10 Things You Should Know About Lebza The Villian. With amapiano being the hottest genre at the moment, it has introduced artists that growing the sound and introducing the genre to international countries. “Lebza TheVillain” is a beast on the decks and keeps his audience on their toes with his Amapiano music tunes.
Here are 10 things you should know about Lebza The Villian:
1 Lebza The Villian’s real name is Lebogang Thubakgale.
2 Although Lebza was born in Pretoria, he sees the community of Ivory Park in Midrand, where he grew up, as his hometown.
3 He started making music at the age of 13. “I started making music at the age of 13, that’s about 20 years ago now. I got into the music scene by associating myself with fellow producers at the time.”
4 He graduated at Boston Media house with a media diploma majoring in Marketing.
5 In his first year at college Lebza joined YFM’s Y Academy in and juggled both.He managed to obtain his marketing diploma and was called in to YFM last year in April to take over the YTKO slot. He obtained his stage name in 2012 while at Soul Candi when he was selected by a music video director to feature as a villain in DJ Mphoza’s video for his song Move.Catch Lebza TheVillian every Friday at 6pm on YFM for his YTKO Dance Mix.
6 He saw inspiration from the likes of DJ Kent and Euphonik. “I listen and bought a lot of DJ Fresh, Euphonik and DJ Kent music – as a result I looked up to those DJs growing up. Today, I have met, interacted and even mixed alongside said DJs”
7 When asked if he could have dinner with any artist — dead or alive — who would it be and where he would take them, the star said: “DJ Khaled – I’d take him to a Shisa nyama in the hood.”
8 Between bungee jumping, sky diving or getting inked, Lebza said he’d choose sky diving.
9 Today, he has worked with the likes of Musa Keys, Focalistic, Major League DJz, and DBN Gogo.
10 He has produced hits like Possible, Wena, and Overload by Focalistic.