Yanga ntshakaza biography template
Yanga ntshakaza biography template
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Yanga Chief
South African musician
For the Idols SA winner, see Yanga Sobetwa.
Yanga Ntshakaza (born 17 October 1987), professionally known as Yanga Chief (or mononymously as Yanga) is a South African rapper, record producer and singer-songwriter.
Born in Mthatha and raised in Queenstown, Yanga studied film studies at University of Johannesburg.[1]
Career
In late 2000s, Yanga was a videographer for Buttabing Entertainment.[2] In 2016, he was featured on AKA's "Dreamwork" which was certified 5× diamond,[3] and he co-written Kwesta's song featuring Thabsie "Ngiyaz'fela Ngawe" released in February 26, 2016.[4] Yanga wrote and provided vocals for AKA’s song "Jika" released in 2018.
In October 2018, his single "Utatakho" was released. The song peak number one on Metro FM Top 40 charts[5] and was certified gold in South Africa selling over 10 000 units.[6] In 2019 "Utatakho" won Song of the Year at the South Africa