Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse (born in Johannesburg, 2 November 1951) is a
South African singer.Sipho grew up in Soweto. His mother was Zulu and
his father was Tswana. Sipho and his band used to be managed by Solly
Nkuta, After dropping out of school in the 1960s, Mabuse got his start
in the African soul group the Beaters in the mid-1970s. After a
successful tour of Zimbabwe they changed the group's name to Harari.
When they returned to their homeland in South Africa they began to
draw almost exclusively on American-style funk, soul, and pop music,
sung in Zulu and Sotho as well as English. He has also recorded and
produced for, amongst others, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Ray Phiri
and Sibongile Khumalo.Mabuse is responsible for "Burn Out" in the
early 1980s which sold over 500,000 copies, and the giant (Disco
Shangaan) hit of the late 1980s, "Jive Soweto".
South African singer.Sipho grew up in Soweto. His mother was Zulu and
his father was Tswana. Sipho and his band used to be managed by Solly
Nkuta, After dropping out of school in the 1960s, Mabuse got his start
in the African soul group the Beaters in the mid-1970s. After a
successful tour of Zimbabwe they changed the group's name to Harari.
When they returned to their homeland in South Africa they began to
draw almost exclusively on American-style funk, soul, and pop music,
sung in Zulu and Sotho as well as English. He has also recorded and
produced for, amongst others, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Ray Phiri
and Sibongile Khumalo.Mabuse is responsible for "Burn Out" in the
early 1980s which sold over 500,000 copies, and the giant (Disco
Shangaan) hit of the late 1980s, "Jive Soweto".
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