Cleo Ice Queen

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Clementina Mulenga (o belegwe ka 14 Seetebosigo 1989), yo o itsegeng ka leina la Cleo Ice Queen,[3][4] ke rapper, seopedi, mokwadi wa dipina, le motho wa thelebišene wa kwa Zambia. O tseelwa kwa godimo jaaka mongwe wa baopedi ba ba nang le tlhotlheletso e kgolo mo Aforika Borwa, o itsege ka mafoko a gagwe a a bogale, go nna teng ga gagwe mo seraleng, le seabe sa gagwe sa go nna mmulatsela mo go tumiseng hip hop ya Zambia mo lebopong la Afrika.

Cleo o simolotse tiro ya gagwe ya kopelong  kwa bokhutlong jwa dingwaga tsa bo 2000 mme a bona kamogelo ya Aforika ka 2013 jaaka mongwe wa ba ba neng ba nna mo ntlong ya gagwe mo setlheng sa borobedi sa Big Brother Africa: The Chase. O ne a golola alebamo ya gagwe ya ntlha ya studio Geminice ka 2016, a latelwa ke Baeteledipele ba Sekolo se Sesha ka 2020, ka bobedi ba fitlhelela katlego ya tshekatsheko le kgwebo kwa Zambia. Go saena ga gagwe le Def Jam Records go godisitse maemo a gagwe a boditšhabatšhaba mme a mo baya mo gare ga baopedi ba ba di gogang kwa pele mo Afrika.

O amogetse ditlotla tse dintsi, go akaretsa Best Female Rapper  -Southern Africa kwa 2021 African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA) [1] le Best Female Artiste  - Southern Africa kwa 2022 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA). [2] [9] Pele ga moo mo tirong ya gagwe, o ne a amogela Sekgele sa Mosetsana yo o Molemo mo Borwa jwa Aforika kwa AFRIMMA ya 2015 le Sekgele sa Mosetsana yo o Molemo mo Sun FM Kwacha Music Awards ya 2017.[ 10]

 Botshelo le tiro ya gagwe  
Cleo o tshotswe ka June 14, 1989, a golela mo lelapeng la batho ba le batlhano le le nang le bomorwarraagwe ba babedi le bokgaitsadie ba babedi. Kgatlhego ya gagwe ya mmino wa hip hop e simolotse a le dingwaga di le thataro, mme ka nako ya fa a ne a le dingwaga di le 11,[11] o ne a setse a simolotse tiro ya gagwe ya mmino. Kgatlhego ya ga Cleo mo intasetering ya boitlosobodutu e ne e bonala go tswa bonyaneng jwa gagwe, jaaka a ne a tle a dire mo meletlong ya gagwe go simolola ka letsatsi la gagwe la botsalo la bone.

O ne a dira tiro ya go thusa batho, a direla jaaka Moemedi wa Baagi ba Lefatshe, a thusa mo maitekong a a neng a lebagane le go fedisa lehuma le le feteletseng. Gone jaanong Cleo ke moemedi wa Softcare, o buelela dilo tse di tlhokegang tsa masea le tsa basadi tse di tlhwatlhwatlase e bile di le monate. Go dirisana ga gagwe le batho ba bangwe go bontsha gore o iketleeditse go thusa batho ba ba humanegileng, a kaelwa ke molaomotheo o o reng, "Yo o filweng go le gontsi, go tla batliwa go le gontsi mo go ene". Cleo Ice Queen o tswelela pele a roba dikgoreletsi mo kgwebong ya boitlosobodutu, a solofetsa katlego e kgolwane ka porojeke nngwe le nngwe. Ga jaana o dira alebamo ya gagwe ya boraro.

 kopelo ya gagwe 

Ka ngwaga wa 2011, Cleo o ne a simolola tiro ya gagwe ya mmino, mme ngwaga o o latelang, o ne a golola pina e le nngwe e e neng e bidiwa "Big Dreams", e e neng e na le JK, e e neng ya tuma mo nageng yotlhe. O ne gape a tlhagelela mo kopong ya semmuso ya pina ya "Tswa Daar" ya Khuli Chana, e e neng e na le bataki ba bangwe ba ba tumileng ba Aforika jaaka Ice Prince, Maggz, Navio, AKA, le Reason. Alebamo ya ntlha ya ga Cleo, "Geminice", e ne ya gololwa ka Sedimonthole 2016. 14][15] Alebamo eno e na le dipina di le 14, mme setlhogo sa yone se tlhotlheleditswe ke letshwao la gagwe la dinaledi la Gemini. Karolo e nngwe ya alebamo e na le dipina di le supa tse di nang le maikutlo a a botsalano, fa dipina tse dingwe di supa tsone di na le maikutlo a a monate le a a itumedisang, go akaretsa dipina tsa moletlo jaaka "Turn Up", "Addicted", le "Autobahn" tse di tlhagisitsweng ke Urban Hype.

Ka Sedimonthole 2016, Cleo o ne a golola pina e nngwe e e bidiwang "Soldier,[16][17]" e e dirilweng ke Kekero. Ka 22 Lwetse 2016, Cleo e ne e le moopedi wa ntlha wa kwa Zambia go tlhophiwa mo go Season 2 ya Coke Studio, e leng motseletsele o o tumileng wa mmino wa thelebišene mo Afrika. Mmogo le Bucie le Rre Kamera, o ne a tlhama pina e e reng "Simunye" ("Re a tshwana"), e e neng ya atlega thata. Pina eno e tlotlomatsa kutlwano ya Seaforika ka go kopanya puo ya ga Cleo, e leng Se-Nyanja, le puo ya gaabo ya Se-Afrika Borwa e leng Se-Xhosa. E bontsha kafa mmino o se nang dikgoreletsi tsa puo ka teng.

 Metswedi 
[1] "Ice Queen Artist Profiles". Coke Studio. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

[2] "UP CLOSE WITH CLEO THE ICE QUEEN". Times of Zambia. Retrieved 3 June 2017.

[3] "UPDATE: Upcoming female rapper Ice Queen". Lusak Times. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[4] "Cleo Ice Queen Shows Off Her Adorable Daughter". BBA Fan Club. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

[5] "Big Brother Africa: The Chase Housemates". Big Brother Africa. 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2025.

[6] Jere, Joshua (22 November 2021). "CLEO WINS AN AFRIMA AWARD". ZNBC News.

[7] "Cleo Ice Queen". Def Jam Africa. Retrieved 5 June 2023.

[8] "AFRIMMA 2021 Winners". AFRIMMA. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2025.

[9]b"AFRIMA 2022 Winners". AFRIMA. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2025.

[10]b"Cleo Ice Queen Delivers a Bouncing Baby Girl". Zedhypemag.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

[11] "Cleo Ice Queen". Hip Hop African. Retrieved 4 June 2017.