10 Things You Should Know About Qwesta Kufet. Qwesta Kufet is one of the most fashionable artist that has ever hit South Africa by storm with his classic outstanding outfits. If you are a piano fan you should already know him from his famous feature of ‘Phoyisa’ by DJ Maphorisa.
Here are 10 things you should know about Qwesta Kufet:
1 Qwestakufet’s real name is Lucky Mafoko. He also introduces himself as Matala Kufet, maybe by his own style of dressing which many categorise in old trends.
2 Qwesta kufet grew up in a place called Ekangala in Tswane and then when he was 15years he moved to Molapo Soweto.
3 His popularity was discovered through a feature from Dj Maphorisa’s hit song “phoyisa”. He quotes “Then the rest is history, the fame i got now was because Dj Maphorisa discovered a clip about a song that I did on social media about him called phoyisa which became a hit and made the whole world dance, which even went international and it has also been remixed by other Djs.
4 Qwesta Kufet actual age has kept many people guessing. He has kept his age far from the public.
5 He later on joined a clap n tap choir called Hophetehile Church choir under the leadership of ntate Albert Makwela.
6 Qwestakufet is also part of Izikhothane group called Material Culture under Don Dada Africa who exposed his talent by doing music videos for well known local and international artists.
7 The Mi amor singer is not only in music but has done film work as well also including comedy.
8 In order to work with DJ Maphorisa, the viral video had to be retweeted 100 000 times. “I love all my fans unconditionally because they are the ones who were tweeting and have to retweet phori (Dj Maphorisa) to get me into studio, a 100k tweets was reached in 2 days then Qwestakufet was born,” he said.
9 He has bagged himself two golden songs titled “piano” and “prayer for Africa” which are making huge waves in the music world, especially amapiano.
10 He was once sentenced to four years in prison for house breaking. He only served one and half year, was released on good behaviour.
