Nomuzi Mabena (born 22 September 1992), professionally known as Moozlie is a rapper and television presenter. Born in
Benoni, Gauteng, she won the
MTV
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VJ Search for the year 2012.
Early life
Nomuzi was born on 22 September 1992. She grew up in Rynfield,
Daveyton, Gauteng
Daveyton is a township in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality of Gauteng in South Africa. It borders Etwatwa to the north-east, Springs to the south and Benoni to the south-west. The nearest town is Benoni, which is approximately 18 kilo ...
, a small suburb in the East Rand, Johannesburg. She was raised by her mom and dad and she also has an older sister.
She went to school at St Dunstan's College in Benoni where she went onto matriculate.
After matriculation, she enrolled at the
Varsity College
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History
Varsity College opened in January 2001, with Julie Grantham as principal and an initial cohort of 354 preschool to Year 3 students. Since the ...
in Sandton for a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Sciences. She left the college after being selected by MTV Base VJ Search in 2012 to focus on her career in entertainment.
Career
2012-2016: MTV VJ Search and Nomuzi Mabena Music
On October 20, 2012, Nomuzi won the MTV Base VJ Search, and joined
MTV Base as a
VJ. In April 2016, Moozlie left
MTV Base and went on to join VUZU and Channel O Africa.
In 2016, Nomuzi left Cashtime Life records which she had joined in 2014.
She was featured on
Rouge's song "Mbongo Zaka".
Nomuzi was chosen as one of the new presenters for
Vuzu's
Vuzu was a South African youth-oriented television channel produced by M-Net for sister pay television platform DStv.
History
The channel launched on 1 August 2003 as "go", as a competitor to MTV.
In March 2009, it was announced that the channe ...
flagship show,
V Entertainment the same year. The show stopped airing in July 2017. She started her own record label, Nomuzi Mabena Music the same year, under the management of SBR Projects Agency.
2017-present: ''Versus'' and ''Victory''
In October 2017, she released her debut mixtape, named Versus. The mixtape was supported by 3 singles which are "Recipe", "Getting Cash" and "Bum Bum" featuring
Gemini Major.
she returned as a presenter revival for the
VUZU Amp (currently 1Magic) flagship show "
V Entertainment" alongside
Somizi Mhlongo.
On 7 September 2018, she released her debut album, "Victory". The album is supported by its lead single, "Vatela" featuring Kid X.
In early 2019, Nomuzi partnered with
Volkswagen SA and Drive Dry in making an awareness campaign which deals with reducing texting and driving. The campaign was supported by a shocking and controversial video which shows Moozlie doing an
Instagram
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update then gets into an apparent car crash.
The video was released before the public became aware of the campaign which led to consternation on
social media
Discography
Studio albums
Mixtape
Singles
References
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1992 births
People from Gauteng
Living people
South African rappers
South African hip hop musicians
South African women rappers