Watch! Bassie Explains How She Ended Up As A School Teacher. Basetsana Maluleka (22) well known as Bassie to her fans, is a vocalist and a musician who grew up in Windmill Park, Boksburg. Bassie started singing at a very tender age and was a cheerleader at the age of 12, then later became a full-time conductor in high school,(Sunward Park High).
She participated in major competitions such as Ekurhuleni’s Got Talent & Piermont. Bassie then started to make a name for herself in the house/amapiano genre in 2018, where she released her first featured single called Qaphela by Dj Sjijo. “In 2019 I decided to pursue my music career further and began to make a name for myself in the music industry, particularly amapiano genre,” he said.
Bassie reveals she studied BEd, Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching), an initial comprehensive qualification for educators in schools teaching grades 7. She also revealed that she chose teaching by mistake. When asked how she juggled being a musician and her studies, she said she was lucky that everything happened during covid-19 when everything was online. “I have passed my exams, third year so yes. But I didn’t know it was teaching when I applied for it.”
In the year 2020, she recorded her first mainstream hit single with the pioneers of piano genre MFR Souls titled Bathandwa which she believes was a great experience for her and a big move into the amapiano genre. After the song was recorded she then signed to independent record label “Aurora Black” that houses artists such as MFR Souls, T-Man SA, and Treasured Soul.
The Boksburg-born vocalist has worked with the likes of MFR Souls, T-Man SA, Treasured Soul, Khanya Greens, Makwa, The Lowkeys, Dj Sumbody, Caltonic, Cbuda M, Ntokzin, Kwesta, and many more. “My new single is titled Ngiyazifela, and I feature two amazing people Tyler ICU and KayGee The Vibe. The story behind the song is about a guy who is in a relationship with a girl, but every time he has money he doesn’t pay attention to the girl,” she further said.
