Mellow And Sleazy Reveal How They Plan To Evolve Their Sound. Real names Phemelo Sefanyetse and Olebogeng Kwanaite, the stars are from Soshanguve and Ga-Rankuwa, in Tshwane, respectively. They stepped into the music industry at the beginning of the pandemic and they have since rose to superstardom. It’s all thanks to their collaborations with DJ Maphorisa, Felo Le Tee, Focalistic and Young Stunna. Their hits include Nkao Tempela, Salary Salary and Chipi ke Chipi
Mellow and Sleazy have pushed against all odds to become SA’s most coveted amapiano duos, having been raised in rough neighbourhoods rife with crime, drugs and violence. “We want to see ourselves grow bigger than what we are right now. We plan to start collaborating with Nigerian stars because Afrobeats is where the future sound is at,” said Sleazy.
“Our love for music grew as we spent time together. We ultimately decided we needed to form a group in the amapiano space. We then hit one of our friends up and asked if we could use his makeshift studio. We recorded a few amapaino songs that never saw the light of day,” one of the duo said.
“It is very important for us to keep doing what we do because that takes us off the streets and away from doing things that would land us in prison or cost us our lives. We chose to do something that doesn’t find us against the law,” 20-year-old Mellow shared.
“When we first started, we knew we had to get a huge following on social media for people to stream our music online. We would host virtual performances and when the country opened we started getting booked for gigs. We recently did a gig in the UK and to think boys from townships of Pretoria would be making it this big is still mind-blowing to me.”
