OUT OF A REFUGEE CAMP IN MANZINI SWAZILAND ON FEBRUARY 25, 1987 ZAKHELE
MOLEFE KHUMALO WAS BROUGHT INTO THE WORLD WITH THE ODDS NOT IN HIS
FAVOR. HIS PARENTS BEING POLITICAL REFUGEES FROM SOUTH AFRICA, THEY
ESCAPED THE APARTHEID LEAVING BEHIND THEIR HOME, THEIR FAMILY AND
FRIENDS. ZAKHELE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO CANADA IN HOPES OF A POTENTIAL
BETTER FUTURE. ZAKHELE GREW INTO AN ACTIVE ATHLETE PARTAKING IN SEVERAL
SPORTS, EXCELLING IN HOCKEY, BASKETBALL AND SOCCER. ZAKHELE’S PASSION
FOR MUSIC GREW WITH AGE. THROUGH NUMEROUS MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AT HIS
HIGHSCHOOL, LOCAL CHARITY EVENTS AND SMALL CONCERTS ZAKHELES THRIVE FOR
MUSIC SPARKED AN INTEREST IN INVESTING MORE TIME AND EFFORT INTO HIS
INATE TALENT FOR MUSIC.UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGHSCHOOL, ZAKHELE
ATTENDED THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN IN TORONTO, CANADA TAKING
FASHION DESIGN. AFTER A YEAR IN THIS PROGRAM, ZAKHELE LEFT THE DESIGN
SCHOOL TO MOVE BACK HOME AND FOCUS ON HIS MUSICAL TALENT. ZAKHELE WHO
IS KNOWN FOR BEING A JACK OF ALL THINGS ART, DISCOVERED HIS TRUE TALENT
FOR PRODUCING TRACKS AND SINGING/RAPPING ON THEM . ZAKHELE- BUILD IT
YOURSELF IS NOT ONLY A TITLE OF A SONG ON HIS FIRST DEBUT ALBUM BUT IS
ALSO A PHILOSOPHY ZAKHELE BASIS HIS WORK ETHIC ON. WHAT STARTED AS A
HOBBIE , GREW INTO HIS JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED AND DISTRIBUTED FIRST
ALBUM TITLED “THE EXORCIST” WITH THE FIRST SINGLE BEING “THE EXORCIST”
ZAKHELE’S MUSIC IS NOT ONLY A NEW WAVE OF SOUND BUT ALSO ENCOMPASES
COMPLEX SOUNDS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A SOUND OF THE FUTURE THAT
MAKES YOU MOVE, OR GO THROUGH THE JOURNEY OF SOUND WITH HIM. WITH THE
RELEASE OF HIS FIRST ALBUM IT SHOULD BE NO TIME THAT THE NAME ZAKHELE
KHUMAL
