Portia monique biography

Born in Hawaii before moving to Seattle – her home today – and lived Houston, TX for 7 years, Portia travelled a lot during her formative years and with that.
Portia Monique was born to sing.
Singing since she was 3 years old and writing songs since she was 9, Portia has a knack for lyrical prose that is nothing less than incredible.

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Black Coffee (DJ)

South African DJ and producer

Musical artist

Nkosinathi Innocent Maphumulo (born 11 March 1976), better known by his stage name Black Coffee, is a South African DJ, record producer and songwriter. His accolades include eight South African Music Awards, four DJ Awards, two Metro FM Awards and a Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album.^[4]^[5]

He began his career in 1994, and gained recognition for his participation in the 2004 Red Bull Music Academy a decade later. Maphumulo established the record label Soulistic Music to release his debut self-titled album Black Coffee (2005), which incorporated elements of R&B and jazz. He has since released nine studio albums.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Early life and career

Nkosinathi Innocent Maphumulo was born on 11 March 1976 in eThekwini, South Africa. He later moved to Umtata, the town 29 km away from the home of Nelson Mandela Qunu village, staying at the Ngangelizwe township. On the 11 February 1990, while celebrating the release of Nelson Ma

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Portia Monique was born to sing. As a three-year-old she was performing in front of the mirror, by seven, she was signing in church, and by nine was writing snappy lyrics to further hone her talent.

Self taught, musical studies haven’t followed, but an increasingly impactful series of collaborations with other artists and producers has certainly provided Portia with the needed learning experiences to grow. You’d be forgiven for thinking that heavyweight musical family helped determine her path and yet Portia Monique’s sweet song was entirely from within. “My mother can sing, but she never took it any further than the church” she reflects.

Born to sing indeed…  Born in Hawaii before moving to Seattle – her home today – and lived Houston, TX for 7 years, Portia travelled a lot during her formative years and with that, she carried a portable tape recorder everywhere she could, in order to capture every idea that graced her creative mind. Near the age of 16 (one year after arriving to Houston, TX), she started working with a variety of local music producers and rappers to hone her