Zinhle is a famous South African media personality. She majors in the entertainment industry. Before settling for the music industry, she had her eyes on Television, but it never worked for her. She started DJ’eying at a very young age. In one of the interviews, she revealed that it was through her brother that she developed the interest of becoming a Dj.
The inadequacy created by one of her brother’s Dj in one event opened a window of opportunity for her. She Dj’eyed in that event and there she met her destiny.
DJ Zinhle Age
DJ Zinhle was born 30 December 1983. She is 37 years old, he comes from KwaZulu, particularly, from a small town known as Dannhauser in South Africa. This is where she grew up. It is at this same place that her brother exposed her to the entertainment industry at a young age.
DJ Zinhle Career
DJ Zinhle started her career around 2004. Initially, she wanted to be a TV presenter and never had any ambitions of being a DJ, until her brother’s passion for mixing disc rubbed off on her and her love and passion for being a DJ grew. She got her first break as a resident DJ on a youth dance show called Jika Majika that aired on SABC 1.
She worked with South African music image Boom Shaka on the album I Put It In, which featured other notable artists like Dr Malinga, Khanyi Mbau, Mphoza, and many more. She headlined the Sisters with Soul concert along with Amanda Black.
Zinhle also headlined the Zimfest 2019 live concert held in Zimbabwe. Her 2019 hit song “Umlilo” gained 5.1 million streams in just three months and reached Multi-platinum status in South Africa and it was also voted as 2019’s Song of The Year. DJ Zinhle was chosen as the headline act for the opening Red Bull Music Experience in Cape Town.
DJ Zinhle New Boyfriend
Rumors of Dj Zinhle having a new bae have been going around for a while now and now the alleged new bae has been unmasked. According to Sunday World the bae is none other than Black Motion’s Murdah Bongz.
She has been of late posting pictures of flowers, thanking her ‘baby’ while her followers have been curious who the ‘baby’ is. The two have been playing around March and it has been a challenge for them to see each other as AKA’s mother has been in lockdown with Zinhle at her house,” Said A close Source
On Mother’s Day, Murdah sent her flowers, which she posted on her instastories captioned: “Thank you baby.” A couple of days later, he again sent a bouquet of red roses that she posted on her instastories with the initials MB, which stand for MurdahBongz,”.
DJ Zinhle Daughter
DJ Zinhle and AKA have a daughter named Kairo Owethu Forbes. She is named after Egypt’s capital city, Cairo. Kairo was born on July 8, 2015. “Kairo is an Arabic name and is a variant of Cairo, meaning ‘victorious one’. My mother chose her second name, Owethu… a Zulu name meaning “ours.” She is ‘our victorious one’,” Zinhle wrote on her blog.
Kairo has her own Instagram account with over 1m followers and counting. The producer and businesswoman recently shared a video of her young daughter on Instagram almost in disbelief at the rate at which she grew up in, with the caption “She was so young.. 😭”
DJ Zinhle Baby Daddy
DJ Zinhle’s most well-known relationship to date is her romance with rapper AKA. The couple started dating in 2012. Zinhle revealed how they met during an interview with MacG on Podcast and Chill. She says she met AKA at a show in Botswana. They were already familiar with one another as Zinhle had fell into AKA’s DMs a few months earlier.
We met at a show in Botswana. I was DJing…I knew him because I had DM’d him. I checked him out on social media the one time and saw a few songs and I was like ‘aw, this guy is dope and so cute’. I sent him DM saying, ‘yo I’d like to do a song with you?’ And he was like, ‘yo cool. When you have the beat send it to me’. So basically, he still owes me a song,” he said.
Zinhle’s fay tale romance with AKA ended in 2015 when she revealed on her blog, Moments by DJ Zinhle, that they broke up after she found out he was cheating on her with Bonang Matheba.
DJ Zinhle House
DJ Zinhle built her dream home from scratch. The construction took two years and Zinhle had to move in with her friend Pearl Thusi. While construction can be a nightmare for most homeowners, Zinhle enjoyed every step of the process and found a new love – decorating and design. Her daughter Kairo was equally excited about their new home.
I took Kairo to our new home & she said “WOW”! emotional!” Zinhle wrote on Instagram in August 2017.
DJ Zinhle revealed in May 2019 that she was buying a second house. Unlike her first house, she bought a home that was up for sale. Zinhle hinted about her new purchase on Twitter. “Have so many ideas and it’s gonna be special this time cause I’ll be using Jiyane Atelier items,” she wrote. Zinhle added a house emoji to her tweet.
Zinhle has been hinting about Jiyane Atelier for months and finally revealed details about her new project in October 2019. Jiyane Atelier is a furniture brand that Zinhle describes as “the home of contemporary and chic design”. The company also makes custom made furniture. “After months of hard work, research and God, I am proud to announce that @jiyane_atelier launches this Friday…” Zinhle wrote on Instagram on October 3. The furniture retails from R5 950 to R19 500
DJ Zinhle Net Worth
The star net worth is estimated to be around 22 million 2019
