REALNAME : Refiloe Maele Pholo
STAGE NAME : Cassper Nyovest
DATE OF BIRTH AND AGE: December 16th 1990
NET WORTH : Net worth is around R15 million
HOW OLD IS CASSPER NYOVEST: He is currently 27 years old
PLACE OF BIRTH : Montshiwa, Mafikeng Northwest
NATIONALITY : South Africa
GENRE : Hip hop, Motswako
RECORD LABEL : Family Tree

SYNOPSIS

Refiloe Maele Phoolo whose stage name is “Cassper Nyovest” is a South African recording artist and record producer born on the 16 December 1990. Nyovest who became known after launching his professional music career released his first album titled “Tsholofelo” on 18 July 2014. The apex South African rapper and “Mama I Made It” Crooner is currently signed to his own independent label and media company, Family Tree. Undoubtedly , Cassper Nyovest is one of the richest/highest paid South Africa rappers 2017.

Early life Background, Growing Up And Education

Refiloe Maele Phoolo who is widely known by his stage name Cassper Nyovest was born 16 December 1990 and raised in Montshiwa in Mafikeng, the capital city of the North West province. He was born into a lucky family where both parents are teachers and they have supported him from the day of his music career. Cassper attended high school at Sol Plaatje Secondary School. While he was in secondary school, he was athletic as he partook in various sports activities including football, cricket and basketball. He officially started rapping and dropping good lines when he was in grade 6, at the age of 12.

Nyovest failed his exams in his grade 10 and moved to his grandmother’s house in Potchefstroom after running away from his bitter parents . The following year he turned16 years old, finally made his choice to drop out of high school to focus on his musical career proper. According to the heavy weight rapper: “I told my parents that I’d rather chase my dream, which I believe is going to work out, rather than keeping it safe and regret it my whole life.” He relocated to Johannesburg the following year to pursue a career in music as a rapper and producer. “I would say it was a good decision he made but this wouldn’t go down well with must parents because their number one priority for their children is education” . He is a school drop out , followed his dream in music against the odds ( this will serve as an inspiration for those that drop out from school ) i guess.

Musical Career: Beginning And Shot To Stardom

His musical career kicked started when he was a member of a group called Childhood Gängsters (CHG), which disbanded. Following the discontinuity of this group, he then joined an eight-member group, “Slow Motion”, which included the production team, Ganja Beatz. He left high school to focus on his music career in the year 2006, and left his parents house to stay with his grandmother who resided in Johannesburg. When he was 16 years old the following year, he was signed by the Motswako label “Impact Sounds”. His career was not progressing while signed under the label, for two years he was unable to release a single track, he later left “Impact Sounds” as it didn’t impact into his sound to start a label of his own. His efforts was also proven abortive  then he moved back home.

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He didn’t give up his career as he kept on performing in local shows , after some months the light of luck shined on him and Motswako rapper HHP spotted Nyovest at a performance. HHP who was very impressed with his performance decided to give him a chance to shine as he featured him on “Wamo Tseba Mtho” on his album Dumela. His career got a boost after appearing on that song and he embarked on international tours with HHP where he gained exposure as an artist. Nyovest has also performed on big stages with international acts such as Kid Cudi, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Talib Kweli and Wiz Khalifa. Nyovest was involved in a highly publicised “beef” with fellow South African artist AKA in 2014 which later led to both artists recording diss tracks about each other.

Cassper Nyovest released “Gusheshe” as the first official single from his debut album, Tsholofelo in the year 2013. The single was well rated and it enjoyed massive airplay on various radio stations in South Africa and some African countries like Nigeria and Ghana. The single was followed up by a music video which premiered on Vuzu’s V-Entertainment. He also went ahead to released his second single titled “Doc Shebeleza” which saw him gain major success. “Doc Shebeleza” peaked at number 4 on South Africa’s official music chart. The song was well recieved by music critics and endorsed by South African acts including Yvonne Chaka Chaka. His Tsholofelo song was ranked number 1 on the iTunes South African albums chart for 2 consecutive months before being knocked off by Duncan’s Street Government.

In October 2014, MTV Base ranked Cassper Nyovest number 1 on “The Hottest MC in Africa”. He was also ranked number 2 on MTV Base’s “SA’s Hottest MC” list with K.O at number 1. The ranking didn’t go down well with him because he was of the opinion that Vigilante should not have been on the ranking panel because of his affiliation with Cashtime Life rapper K.O. He later released a diss track titled “Beef” in which he disses DJ Vigilante, AKA and K.O. The song generatd mixed feeling as it sparked controversy on the internet. Although, Nyovest later apologized to K.O for a line on the song.

In 2015, there was news making round that Nyovest was working on his second album as he shared photos working with Casey Veggies, DJ Drama, Wizkid, and frequent collaborator Anatii. It was later revealed that the songs were for the platinum edition of Tsholofelo which was released in April 17, 2015 with only 10,000 copies printed out. His album cover was released on August 10 via Nyovest’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts . He released the album’s first single titled “Mama I Made It (#MIMI)” on August 14, 2015. It was only released on for purchase on iTunes and as a free download for 24 hours  A moment after the release of the song, it peaked at number 1 on iTunes South Africa chart, across all genres. It also enjoy massive airplay across various radio stations in South Africa, most notably on DJ Fresh’s “Fresh at 5” show on 5FM.

On October 25, 2015, Nyovest announced on his official Twitter account that tickets to the Fill Up The Dome concert were sold out. Each purchased ticket to the concert came with a complimentary copy of Refiloe, which each concert goer received on October 31, 2015. Cassper was also listed as the hottest MC in Africa by popular Nigeria music streaming blog industry experts, notjustok.com. As of January 13, 2016, Refiloe was certified Platinum for shipments in excess of 40,000 copies domestically. On December 2, 2016, MTV Base ranked Cassper Nyovest first on its list of South Africa’s Hottest MCs of 2016. The list was compiled by a panel of judges, which included veteran rappers and influencers from South Africa and it was based on the following parameters : impact, style, lyrics, sales, buzz, and other intangibles.

On December 31, 2016 Cassper Nyovest was once again named as the Hottest Rapper in Africa in a list compiled by a team of industry experts of one of Africa leading and most reputable music downloads and online publishers. He received a total of 9 nominations at the 2016 SA Hip Hop Awards. Cassper earned 9 nominations, as he bagged 4 awards on the night. He was the big winner of the SA Hip Hop Awards 2016. Cassper was also named as the SOUND CITY MVP for Best Hip Hop Artist in Africa.

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He also won the best collaboration for ‘NGUD’ a song by Kwesta featuring Cassper Nyovest . On 10th of October ,2017, he was also awarded best Male Southern African by African Musiq Magazine Awards . His “Thuto” Album was highly sought after just the same day of it release and it became certified platinum withing few weeks.

Endorsements And Logo

Cassper Nyovest in collaboration with AG Mobile in 2015 , released a phone that was inspired and partly designed by him called the “AG Hashtag”. His ‘signature’ logo was inspired by the Cartoon Network checkerboard logo. The rapper also made this known on Twitter .

Personal Life And Relationship

In July 2015, Cassper Nyovest and actress Boitumelo Thulo finally confirmed in a July issue of DRUM that they are officially dating after denying any romantic involvement with each other. According to reports, the couple was engaged but they later confirmed that they were not engaged. They later separated in December 2015.

Cassper Nyovest: Studio Albums

• Tsholofelo (2014)
• Refiloe (2015)
• Thuto (2017)

Cassper Nyovest: Awards And Nomination

• He won Newcomer of the Year 2015, by South African Music Awards
• Won the Most Gifted 2014, by Channel O {Doc shebeleza}
• Won the Most Gifted Southern Artist 2014, by Channel O {Doc shebeleza}
• He won the Song of the year {Doc Shebeleza}and Listener’s Choice Award 2015, by metro FM Awards
• He won Best Hip hop and Best Male Album 2015, by Metro FM Awards {Tsholofelo}
• Also won the Most Gifted Video of the Year 2014, by Channel O {Doc shebeleza}

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