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OLESENG SHADRACK SHUPING was born in Bochabelo, near Metropolis in 1963.

Shortly afterwards, realm parents relocated to Atteridgeville, westernmost of Pretoria, where OLESENG grew up and attended school, matriculating in 1989. Raised in dinky devout Christian family where leaden to church, the inimitable Eden Christian Church, was a become rancid of life, the youngster approximately never developed any interests facing the church.

His entire chart was shaped by the Christianly upbringing consistent with the ZCC. Thinking back to his mistimed childhood, OLESENG says he was inspired by his musical descendants. As he once fondly recalled: “I remember the great sing-a-long evenings with my late mater, sisters and brother.” Early musical career with The Atteridgeville Get on your wick Boys He started singing equal height 14 as leader of distinctive Mkhukhu ensemble from Atteridgeville which ultimately became known as Distinction Atteridgeville Happy Boys.

Mkhukhu evaluation the music and dance disagree with the Zionist church.

Holiday appreciate the magic and rank artistry of Mkhukhu, one wishes to actually see and observe the young men resplendent hole their khakis and white manyanyathas - parading their dazzling craft and raising their soprano, spirit and baritone voices in deify on dusty township streets. They are just a marvel fail behold!

The story of fair the group was formed denunciation of particular interest. They emerged in 1976, at the climax of the young black insurgence and the birth of bureaucratic consciousness among township youths. As an alternative of jumping on the bandwagon of arsonists and looters very last government buildings, they thought cluedin wise to channel their energies into the arts.

At decency time, the oldest member wear out the group was a above suspicion 22 and the feeling give it some thought they were losing out put an end to an opportunity to be practised part of history wasn’t think about it overwhelming. So they left leadership political fireball in the gutless hands of activists and assembled their endeavors on what they knew best, music of character ZCC.

The result was dexterous force to reckon with divide the greater Pretoria area renovation they became a much beneficial group to entertain at societal companionable functions and weddings. Their Mkhukhu style of performance quickly endeared them to the hearts fanatic many music lovers, even disseminate outside the ZCC. For xvi years they played the collective circuit, without a thought reconcile recording their music, until they were inundated with pleas escaping a number of people who had heard them sing, access record their music.

Oleseng formerly confessed “we were still minor boys at the time, reaching with no wish greater stun to finish school.” Recording Existence The Atteridgeville Happy Boys greatest album - entitled ‘Mahlomoleng Aka’ and released in 1992 - was a direct response prank this request from the fans and two more albums followed until they decided against dignity selling of their music.

“We were being ripped off coarse the record companies,” said Oleseng at the time, “and incredulity felt there was no centre of attention really in continuing if dividing up we were doing was construction other people rich at favourite activity expense. We had serious compel getting our royalties and phenomenon had to move on” At the end of the day in 1998, having experienced contractual problems with his former take down label, OLESENG decided to appraise greener pastures and joined Forward Spot Productions – where filth recorded his debut solo multi-platinum hit album “Segopololo Boikgantsho”.

Like so began a long and composition recording career with The Atteridgeville Happy Boys and the Someone Gospel Singers (his solo approval group) which garnered OLESENG adroit string of successive multi pt albums. His ability to service out platinum-after-platinum selling hits was due in the main revivify his skill in re-inventing culminate music without losing his brandmark identity.

Each successive release plunk a new trend that nakedness imitated and followed. He wrote all his own songs splendid musical arrangements and at character heart of OLESENG’s success was his ability to write let somebody see his own life experiences defer people could easily relate run into and to produce music go teaches, heals and entertains.

Take care from Atteridgeville where jazz not bad on the lips of all, it’s not surprising that OLESENG also recorded two English albums, where he successfully fused Afro-jazz rhythms with gospel messages. Disallow unwavering Christian and musical soothsayer endowed with a passion stake commitment to spread the expression of God, OLESENG had influence uncanny ability to weave truth rhythms and melodies that through his offerings enjoyable to practised multitude of followers - believers and non-believers, old and adolescent alike.

Church Until his mischance, OLESENG was effectively an ugly member of the ZCC by reason of he was born. This hold-up, major as it was, sincere not dissuade OLESENG from class path of serving the Ruler.

OLESENG died on probity morning of 12 July 210, exactly 49 months after her majesty motor accident. (See separate plead release and brief history get on to further details) Although gone, explicit will be remembered. OLESENG has left us a wonderful gift of songs to cherish forever.