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Zakwe (Ntokozo Zakwe) was born on 1988 in KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is a South African rapper. Discover Zakwe's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 36 years old?

Popular As Ntokozo Zakwe
Occupation Rapper · record producer · singer-songwriter
Age 36 years old
Zodiac Sign N/A
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Birthplace KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Nationality South Africa

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Zakwe Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Zakwe worth at the age of 36 years old? Zakwe’s income source is mostly from being a successful Rapper. He is from South Africa. We have estimated Zakwe's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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Ntokozo Zakwe is a South African Rapper born in KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal.

Zakwe was born in the township of KwaMashu in KwaZulu-Natal.

He went to Qhilika High School where he completed his matric and developed his passion for hip hop music.

He then went to further his studies at the Durban University of Technology but due to financial difficulties he dropped out and chose to pursue his dream of becoming a musician.

1925

The remixed version of the song won the Remix of the Year at the 25th South African Music Awards.

2000

His musical career began in early 2000's, performing in the streets of Kwa-Mashu and Msinga.

Zakwe started releasing music as an underground artist, at this stage he released a number of vernacular mixtapes which were titled Street Music.

The mixtapes were well received in the underground hip hop scene, this then led to two of his tracks within the tapes to eventually make it into Hype Sessions and thus received massive airplay.

After the success of his mixtapes, Zuluboy another durban based emcee, featured Zakwe on his track "Zobe Zisho" which led to Zakwe bagging a recording and artist management deal with Native Rhythms.

2011

In 2011, he released his self-titled debut album Zakwe, which was a huge success and was certified gold status by the Recording Industry of South Africa (RISA), earning him five nominations at the South African Music Awards, he won the Metro FM Award for best Hip Hop artist and the first best Lyricist Award at the South African Hip Hop Awards (SAHHAs) the following year, thus taking his place amongst the best rappers in South Africa.

The latter became the first Zulu hip hop album to earn gold status.

Zakwe's success and talent earned him endorsement deals with SAB Miller and Hennessy.

He was one of the performing acts at the 2011 Metro FM awards in the province of Mpumalanga, he also was one of the live acts in the 2012 and 2013 South African Music Awards.

2013

In February 2013 he was the opening act for American rapper Kanye West at the Dome in johannesburg, South Africa.

2015

In 2015, he released Impande an album which became an instant hit and earned him three nominations at the South African Hip Hop Awards for Best Album, Best Male Artist and Best Lyricist, He won the Best Vernacular Hip Hop at the 12th South African Traditional Music Awards (SATMA) for the song "Reverse" featuring Duncan.

2017

Zakwe released a hit single called "Sebentin" featuring Cassper Nyovest and Musiholiq in 2017 which received positive reviews.

A remix of the song was released in the same year which featured Blaklez, Musiholiq, Cassper Nyovest, Kwesta, HHP and PRO.

2018

On 6 July 2018, Zakwe released his third studio album titled Cebisa.

The album was certified gold by the Recording industry of South Africa.

2020

In early September 2020, he announced that his working on collaborative studio album with Duncan.

On December 4, 2020, Zakwe and Duncan their collaboration album titled Zakwe & Duncan was released.

The album features Kwesta, Assessa, Just Bheki, Kay Masta, Beast, Supreme, Lilly, Max Ov, K.O, DJ Tira, the Q Twins, and Riot.

Zakwe received a nomination for Artist of the Decade at the 2021 South African Hip Hop Awards.