Mlindo The Vocalist Opens Up About The Time His Drink Was Spiked. Lindokuhle Mgedeza, known professionally as Mlindo the Vocalist, is a South African singer and songwriter. He initially gained notable recognition following his debut single, “Amablesser”, taken from his debut album, Emakhaya.
Speaking on collapsing on stage, Mlindo blames his naiveté of accepting a drink from a random person in the nightclub – all in the name of wanting to be nice to his friends and being accepted. “Like I said, I take full accountability for things that happened to me in the past and being spiked at that club. But I have grown a lot now. All the things that I used to do – the clubbing, the girls, and so on – are not a part of me anymore. I am more chilled now because I can even stay at home and not feel left out when a particular party is happening. I listened to my grandmother and all the advice I got while back at home. I am more focused now and I know what I want,” he said.
“I am also grateful to grootman Sjava who, when all the mess was happening around me, reached out and gave me some counselling. In fact, my current favourite song is one that I worked on with him titled Lusekude which is also in the album. A song that he sent to me so that we work on and I happened to resonate with,” he added.
Mlindo released his first single at the age of 23. “I got famous at a very young age and I soon realised that fame doesn’t come with a manual. Through the fame, I lost who I was and the reason I started doing music in the first place,” he said.
