ZAKHELE KHUMALO

OUT OF A REFUGEE CAMP IN MANZINI SWAZILAND ON FEBRUARY 25, 1987 ZAKHELE MOLEFE KHUMALO WAS BROUGHT INTO THE WORLD WITH THE ODDS NOT IN HIS FAVOR. HIS PARENTS BEING POLITICAL REFUGEES FROM SOUTH AFRICA, THEY ESCAPED THE APARTHEID LEAVING BEHIND THEIR HOME, THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. ZAKHELE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO CANADA IN HOPES OF A POTENTIAL BETTER FUTURE. ZAKHELE GREW INTO AN ACTIVE ATHLETE PARTAKING IN SEVERAL SPORTS, EXCELLING IN HOCKEY, BASKETBALL AND SOCCER. ZAKHELE’S PASSION FOR MUSIC GREW WITH AGE. THROUGH NUMEROUS MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AT HIS HIGHSCHOOL, LOCAL CHARITY EVENTS AND SMALL CONCERTS ZAKHELES THRIVE FOR MUSIC SPARKED AN INTEREST IN INVESTING MORE TIME AND EFFORT INTO HIS INATE TALENT FOR MUSIC.UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGHSCHOOL, ZAKHELE ATTENDED THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN IN TORONTO, CANADA TAKING FASHION DESIGN. AFTER A YEAR IN THIS PROGRAM, ZAKHELE LEFT THE DESIGN SCHOOL TO MOVE BACK HOME AND FOCUS ON HIS MUSICAL TALENT. ZAKHELE WHO IS KNOWN FOR BEING A JACK OF ALL THINGS ART, DISCOVERED HIS TRUE TALENT FOR PRODUCING TRACKS AND SINGING/RAPPING ON THEM . ZAKHELE- BUILD IT YOURSELF IS NOT ONLY A TITLE OF A SONG ON HIS FIRST DEBUT ALBUM BUT IS ALSO A PHILOSOPHY ZAKHELE BASIS HIS WORK ETHIC ON. WHAT STARTED AS A HOBBIE , GREW INTO HIS JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED AND DISTRIBUTED FIRST ALBUM TITLED “THE EXORCIST” WITH THE FIRST SINGLE BEING “THE EXORCIST” ZAKHELE’S MUSIC IS NOT ONLY A NEW WAVE OF SOUND BUT ALSO ENCOMPASES COMPLEX SOUNDS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A SOUND OF THE FUTURE THAT MAKES YOU MOVE, OR GO THROUGH THE JOURNEY OF SOUND WITH HIM. WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS FIRST ALBUM IT SHOULD BE NO TIME THAT THE NAME ZAKHELE KHUMALO IS KNOWN NOT ONLY NATION WIDE, BUT RESPECTED WORLD WIDE.