Mellow & Sleazy Open Up About Fame And Being Recognized Everywhere They Go. 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.
With their faces now easily recognisable, Mellow and Sleazy can’t even make it to their local shopping centre without being recognised. “Where ever we go, people know us. We often stay indoors when we are visiting our families back in Pretoria. We can’t even go to the spaza shop without fans ambushing us or demanding our attention,” Mellow said.
Away from the spotlight, the duo are homebodies who enjoy making music and evolving their sound. Mellow is an introvert who prefers to keep to himself, while Sleazy is the social butterfly. “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.
Before they made it big in the industry they had hopes to grow their fan base and their big break came at the right time. “Our big break happened with Bopha that’s when people started noticing us and it felt really good because that’s when we realised we were really good,” said Sleazy
Though the pair are now making music together, Sleazy started making music in grade 7 until he met Mellow when they paired up in varsity while they were doing first year together. They both wanted to go far but knew they needed certain people on their side.
“We didn’t know we would make it big at the time, but we knew if we had the right people in our corner it would happen. As soon as we worked with DJ Maphorisa things started happening. We knew we needed backup and that we couldn’t do it on our own,” said Sleazy.
