Watch! Uncle Vinny Reveals The Most Gigs He’s Done In 1 Night.One thing Gen-Zs are known for is the hustle — and maximising their use of social media in ways that have proved lucrative. Someone who has been at the forefront of this phenomenon is none other than Kabelo Vincent Ndlovu, popularly known as Uncle Vinny.Along with lighting up stages with his eccentric dances (think flailing hands and almost amoeba-like flexibility), Uncle Vinny has also made his name as a party curator and MC. His April birthday party shut down the streets of Braamfontein, before cops shut him down for flouting Covid-19 regulations.
Along with lighting up stages with his eccentric dances (think flailing hands and almost amoeba-like flexibility), Uncle Vinny has also made his name as a party curator and MC. His April 2020 birthday party shut down the streets of Braamfontein, before cops shut him down for flouting Covid-19 regulations. In a recent interview, Uncle Vinny revealed the most gigs he’s done in one night. “I’ve done like 7 of them. I interact with the crowd, and yes I’d take a little bit of tequila shots and still go to stage. I’ve never even felt like I’d pass out because of fatigue, but when I feel tired I go rest,” he said.
The eldest of three kids, Uncle Vinny was born and bred in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, although his parents hail from Kwa-Zulu Natal’s south coast. “Growing up in Hillbrow was nice, but obviously when you are growing up as a kid you can’t see what’s happening in the hood,” he says. “You think everything is peaceful, but as you grow up you realise: ‘This is not the life for me.’”
It was this realisation that inspired his hustle. A precocious kid, the teenager quickly learned how to be street smart while keeping himself out of trouble. Raised in a tough environment with rampant drug abuse, Uncle Vinny says growing up in Hillbrow taught him many lessons.“You have to focus to make your life better and remove your parents from that cycle of poverty. If you don’t work hard, there is nothing that is going to come to you. There is no life for you without hard work,” he said.
