He was born Sandile Msimango in Daveyton on the East Rand, and his lyrics are heavily influenced by growing up in the ’hood. That’s where he got his other moniker, Mashaya.
“Where I come from it’s difficult to make it out, unless you are discipled and choose which side you are going to fall into,” he says. “It’s either you chill in the corner to hustle or chill in the corner to do drugs. My music comes from those experiences and that’s why I call myself Mashaya, which is basically a hustler. When they call you Mashaya, it…
