MPHO
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| MPHO | |
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| Birth name | Mpho Skeef |
| Born | South Africa |
| Genres | Pop, Funk, New Wave |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter |
| Labels | Wall of Sound, Parlophone/EMI |
| Associated acts | Bugz in the Attic Us3 Coldcut |
| Website | www.mphosounds.com |
MPHO (pronounced Mmm'po) is the stage name of Mpho Skeef.
Mpho – her name is a SeSotho word meaning "gift"[1] – was born during the apartheid regime inSouth Africa to Sipho Mabuse and her mother, Mary Edwards. Here Mpho spent her first birthday imprisoned in Caledon Square, Cape Town with her mother who was an anti-apartheid campaigner. [2] She moved to the UK at the age of 4 and was brought up in Stockwell, Clapham and Brixton by her mother and her step-dad, Eugene Skeef.
In over a decade of singing and songwriting she has performed with Bugz in the Attic singing the lead on their hit "Booty La La". She also sang on the track "This Island Earth" on the Coldcut album Sound Mirrors.
Her latest single "Box N Locks" uses a sample from the Canadian group Martha and the Muffins single "Echo Beach"[2]
She has signed a five-album deal with EMI/Parlophone.[3]
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 2009: Pop Art (released 2010)
Track listing
- "See Me Now" Feat. Wale - 3:52
- "Box N Locks" - 2:55
- "Fix Ya Face" - 3:25
- "Morning After" - 3:24
- "Hips Go Pop" - 3:20
- "S.P.A.C.E. Man" - 4:02
- "All Change" - 3:03
- "Paranoid Type" - 2:43
- "Man Who Got Away" - 4:17
- "Last Supper" - 3:36
- "I Was Once You" - 3:53
[edit] Singles
- 2009: "Box N Locks" - UK #49
- 2010: "See Me Now" feat. Wale
[edit] Other singles
- 2009 "I Got Soul" with Young Soul Rebels - UK #10
[edit] References
- ^ Staff. MPHO. pp. 37.
- ^ a b Daily Record - Rising star MPHO could be Britain's answer to Beyonce 25 June 2009 By Bev Lyons
- ^ RWDmag Mpho Skeef: Popping Off
[edit] External links
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