Rethabile Nomalanga Khumalo (born ), is a South African singer-songwriter

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known as Rethabile. She rose to fame after being featured on a single "

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" by

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, which has been dubbed 3× platinum by

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with over 9 million YouTube video views. Rethabile Khumalo was declared a platinum selling musician after her hit single 'Ntyilo Ntyilo' became platinum in August 2021.

Life and career

Early life

Rethabile Khumalo as born on 6 September 1996. Her mother, Winnie Khumalo, is a South African singer.

Career

In 2012, Rethabile auditioned on ''

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'' at the age of 16 and got eliminated. In 2018, she signed a record deal with Afrotaiment, and released her single "Nomathemba" in September 2018. In August 2019, she was featured on

single "

" in collaboration with or rather produced by

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, after successful collaboration with Zinhle, she released her single "Ntyilo Ntyilo" featuring South African DJ

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. The song was certified platinum by the

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. "Ntyilo Ntyilo" won Most Voted Song at

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. In September 2020, her debut studio album ''Like Mother, Like Daughter'' was released.

Discography

*Like Mother Like Daughter (2020) *The Legacy EP (2022)

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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