Blom Blom with Joe Nina (27 Albums later)
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Blom Blom with Joe Nina (27 Albums later)
Born Makhosini Henry Xaba in Ekurhuleni Kwa Thema. HIS FATHER – Skhuthuzi Xaba was a musician and played with a local band. He was on guitar and his mother was a backing vocalist in the same band.
JOE had an early introduction to music as his parents would take him along to most of their concerts. Later in his career he picked up keyboards as his second instrument. He was fortunate to be taught by his uncle – Mac Mathunjwa – who is also a musician and producer.
JOE’S FATHER loved music. He was, however, aware of the problems and pitfalls that can come along when you choose music as a career. Instead, Skhuthuzi encouraged Joe to pursue his school work – hoping that he would follow a career in medicine.
IT was not to be. At the age of 16 – completely sold on it – he told his Dad that he had decided to look for a full-time career in music. His father was not happy but Joe persuaded him to allow him just one year to make his mark. If he failed – he would return to school and finish his matric.
HIS very first break came when he met producer Cheeseman Gerdes.
He was impressed. Unfortunately the first album T-McCOOL – released in 1988 was the start of a series of flops under names such as KING RAP and NINA FREAK. 1990 would be a special year. Joe met Arthur Mafokate and they joined forces. They entered The Coca Cola Full Blast competition – and won. This lead to a successful working relationship with Arthur and both careers took off. So Joe’s first hit – MARIA PODESTA (DING DONG) was released in 1994 and became a chart topper.
HE began to branch out and while he continued with his own projects, he also started producing. This opened the way for other new artists including his sister, Nhlanhla Xaba (Nina Sister) and Nina Bros – a group made up of his brother and cousins. This collaboration produced the smash hit – SGHUBU – which was a platinum seller (50,000 plus copies).
Born Makhosini Henry Xaba in Ekurhuleni Kwa Thema. HIS FATHER – Skhuthuzi Xaba was a musician and played with a local band. He was on guitar and his mother was a backing vocalist in the same band.
JOE had an early introduction to music as his parents would take him along to most of their concerts. Later in his career he picked up keyboards as his second instrument. He was fortunate to be taught by his uncle – Mac Mathunjwa – who is also a musician and producer.
JOE’S FATHER loved music. He was, however, aware of the problems and pitfalls that can come along when you choose music as a career. Instead, Skhuthuzi encouraged Joe to pursue his school work – hoping that he would follow a career in medicine.
IT was not to be. At the age of 16 – completely sold on it – he told his Dad that he had decided to look for a full-time career in music. His father was not happy but Joe persuaded him to allow him just one year to make his mark. If he failed – he would return to school and finish his matric.
HIS very first break came when he met producer Cheeseman Gerdes.
He was impressed. Unfortunately the first album T-McCOOL – released in 1988 was the start of a series of flops under names such as KING RAP and NINA FREAK. 1990 would be a special year. Joe met Arthur Mafokate and they joined forces. They entered The Coca Cola Full Blast competition – and won. This lead to a successful working relationship with Arthur and both careers took off. So Joe’s first hit – MARIA PODESTA (DING DONG) was released in 1994 and became a chart topper.
HE began to branch out and while he continued with his own projects, he also started producing. This opened the way for other new artists including his sister, Nhlanhla Xaba (Nina Sister) and Nina Bros – a group made up of his brother and cousins. This collaboration produced the smash hit – SGHUBU – which was a platinum seller (50,000 plus copies).
