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Brenda Fassie Biography

Brenda Fassie is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on November 3, 1964 in Cape Town, South Africa. Afropop artist who composed and performed songs against apartheid along with singing “Weekend Special” and “Too Late for Mama.”

She was 16th place in the second place behind Nelson Mandela on the SABC3’s 100 Greatest South Africans list.

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie (3 November 1964 – 9 May 2004) was a South African anti-apartheid Afropop singer, songwriter, dancer and activist. Affectionately called MaBrrr by her fans, she was sometimes described as the “Queen of African Pop”, the “Madonna of The Townships” or simply as The Black Madonna. Her bold stage antics earned a reputation for “outrageousness”.

When she was 16 years old in 1981, she received a visit by Koloi Lebona. As a result, she left Cape Town for Soweto, Johannesburg, to seek her fortune as a singer. Fassie first joined the vocal group Joy (filling in for one of the members who was on maternity leave) and later became the lead singer for a township music group called Brenda and the Big Dudes. She had a son, Bongani, in 1985 by a fellow Big Dudes musician. She married Nhlanhla Mbambo in 1989 but divorced in 1991. Around this time she became addicted to cocaine and her career suffered. With very outspoken views and frequent visits to the poorer townships of Johannesburg, as well as songs about life in the townships, she enjoyed tremendous popularity. Known best for her songs “Weekend Special” and “Too Late for Mama”, she was dubbed “The Madonna of the Townships” by Time magazine in 2001. In 1995, she was discovered in a hotel with the body of her female lover, Poppie Sihlahla, who had died of an apparent overdose. Fassie underwent rehabilitation and got her career back on track. However, she still had drug problems and returned to drug rehabilitation clinics about 30 times in her life. From 1996 she released several solo albums, including Now Is the Time, Memeza (1997), and Nomakanjani?. Most of her albums became multi-platinum sellers in South Africa; Memeza was the best-selling album in South Africa in 1998.

She was raised at Langa, Cape Town with eight siblings. In later years, she briefly got engaged with Nhlanhla Mbambo.

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She contributed to Mandoza’s album Tornado (2002), Miriam Makeba’s album Sangoma (1988), and Harry Belafonte’s anti-apartheid album Paradise in Gazankulu (1988). She sang on two of the soundtrack albums for Yizo Yizo (both released in 2004).

Brenda Fassie Net Worth

Brenda Fassie is one of the richest Pop Singer from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brenda Fassie's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She formed her first band, Brenda and the Big Dudes in the year 1985.

She’s been hailed as the queen of African Pop by her fans.

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born in Langa, Cape Town on the 3rd of November 1964 as the youngest of nine children. She was named after American singer Brenda Lee. Her father died when she was two, and with the help of her mother, a pianist, she started earning money by singing for tourists.

On the morning of 26 April 2004, Fassie collapsed at her home in Buccleuch, Gauteng, and was admitted into a hospital in Sunninghill. The press were told that she had suffered cardiac arrest, but later reported that she had slipped into a coma brought on by an asthma attack. The post-mortem report revealed that she had taken an overdose of cocaine on the night of her collapse, and this was the cause of her coma. She stopped breathing and suffered brain damage from lack of oxygen. Fassie was visited in the hospital by Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, and Thabo Mbeki, and her condition was front-page news in South African papers. She died aged 39 on 9 May 2004 in hospital without returning to consciousness after her life support machines were turned off. According to the South African Sunday Times and the managers of her music company, the post-mortem report also showed that she was HIV-positive. Her manager, Peter Snyman, denied this aspect of the report. Her family, including her long-term partner, were at her side when she died.

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Fassie has won five South African Music Awards: Best Female Artist and Song of the Year in 1999, Best-selling Release of the Decade and Best Song of the Decade in 2004, and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. She has also won three Kora Awards: Most promising Female Artist of Africa and Best Female Artist of Africa in 1996, and the Jury Special Award in 2001. She was voted 17th in the Top 100 Great South Africans. Her son Bongani “Bongz” Fassie performed “I’m So Sorry”, a song dedicated to his mother, on the soundtrack to the 2005 Academy Award-winning movie Tsotsi. In March 2006 a life-size bronze sculpture of Fassie by artist Angus Taylor was installed outside Bassline, a music venue in Johannesburg.

Who is Brenda Fassie Dating?

According to our records, Brenda Fassie married to Nhlanhla Mbambo . As of December 1, 2023, Brenda Fassie’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Brenda Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Brenda Fassie celebrates birthday on November 3 of every year.

What was the cause of Brenda's death?

On the morning of 26 April 2004, Fassie collapsed at her home in Buccleuch, Gauteng, and was admitted into a hospital in Sunninghill. The press was told that she had suffered cardiac arrest, but later reported that she had slipped into a coma brought on by an asthma attack.

How old was Brenda Fassie when she died?

39 years (1964–2004)

How is Brenda Fassie related to Nelson Mandela?

One of the rarest album in the KCRW library (and mine as well) is a 1984 12″ single by a South African group called Joy, lead by Brenda Fassie, late niece of Nelson Mandela.

What did Brenda Fassie do for South Africa?

The album became the best-selling South African release of the year and earned her numerous South African Music Awards (SAMAs). In 1999, she received the Kora award for the best female artist. Her next album, Nomakanjani, reached triple platinum status within a few months of its release.

How much did Bongani Fassie inherit?

This week Bongani said that his mother’s estate had been settled 14 years after her death. She died of a cocaine overdose and left her estate, reportedly worth more than R20 million, unsettled.

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