South African singer Tyla recently named the late Lebo Mathosa and Brenda Fassie as her musical influences and the women she ...

Grammy Award-winning singer Tyla recently shared the heartfelt story behind her musical inspiration in an interview with ...

“I really admired Brenda Fassie and Lebo Mathosa,” Tyla said. “They were like our pop stars.” Reflecting on her childhood in ...

When Brenda Fassie was four, she started a singing group. At 14, she had moved from her home town to Johannesburg to seek her musical fortune. She found it when she was asked to stand in for a member ...

Brenda Fassie, South Africa ‘ s first black pop star, who gave a voice to disenfranchised blacks at the height of apartheid, has died of complications from an asthma attack, her family said. She was ...