Sho Madjozi Biography, Music Career, Top Songs, Awards, Net Worth and Relationship

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By Kinyua Mwangi

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How Old and Where is Sho Madjozi from? 

Artist as Singer-Songwriter: Sho Madjozi

Name: Maya Christinah Xichavo Wegerif

Date of Birth: 9 May 1992 (29 Years Old)

Genre: Rapper

Net worth:  Estimated to be between $500,000-$2,000,000

Sho Madjozi was born 29 years ago in Limpopo, South Africa. Her mother was of African descent while her father was of European descent.

How did Sho Madjozi begin her music career?

Madjozi has had an intriguing life in the arts industry. In her formative years, her parents separated and her father, Mr Wegerif moved to Tanzania where he worked with a not for profit organization, Oxfam. She schooled in Dar es Salaam. Madjozi’s artistic career began at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, US where she landed a scholarship in Creative Writing and African studies.

She later returned home to South Africa as a poet and student at the University of South Africa, Johannesburg. This is where she started writing songs for other artists. A while later,  she quit writing songs for other artists and coined “Sho Madjozi” as her stage name. Her first collaboration ‘Ngiyashia’ with rapper Okmalumkoolkat catapulted her to stardom.

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She then released her hit single ‘Ggi’ that cemented her as a fierce female rapper in South Africa. In 2018, she released ‘Huku’ from her debut album Limpopo Champions League. The song went viral and is still her biggest song to date. She has collaborated with big artistes from East Africa among them Sauti Sol, Darassa, Marioo, Susumila among others. Madjozi has had the pleasure of performing at the Global Citizen Festival which American RnB star Beyonce headlined.

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2019 was a good year for Madjozi. First, she was named by the Forbes magazine amongst the 30 under 30 creatives category. Then, global music platform COLORS where she performed her song  ‘John Cena’ before she got an invite to Kelly Clakson show in the US and John Cena emerged.

In late 2020, she released “What A Life’ a mix tape featuring a host of talents from Limpopo where she was born.

Sho Madjozi Top Songs

• Huku
• Kona
• John Cena
• Wakanda
• Idhom
• Don’t Tell Me What to Do
• Ro Rali
• Dumi Hi Phone

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Signings and Labels

Epic Records

Sho Madjozi Awards and Nominations

• South Africa Music Awards
• AFRIMMA
• BET
• Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards
• MTV Africa Music Awards

Questions you asked…

• Is Sho Madjozi married? Her marriage is still a rumour but she has been dating her boyfriend Kagiso Rabad.
• Is Sho Madjozi Tanzanian or South Africa? She is South African but spends most of her time in Tanzania where she attended school and even learnt Swahili.