Ukulawula
UMduduzi Thembinkosi Edmund Tshabalala (17 January 1978 - 18 September 2016), ophinde aziwe ngokuthi uMandoza, wayengumculi nomlobi wezingoma waseNingizimu Afrika kanye nomculi oqopha i-Kwaito. Waye aziwa ngeqhaza lakhe emculweni we-kwaito kanye nama-singles akhe amaningi, kufaka phakathi i-"Nkalakatha", "Uzoyithola Kanjani, Tornado", "Sgelekeqe", "Ngalabesi", "Godoba", "Tsotsi Yase Zola" kanye ne-"Indoda", okuyizingoma eziphezulu eNingizimu Afrika nakuzo zonke izwekazi lase-Afrika. I-albhamu yakhe yesibili I-Nkalakatha, eyakhishwa ngo-2000, yaba yi-albhamu edayiswa kakhulu yomsebenzi wakhe, edayisa ama-unit angama-350,000. [Ukucashunwa okudingekayo].
[1]I-biopic elandisa ngokuphila kukaMandoza, enesihloko esithi Nkalakatha: Impilo kaMandoza yaqala ukubonwa ku-BET ngomhla ziyi-16 kuNcwaba 2023, lapho uWiseman Mncube amfanekisa khona.
UMandoza wazalwa mhla ziyi-17 kuMasingane ngowezi-1978 eZola, idolobhana laseSoweto, lapho ayehlala khona nonina, ugogo nomkhulu wakhe nodadewabo ababili. Akazange amazi uyise, unina wathi wabulawa ngonyaka ofanayo lapho uMandoza azalwa khona. Ngowezi-1994, eneminyaka eyi-16, wamangalelwa ngokweba imoto futhi wathola isigwebo sonyaka nengxenye, asidonsela ejele LaseDiepkloof[2].