Tycoon 4 Sho wins a SATMA award

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A full time teacher and fashionista popularly known as Tycoon 4 Sho in the music industry, walked away with the best Tshivenda album award during the South African Traditional Music Awards (SATMA) on Saturday.

The event was held at University of Fort Hare in Alice, Eastern Cape.

Fhatuwani Nemushungwa (43) won the award with his debut album Vhitshilo. His songLurale Lwa Mbidi had been pitted against Samuel April Ramufhi, Adziambei Band, and Gift Maringa.

“Winning an award with my first album is an achievement,” he said. “It motivates me to work even harder.”

The SATMA-winning album comprises songs such as Ri ya Kuluta, Ha zwi vhoni, Kha ri Funane, Ro farelana and Lurale lwa mbidi.

Tycoon 4 Sho started singing in the Gaba Redeeming Grace Christian Centre way back in the early 1990's, where he even composed a popular gospel song Jesus died for us(composed in 1993).

He stated that the award ceremony had also given him an opportunity to hook up with other artists and producers. “Balcan Sikhwari invited me to work with his artist Vho-April Ramufhi and I immediately accepted the proposal,” he said; "people have always said that Vho-Ramufhi's voice and mine sound almost the same in terms of quality and I am glad to have found an opportunity of working with this great artist.”

Tycoon 4 Sho just dropped a new album titled O Vhuya Tycoon. It boasts ten songs, including songs such as Salungano (house version), Tsho vuwa tshipengo and lanyana(malende song).

He recorded both his albums at Masana Records, where he worked with DJ Davic. “DJ Davic had heard my voice when I visited his studios and signed me at once,” he said.

Tycoon 4 Sho was born at Tshifudi near Sibasa, but currently resides and works in Gauteng.

By: Tshifhiwa Mukwevho

Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho was born in 1984 in Madombidzha village, not far from Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. After submitting articles for roughly a year for Limpopo Mirror's youth supplement, Makoya, he started writing for the main newspaper. He is a prolific writer who published his first book, titled A Traumatic Revenge in 2011. It focusses on life on the street and how to survive amidst poverty. His second book titled The Violent Gestures of Life was published in 2014.