Kamogelo Mphela was born 29 November 1999 in Soweto ,South Africa and grew up in Emdeni, Soweto. She studied Media at the Boston Media House.
popularly known as Kamo Mphela, is a South African dancer and singer. She became an internet celebrity after she posted a video of her dancing on her social media account.
Her passion for dancing started at an early age, when she accompanied her father who worked at YFM and at events where she would perform on stage and dance which eventually led to her getting more exposure through live performances. She later became popular by posting videos on Instagram where she displayed her dancing skills.[4] Before pursuing her dancing career she had tried acting and had got a chance to be an extra on the TV soap Isibaya, but she later realised that it was not for her and she started performing as a dancer at gigs. Her dancing skills eventually got her the name “Queen of Amapiano”.
In 2019, she got signed to Major League Music and released her Ep titled, Twentee under the label.[6] She has also released songs such as Suka Emabozen and Menemene and has collaborated with South African singer Busiswa on the single Sbwl and has featured on the MFR Soulz single Amanikiniki ranked #1 on Good Hope FM’s SA House Music Top 10 Chart.
She has also performed and worked with local musicians such as Nadia Nakai and Killer Kau. She has been featured as a singer and dancer in the amapiano songs such as Sukendleleni and Labantwana Ama Uber. Apart from amapiano, she has also danced to other South African popular music genres including Gqom, kwaito and pantsula.
Kamo Mphela’s dance moves are on steroids.
Dancer Kamo Mphela has taken Mzansi by storm with her saucy dance moves and literally caused a traffic jam dancing in the streets recently. It’s all part of her plan to dominate 2019. The star sat down with TshisaLIVE recently to talk about her meteoric rise to fame and her desire to score a TV gig.
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“My 2019 highlights, I never thought I will be where I am right now. Everything just happened so quickly. I’ve joined Major League DJz, I’m working [vocally] and all big things are happening and very overwhelming. I’m going into presenting and hopefully MTV Base gives me something, because I have been applying for a long time”, she said.
Kamo started dancing at a very tender age and would accompany her father, who worked at YFM, to events, where she would jump on stage to dance. She said dancing comes naturally to her and she is able to learn moves by watching them once or twice.
“I dance on streets, shops and everywhere, apart from dancing in studio, that’s not fun. It’s something that everybody is expecting you to do. I’m trying to be really different, trying to start a trend and see how much influence I can have on people.” Kamo gained many new fans when a video of her dancing in the streets in Soweto went viral.
She said she felt comfortable busting a move in the township.
“If you are doing normal things people won’t see you as different. Dancing in streets is something that happens in Soweto. That’s where everything happens,” she said.
On fame, Kamo said: “The craziest experience that I’ve had with my fans was when one fan was actually crying when she saw me. She was screaming my name. That was pretty cute. I wanted that and I never thought that was happening, it was a crazy moment.”
Kamo dances to every genre, including kwaito, gqom, pantsula and amapiano. She has also collaborated with Nadia Nakai and Busiswa.
Moghel is also working on a single that will be released in December. On November 30 and December 7 she will hold dance classes at Soweto’s Finest Dance Studio in Newtown.
