Mpumi Biography: Full Name, Age, Parents, Hometown, Husband, Net-Worth, Career, Awards, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
Mpumi Somandla born Nompumelelo Claudia Mzobe is a South African singer, music writer and vocalist. She was born on the 19th of January, 1982 in Ndwedwe, Kwa Zulu Natal South Africa. She is a house hold name in South African music industry. Let’s take a look at her biography below. Mpumi Full Name She was…
Mpumi Somandla born Nompumelelo Claudia Mzobe is a South African singer, music writer and vocalist.
She was born on the 19th of January, 1982 in Ndwedwe, Kwa Zulu Natal South Africa.
She is a house hold name in South African music industry.
Let’s take a look at her biography below.
Mpumi Full Name
She was born Nompumelelo Claudia Mzobe but she goes by the stage name Mpumi Somandla.
Mpumi Age
She was born on the 19th of January, 1982 in Ndwedwe, Kwa Zulu Natal South Africa. She is 38 years old as of the year 2020.
Mpumi Hometown
She was born on the 19th of January, 1982 in Ndwedwe, Kwa Zulu Natal South Africa.
Mpumi Early Life and Education
She was raised by her mother, who was a domestic worker as she lost her father at a very young age. She has four siblings. The family later moved to live in Ntuzuma Township.
She enrolled at the Durban University of Technology to pursue a degree in video technology but unfortunately had to drop out after one year of studying because of financial difficulties.
She later joined Mbongeni Ngema’s Academy of Performing Arts, where she perfected her music talent.
Mpumi Career
She started singing at a very young age and loved to perform wherever she found an audience since her primary school days.
She revealed that most record labels rejected her, which almost killed her dream. She had her break when she was discovered by one of the country’s biggest producers Heavy K the Drumboss.
Heavy K provided her with a recording platform and helped her work on Umoya, which was a hit.
She has since then captured the hearts of South Africans and the rest of Africa with her smooth vocals.
Mpumi released her debut album titled ‘The Birth of Mpumi” in 2016. The album was packed with hits such as ‘Ngize’ featuring Professor, Yahweh and featuring Zodwa, KSDrum, and Dj Micks.
In 2019, she featured on TNS’ runaway hit single Umona, arguably one of the biggest songs of her career.
She closed the year with a promise to drop her second album titled ‘Nompumelelo, on the 31st of July 2020.
On the 12th of June, she released a single off that album titled, ‘blackman’ featuring Bucie. As a result of the success of her debut album, Mpumi became a house hold name on South African music scenery.
On the 31st of July 2020, Mpumi released her much anticipated album, ‘Nompumelelo’.
The album includes features from Claudio and Kenza on ‘Uzobuya’ as well as ‘Blackman’ featuring the queen of Afro Soul, Bucie.
Mpumi Latest Songs
She has released quite a number of songs notably; Yilento, Yawheh, Somandla, Shona Malanga, Kwanele, Oxamu, Buka, Soka Lami, Love High, Izulu among many others.
Mpumi Instagram, Facebook and Twitter
She goes by the handle @mpumi_somandla on Instagram, @Mpumi_Somandla on Twitter and Mpumi on Facebook.
Check out the official video of her song YAWHEH below.
