10 Things You Should Know Uncle Vinny. Uncle Vinny is the coolest kid who has channelled his love for music and culture into building his brand and solidifying his name in the industry. Despite tasting success at a young age, Uncle Vinny has been approved by heavyweight names such as Riky Rick, Nasty C, and Hayden Manuel.
Here are 10 things you should know about Uncle Vinny:
1 Uncle Vinny’s real name is Vincent Kabelo Ndlovu.
2 Uncle Vinny is from KwaZulu Natal originally but was born and raised in Joburg in Hillbrow.
3 Uncle Vinny tried a lot of hobbies to see where his talent could be. “I liked playing soccer, but it didn’t work out, I tried being a goalkeeper and that did not work out. I was always a curious kid, I wanted to know what was happening and I wanted to know how I can get onto television. So, in grade 4 I landed at the theatre, I started doing theatre work,” he said.
4 Vinny entered the entertainment industry at a young age. “When I was in grade 4, I went to a theatre in H-town, that time I went because I was curious and so eager to be on television. So, I started with dance, then drama, I took on drama for longer, in grade 6 I was behind the scenes for a movie. To be honest, the interest for this industry kept growing and I just wanted to do more all the time,” he said.
5 Uncle Vinny is currently in matric at the National School of Arts, and pursuing drama.
6 Growing up he looked up to Nelson Mandela, and Jacob Zuma. Once he started going more onto the entertainment side he looked up to Scoop Makhathini, to international people like A$AP Ferg.
7 Vinny is currently tapping into presenting, being an MC, an actor, an event creator, and promoter.
8 He recently celebrated his 19th birthday and hosted a party which shut down the streets of Braam.
9 Vinny started presenting on Hillbrow radio in 2016/2017.
10 His relationship with PUMA gave him his first international feature in the Future Rider campaign.