of the founding fathers of the kwaito genre Joe Nina in his latest single “My Love Song (Uthand’Ingoma Yam’)”, collaborates with Professor and Zakwe, two of the most significant innovators of both the kwaito and the hip-hop scene.
Born MAKHOSINI XABA
Known for hits like Ding Dong, Sbali and Nomthandazo
30 Years in the industry, 30 albums
As one of South Africa’s Kwaito pioneers, Joe Nina has also achieved great success as an Afro-soul musician, but is not limited to any of these genres.
He comes from humble beginnings in the Kwa-Themba Township in the East Rand where he was born, to becoming a mega star, owning his own recording company, writing a soundtrack for the movie Jump the gun, and starring in it by the age of 24.
Joe Nina’s father, Solomon Xaba, was a guitar and saxophone player during the heydays of Sophiatown, while his mother, Lettie, did backing vocals for his father’s band, the Shamings.
He says his parents used to take him along to shows where he was happy to learn. They would also travel as far as Swaziland, living the
musical dream.
Learning to play the drums and singing under the excellent coaching of his father, Joe Nina gradually developed and discovered his own musical talent. By age 14 he could play the piano and at 16 he announced his intentions to pursue a musical career.
Joe Nina has been on fire ever since and never looked back.
Always determined to make a difference Joe Nina, not willing to let the
current situation lead us to solitude and desolation
Please tell us about your latest single “My Love Song (Uthand’Ingoma Yam’)”,
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