Rumbidzai Mhlanga , Sunday Life Reporter
THE new kid on the block set the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards stage on fire last Saturday.
The Waz’khoth’ilihlo hit-maker Tebogo Moyo popularly known as Tebza, a 14-year-old Form 2 pupil at Milton High School started his music career as a rapper in 2016 and his talent was discovered by his brothers Tinashe Nyathi known as Manplaza and Mduduzi Mdlalose warmly-known as Mduman. Young Tebza related to this publication how he got to the music industry.
“I am a young boy who started music in 2016 with my brothers Manplaza and Mduman. Manplaza recognised that I am talented and produced my first song called Wonke umuntu uyajaiva and my first performance was at Ganda Ganda, a talent show that takes place in New
Magwegwe where I got my first prize as I came out as the best in the competition and that is when I began to love music and performing even more,” said Tebza.
Tebza, who reminded people of South African Mzambiya, has become Zimbabwe’s own Msawawa as he started his career at a young age, having such a great talent, full of energy and a great entertainer who got the house on its feet and screaming out at the recently held Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards where he was the Best Newcomer award winner.
“I feel so great about winning my first award at the RoilBAAs. It means a lot to me and my parents who fully support me in what I do and I am happy and proud of my performance.
I really enjoyed being on stage and I loved the attention the audience gave me, it got people talking about me and my song Waz’khoth’ ilihlo which has been number one on Skyz Metro FM’s top 20 chart for about four weeks.
I love the fact that I am going viral, people are talking about me everywhere and at school I’m now treated like a celebrity, the headmaster even announced my winning at the school assembly,” Tebza said.
He shared with Sunday Life what he has achieved as well as his future plans.
“I already have an album titled Ntwana eneFlow with eight tracks, namely Virus featuring SOS, Ntwana eneflow, Sgelekeqe, Waz’khoth’ilihlo, Fedde fedde, Sgubhu, Siyaziwiza and Dream house. In all the songs there are people I will be featuring. I am currently working on my music video with Vusa Blaq.
“Sometimes working on my music and acting career affects my school work because sometimes I can be called to the radio during the week when I should be at school during that time, but I try to balance my schedule so that my school work does not suffer,” he said.