I-Cassper Nyovest

**U-Refiloe Maele Phoolo** (wabelethwa mhla amalanga ali-16 kuNobayeni 1990), owaziwa ngomsebenzi ngo- **Cassper Nyovest**, mrepha weSewula Afrika, umtloli weengoma, usomabhizinisi, umkhiphi wamarekhodi kanye nomdlali wamaguduva.  Wabelethwa begodu wakhulela e -Mahikeng, e-North West, uthathwa njengomunye wabavumi abaphumelele khulu eSewula Afrika.  Ngo-2014, wasungula ilebula yakhe yokurekhoda, i-Family Tree Records .  U-Nyovest waduma ngokukhutjhwa kwe-albhamu yakhe yokuthoma, *i-Tsholofelo* (2014) eyakhipha iingoma ezidumileko ezithi " Gusheshe " kanye ne-"Doc Shebeleza". 

Ngepumelelo yakhe yokuthengisa amathikithi wekhonsathi yakhe, *i-Fill Up the Dome* (2015) ebeyibanjwe e- Ticketpro Dome e -Goli .  Ipumelelo yomnyanya lo yalandelela i-Nyovest ngesihlanganisi esithi "Fill Up" ukukhuthaza amakhonsathi amanengi eenkundleni ezihlukahlukeneko qobe mnyaka, kufaka hlangana i-Orlando Stadium (2016) ne -FNB Stadium (2017), nazo zombili e-Johannesburg, i-Moses Mabhida Stadium (2018) e- Durban, kanye ne -Royal Stadium (2019) e- North West . 

U-Nyovest wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe enebizo , *i-Refiloe*, eyakhutjhwa mhla amalanga ama-31 kuMgwengweni 2015, ekhonsathini yakhe *ye-Fill Up The Dome* . I-albhamu le isebenzisana nabavumi abanengi abafaka hlangana i-The Game, i-DJ Drama, i-Stonebwoy kanye ne -Casey Veggies .  Walandela ipumelelo le nge-albhamu yakhe yesithathu eyadunyiswa khulu *i-Thuto* (2018), kanye ne-albhamu yakhe yesine ye- Kwaito, *i-Sweet and Short* (2019).

## Ipilo yokuthoma
 
U-Refiloe Maele Phoolo wabelethwa mhla amalanga ali-16 kuNobayeni 1990 e- Mafikeng, idorobha le- North West, ku-Muzuki no-Letsebela Phoolo. UNyovest unodadwabo okuthiwa ngu-Tsholofelo Phoolo; umfowabo ongasekho, u-Khotso Phoolo, wahlongakala ngo-2003.   u-Nyovest waya e-Sol Plaatjie Secondary School lapho bekangumdlali, adlala imidlalo eminengi, begodu wathoma ukurepha aneminyaka eli-12.  Ngo-2006, u-Nyovest akhange aphumelela ebangeni lakhe le-10; lokhu kwamenza wathuthela emzini kagogo wakhe e -Potchefstroom . Ngemva kwalokhu, ngo-2007,  wathatha umhlal pahsi esikolweni samabanga aphezulu aneminyaka eli-16. 

Ngomnyaka ka-2008, u-Nyovest wathuthela e-Goli, ukuyokwenza umsebenzi womqulo njengomrepha nomkhiqizi. Wenza igadango ngemva kokutjela ababelethi bakhe bona angakhetha ukulandelela amabhudango wakhe agade abona angakghona ukuwafinyelela kunokuthi adlale "ngokuzitjheja" begodu "azisole" ipilo yakhe yoke. 

## Umsebenzi wokuvuma

### 2004–2014: Ukuthoma kanye ne ''-Tsholofelo''
 
Ngo-2004, nakaneminyaka eli-13 kwaphela, u-Nyovest wakha isiqhema se -hip hop esibizwa nge *-Childhood Gangsta* nabangani bakhe. Wabe watjhiya ukujoyina isiqhema sakhe esilandelako, *i-Slow Motion*, ebesinamalunga abunane, kufaka hlangana umkhiqizi wamarekhodi u-Aashish Gangaram we-Ganja Beatz.  Eminyakeni eli-16, begodu ngemva kokutjhiya isikolo, u-Nyovest watlikitla ne -motswako record label Impact Sounds, nayo eyatlikitla abavumi abafana no -Tuks Senganga no-Morafe (ngo-2006);  ubudlelwano hlangana ne-Nyovest ne-Impact Sounds bagcina buphela ngebanga lokungafuni izinto ezifanako.  Ngo-2008, zombili iinhlangano zahlukana, u-Nyovest waba mvumi ozijameleko.

U-Nyovest wabuyela ekhaya, wazakhela irekhodi lakhe.  Ngaphambi kokobana asungule ilebula yakhe, watholwa mrepha u -Hip Hop Pantsula ngesikhathi adlala, owafaka u-Nyovest engomeni yakhe ethi "Wamo Tseba Mtho". 

U-Nyovest wakhipha ingoma yakhe yokuthoma, " Gusheshe " (ehlanganisa u-Okmalumkoolkat ), ngo-2013  begodu, ngo-2014, wasungula irekhodi lakhe elibizwa nge -Family Tree Records .  Ingoma yakhe yesibili, "Doc Shebeleza", yakhutjhwa ngomnyaka ofanako, begodu yabizwa ngegama lomculi we -kwaito u-Doc Shebeleza .  Ingoma le yathola ukubuyekezwa okuhle emphakathini, begodu yadunyiswa babantu abadumileko, njengomvumi u-Yvonne Chaka Chaka . 

Mhla amalanga ali-18 kuNtaka 2014, u-Nyovest wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuthoma *i-Tsholofelo*, ebizwa ngodadewabo.  I-albhamu le ibe yipumelelo ehle khulu, yafika endaweni yokuthoma ku -iTunes *SA* (yeSewula Afrika) ama-albhamu eenyangeni ezimbili ezilandelanako (ngoVelabahlinze kanye noRhoboyi 2014).  NgoMgwengweni 2014, u-Nyovest wabekwa njengomvumi ophezulu emdlalweni we -MTV Base i *-The Hottest MC in Africa*, begodu wabekwa njengonomboro. 2 ku-“ MTV SA’s Hottest MCs ” ngalowo mnyaka. 

### 2015–2016: ''Refiloe''
 
Ngepumelelo ye *-Tsholofelo*, uNyovest wakhipha i-albhamu yeplatinamu lokhu kufaka hlangana iingoma ezitjha nokusebenzisana no- Casey Veggies, u-DJ Drama, u-Wizkid no -Anatii .  I-editjhini yeplatinamu yakhutjhwa mhla amalanga-17 kuMrhayili 2015, ngomkhawulo wamakhophi ali-10,000 agadangisiweko.

Ekupheleni kwekota yesithathu ka-2015, u-Nyovest wamemezela ihloso yakhe yokudosa phambili ekhonsathini ebizwa nge *-Fill Up The Dome* e- Ticketpro Dome, e-Goli, mhlazi-31 kuMgwengweni wee-2015. umthamo".  Wamemezela nokuthi i-albhamu yakhe yesibili, ebizwa nge *-Refiloe*, izokukhutjhwa ngelanga lomnyanya.

Mhla ali-14 kuRhoboyi wee-2015, u-Nyovest wakhipha i-“Mama I Made It” *(#MIMI)*, ingoma ephambili ye-albhamu yakhe yesibili, kanye nenye yeengoma zokukhangisa zekhonsathi ye- *Fill Up The Dome* .  U-Nyovest wakghona ukuthengisa woke amathikithi womnyanya wakhe njengombana begade ahlosile mhla ama-25 kuNobayeni 2015, lokhu kwamenyezelwa eenkundleni zokuthintana ekuyi Twitter  Ngelanga lomnyanya, abathengi bamathikithi bathola ikhophi yamahhala ye-albhamu ye- *Refiloe* .  Ukukhuthazwa lokhu kwabangela bona i-albhamu leyo ibe yigolide ngelanga lelo.  I-albhamu leyo yaqinisekiswa njengeplatinamu malungana nokuthunyelwa kwamakhophi angaphezu kwama-40,000, ngaphakathi kwelizwe. 

UNyovest wamemezela umnyanya wesibili, *i-Fill Up Orlando Stadium*, ozokubanjelwa e- Orlando Stadium, e-Soweto, e-Johannesburg mhla ama-29 kuNobayeni 2016 amalanga amabili ngaphambi komnyanya we-Ticketpro Dome.  Umnyanya lo waphumelela, begodu bekunabantu abangama-40,000 (abantu ebegade bangena enkundleni) ebegade bakhona. Inani elihlanganisiweko labantu abangaba zi-80,000 bebakhona emakhonsathini womabili.  Kokubili ngo-2015 no-2016, uNyovest beyibekwa ku-no. 1 ku- MTV Base: I-SA's Hottest MCs list. Waphinda waba sesigabeni esingu-1. 1 ku-2016 Hottest Rapper e-Afrika kusukela ngo-2014.  

### 2017–2019: ''Thuto'' no- ''Sweet no-Short''

Mhlana amalanga ama-4 kuNtaka 2017, u-Nyovest wakhipha ingoma ephambili ethi "Tito Mboweni" evela ku-albhamu yakhe yesithathu *i-Thuto* .  Ibizwe ngoNgqongqotjhe wezeeMali weSewula Afrika begodu owayengumbusi we-SARB u-Tito Mboweni, ingoma le yathengiswa khulu ngebanga lengoma yayo, "Shaa Shaa" okuyi- onomatopoeia yomdumo wenothi yemali. 

*I-Thuto* yakhutjhwa mhla amalanga ama-5 kuMrhayili 2017. Yaqinisekiswa yigolide ekuyi -RiSA ngelanga lokukhutjhwa kwayo begodu yaqinisekiswa njengeplatinamu ngemveke ezilandelanako.  U-Nyovest umemezele umnyanya wakhe wesithathu "we-Fill Up", owabanjwa mhla amalanga ali-17 kuNobayeni 2017, enkundleni ezi-94,736, i-FNB Stadium, e-Goli.   Umnyanya lo bewuhlelelwe ukuzalisa abantu aba-75,000 kwaphela ebekuyinselele yakhe ekulu. U-Nyovest waba nobudisi bokubhadela umdlalo lo, kodwana ekugcineni wathola abaxhasi aba-3 abakhulu ukumsiza: i-Cîroc SA, i-SABC 1 kanye ne -Budweiser .  Umnyanya lo akhange uthengise woke amathikithi wawo kodwana waba yipumelelo.

Ngomnyaka ka-2018, u-Nyovest wakhupha i-albhamu yakhe yesine *i-Sweet and Short* . I-albhamu yaqinisekiswa njengeplatinamu ngelanga yayo yokukhutjhwa.  Indawo yomcimbi olandelako we-Nyovest "Fill Up" bekuse- Moses Mabhida Stadium, e-Durban ebekuhlelelwe mhlazi-1 kuNobayeni 2018.  Wakghona ukuthengisa amathikithi ama-68,000 okwaba mphumela omuhle.  Ngelanga elilandelako, u-Nyovest wenza umnyanya emcimbini owethulwe yi-Motsepe Foundation, i-Global Citizen Festival : Mandela 100 ebeyiholwa ba-Carters .  E-Mzansi Kwaito kanye ne-House Music Awards, ingoma yakhe ethi "Gets Getsa 2.0" yawina umvuzo we-Best New Age Kwaito Song.  Mhlana amalanga ali-15 kuNobayeni 2019, u-Nyovest wenza umnyanya wakhe wesihlanu we-"Fill Up" owabanjelwa e- Royal Bafokeng Stadium e- Rustenburg, idorobha le -North West – isifunda lapho azalelwa khona.   Ngemva kokuhlatjwa balandeli be-hip hop ngokutjhiya umhlobo lo, u-Nyovest wabuya ngo-2020 ngengoma ye-hip hop ebizwa nge- Good For That Archived   .

### 2020–2022: ''Nanyana ngimuphi umzuzu nje'', ''omnandi nomfitjhani 2.0''
Mhlana amalanga ali-11 kuNobayeni wee-2020, i-albhamu yakhe yesihlanu ye *-Any Minute Now* yakhutjhwa.    I-albhamu ifaka hlangana u-Zola 7, u-Samthing Soweto, u-Langa Mavuso, u-Tellaman, u-YoungstaCPT, u-Busiswa, u- Nadia Nakai, u-Khuli Chana, u-Tuks, u-Mo' Molemi, u-Towdee Mac no-DJ Lemonka. 

Mhlana amalanga ama-30 kuNtaka 2021, u-Cassper wakhupha i-albhamu yakhe yokuthoma ye-Amapiano studio *Sweet And Short 2.0*, eneengoma ezili-10 ezihlanganisa u-Abidoza, u-Samthing Soweto, u-LuuDadeejay, u-Kammu Dee, u-Lady Du, u-Ma Lemon, u-Semi Tee, u-Boohle, u- DJ Sumbody, u-Zuelisa, u-Zuelisa, no-Zumaz.  mhlana amalanga abu-4 kuNobayeni 2021, waya e-United Kingdom ukuya e-AmaFest Tour kanye no-DJ Maphorisa, DBN Gogo kanye ne -Focalistic ukuthuthukisa umhlobo we -Amapiano . 

U-Cassper wavela emhlanganweni "Umjolo" no-Abidoza no -Boohle okhutjhwe mhlazi-30 kuNobayeni 2021.  

### 2023-nje: ''u-Solomon'', i-African Throne World Tour
UCassper umemezele i-albhamu yakhe ye-studio *Solomon*, ngasekupheleni kukaMeyi, ebegade izokhutjhwa mhlazi-28 kuNtaka 2023. 

NgoMeyi 2023, u-Cassper Nyovest no -Nasty C bamemezela i-African Throne World Tour, efaka hlangana amalanga ali-12.  Izokuthoma mhlana ali-18 kuRhoboyi, e-Arusha, e-Tanzania bekube mhlazi-28 kuMgwengweni mhlazi-28, e-Goli, eSewula Afrika.

I-albhamu yahlehliswa begodu yamenyezelwa ingoma "018" ene- Maglera Doe Boy .  Ingoma le yakhutjhwa mhlazi-15 kuNobayeni 2023, njenge-albhamu ephambili. 

*U-Solomon* wakhutjhwa mhlana ali-15 kuNobayeni 2023.  Yaba yinombolo yokuthoma eSewula Afrika. 

Mhlana amalanga ali-9 kuNobayeni 2021, waba msingathi *womdlalo we-The Braai no-Cass* osakazwa ku- SABC 1 .  

### Ukuvunywa
U-Nyovest ufumene iimvumelwano ezinengi zokuvunywa neenkhamphani ezihlukahlukeneko, khulukhulu nomhlobo we-vodka, *i-Ciroc* okungenye yeenvumelwano zakhe ezikulu zokuvunywa emsebenzini wakhe bekube nje.  Ukusekelwa kwabo kwathoma ngo-2017, lokha u-Nyovest nakaveza ividiyo yakhe yomvumo, *u-Tito Mboweni* amabhodlela amanengi we-Cîroc. I-Ciroc yaveza isivumelwano sayo ne-Nyovest. Ngomnyaka ka-2015, u-Nyovest wavumelana ne -MTN ne *-AG Mobile* ekuthomeni i -smartphone ebizwa ngokuthi, *i-AG Hashtag* eyaphefumulelwa begodu yakhiwe nguye.  Waphinde wasekela amanye amabhrendi afakahlangana, i-Shoprite, i-Samsung *South Africa*, i-Coca-Cola, i-KFC *SA*, i-Castle Lite, i-Nike *SA* kanye ne-Bitcasino.  

Njengosomabhizinisi, i-Nyovest isungule i- Family Tree Records . Ilebula yamarekhodi yasungulwa ngo-2014 ngemva kokutjhiya kwakhe ilebula, *i-Impact Soundz* . 

### Umsuka wodumo
NgoJulayi 2021, wasungula ikhamphani yama-sneaker i-Root of Fame, ngaphasi kwe-Drip Footwear. 

### U-Billiato

## Isibhakela

### Udumo ngokujamelana nomthelela

### Umlingisi nomvumi
Umdlalo wesibhakela onesihloko esithi "Actor vs Musician" wabanjwa e -Sun City Stadium mhlazi-9 kuMrhayili 2022.  u-Cassper Nyovest wahlulwa yi- NaakMusiQ ngemva kokumthatha waya emzuliswaneni wesihlanu. 

NgoJulayi 2015, ngemva kweenyanga ezinengi baphika nanyana ngikuphi ukuzibandakanya ngothando, uNyovest nomlingisi uBoity Thulo ekugcineni baqinisekisa (kumagazini kaJulayi we *-DRUM* ) bona bayathandana. Isihloko esisekhava kamagazini besitjho bona abathandanako bebathembisene, kodwana u-Nyovest no-Thulo ngokukhamba kwesikhathi bakuphika lokhu, bathi umagazini wasebenzisa isihloko njengeqhinga lokukhuphula ukuthengisa kwabo.  Iinthandani zahlukana ngoNobayeni 2015.

### Ukurarana
Ngomnyaka ka-2014, i-Nyovest beyihlangahlangene nembangi yesikhathi eside, i-AKA .  Njengoba uNyovest athi ingoma yakhe ethi "Doc Shebeleza" bekuyingoma ekulu kunazo zoke ku-Hip-Hop yeSewula Afrika, AKA obekakhuthaza ingoma yakhe etja ethi " Congratulate ", watjengisa ukuphikisana lokha nakathumela ku-Twitter, "Kunomrepha ogijima athi unengoma ekulu khulu enarheni ... Ngikuphonsela inselelo yokuthi ufumane ingoma yakhe ku-Top 10".  Ngemva kwalokho, u-Nyovest waphendula nge-tweet eveza iinzathu zokuthi kubayini ingoma yakhe beyinkulu kune-AKA. Ukuphikisana kwakhula njengombana bobabili abarepha bebaphendulana kanengi.  Ngenyanga kaRhoboyi wee-2014, bobabili bebahlelwe bona bobabili badlale emdlalweni womculo we-SABC 1, *i-Live Amp* lokha ilunga leqembu le-AKA kuthiwa ladosa isibhamu ku-Cassper nesiqhema sakhe.  Kwavela ukuphikisana okunye ngo-2015, lokha u-Cassper nakasola u-AKA ngokumshaya ngempama okwabangela bona bobabili abarepha bakhuphe iingoma ezimbi. Ngomnyaka ka-2018 lokha uNyovest nakabuzwa ngobujamo bokuphikisana kwakhe ne-AKA, wathi bobabili angeze babuyisana, okube kuliqiniso bekube nje. 

Ngomnyaka ka-2018, umvumi we -Xitsonga, u-Benny Mayengani bekazokwenza ikhonsathi yakhe ebizwa ngokuthi, *#FillUpGiyaniStadium* . Njengoba u-Mayengani asebenzise isihlanganisi esifanako ("Fill Up"/"#FillUp") njengo-Nyovest, u-Nyovest wabe esesola u-Mayengani ngokusebenzisa itshwayo lakhe lokurhweba ngendlela yokumthumela incwadi yokujama nokujama .  Iphenyo liveze bona i-Nyovest ayikabi nomnikazi wephawu lokuthengisa le-#FillUp begodu angeze yathatha nanyana ngiliphi igadango. 

## Imiklomelo nokuphakanyiswa
U-Nyovest unikelwe begodu wakhethelwa imiklomelo yomvumo ehlukileko ekhaya neyamazwe ngamazwe. Isethi yakhe yokuthoma yemiklomelo beyingo-2013 lokha nakathola imiklomelo emine emdlalweni wesibili we *-South Africa Hip Hop Awards* .  Mhlana ali-13 kuMrhayili 2018, wathola ukuphakanyiswa ku-12th Headies Award e-Nigeria emkhakheni we-Best African Artiste eceleni kuka-Nasty C, u-Sarkodie we-Ghana, isiqhema se-Kenya i-Sauti Sol, kanye nomvumi we-Tanzania u-Vanessa Mdee. 

## I-Discography

* *Tsholofelo* (2014)
* *Refiloe* (2015)
* *Thuto* (2017)
* *Okumnandi nokufitjhani* (2018)
* *AMN (Any Minute Now)* (2020)
* *I-Sweet and Short 2.0* (2021)
* *USolomon* (2023)

## Umthombo lwazi