{"id":14373,"date":"2024-11-04T10:41:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T10:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.news.naijatraffic.ng\/?p=14373"},"modified":"2024-11-04T11:26:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T11:26:47","slug":"nomcebo-zikode-biography-age-family-education-and-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/nomcebo-zikode-biography-age-family-education-and-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Nomcebo Zikode Biography: Age, Family, Education and Career\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nomcebo Nothule Zikode, a gifted South African artist born on October 28, 1985, started her career as a background vocalist.<\/p>\n<p>She gained recognition in 2018 through her collaboration with DJ Ganyani on the hit song &#8220;Emazulwini.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>FACTS ABOUT NOMCEBO ZIKODE<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>FULL NAME:<\/strong> Nomcebo Nothule Zikode<\/li>\n<li><strong>DATE OF BIRTH: <\/strong>October 28, 1985<\/li>\n<li><strong>PLACE OF BIRTH: <\/strong>Hammersdale, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa<\/li>\n<li><strong>NATIONALITY: <\/strong>South African<\/li>\n<li><strong>OCCUPATIONS:<\/strong> Singer , Songwriter<\/li>\n<li><strong>LABELS: <\/strong>Open Mic Production (former) Sony\/ATV Music<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hailing from Hammarsdale in Natal Province, Nomcebo attended Ukusa High School before earning a degree in information technology from Havatech College.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>CAREER<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With over fifteen years of experience as a backing vocalist, she honed her craft while working with artists such as Deborah Fraser, Zahara, Lundi Tyamara, and Nhlanhla Nciza.<\/p>\n<p>After signing with Ganyani Entertainment, Nomcebo contributed her vocals to tracks like &#8220;NTO,&#8221; &#8220;Jabulile,&#8221; and &#8220;Emazulwini,&#8221; the latter of which received a nomination for a SAMA award.<\/p>\n<p>Her major breakthrough came in 2019 with the worldwide hit &#8220;Jerusalema,&#8221; in collaboration with Master KG, which climbed to the top of the Billboard charts following a remix featuring Burna Boy.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2020, she released the lead single &#8220;Xola Moya Wam&#8221; from her debut album, featuring Master KG, which quickly achieved gold certification in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The album, titled *Xola Moya Wam*, reached platinum status within a month of its release, selling over 150,000 copies.<\/p>\n<p>Nomcebo received recognition at the inaugural KZN Entertainment Awards and was nominated for Best Dance Album at the 27th South African Music Awards.<\/p>\n<p>She further broadened her audience with a European tour in July 2021 and made a television appearance on the *Love and Hip Hop* franchise later that year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>PERSONAL LIFE<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to her music career, Nomcebo enjoys a loving relationship with Selwyn Fraser, with whom she has two children. 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She gained recognition in 2018 through her collaboration with DJ Ganyani on the hit song &#8220;Emazulwini.&#8221; FACTS ABOUT NOMCEBO ZIKODE FULL NAME: Nomcebo Nothule Zikode DATE OF BIRTH: October 28, 1985 PLACE OF BIRTH: Hammersdale, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[960,961],"class_list":["post-14373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-profiles-biographies","tag-nomcebo-zikode","tag-nomcebo-zikode-biography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}