Miss A shows off at Imbizo on Youth Day
By combining the two genres, she found her own genre, Afro-Hip hop.
Tembisa based Ayanda Sithole, best known as Miss A, was among musicians like Judith Sephuma and Uhuru who entertained the audience on Youth Day at Imbizo Shiza Nyama Busy Corner.
Sithole is a composer, writer and performing artist who found her place between traditional music and rap.
By combining the two genres, she found her own genre, Afro-Hip hop.
The bubbly Sithole was raised by a single mother.
She later moved to Mpumalanga with her great grandmother, where her love for traditional music was developed and nurtured.
Miss A started writing songs at the age of 12 and formed a group at school which performed her songs, entertaining students during lunch break.
After matric, she studied IT at PC Training and Business College which was the only reasonable course for her to do at the time.
Miss A started recording professionally shortly after she came back to Tembisa at the age of 18, when she was introduced to a local hip hop producer.
Her very first stage performance was in Rabasotho Hall on the 1685 vs. 1632 second annual hip hop show in 2012, when a guy who produced her hit single “Mfan-omsotho” was co-hosting the show.
Later that year she auditioned for Ziveze Music Knockout, where she made the final cut and became part of Soweto Rhythm Productions tour.
Herself and other selected artists performed in prisons and theatres around Soweto, KZN and Grahamstown.
This is where her talent and love for musical theatre was discovered.
Her career highlights include performing at the Lucas Moripe Stadium during half time of a game between Super Sport United and Amazulu, performing a song she was asked to compose and record for Super Sport United titled ‘Matsatsantsa’.
The musician has also performed in clubs around Tembisa, including Caprivi, Ma-Afrika, Wall Street, Kings Palace and Front Page.
She had airplay at Voice of Tembisa and Kasie FM, as well as a radio interview.
Miss A launched her debut album “Umkhosi” on December 6, 2014, which she’s selling independently and is doing well so far.
Inspired by the late Jabu Khanyile and Lebo Mathosa, this musician writes songs to empower, educate, and simply tell a story while making people dance.
She is known for her unique sound, her commanding stage presence and her breath-taking dance moves during her performances.
Working her way up in the entertainment industry, Miss A plans to take traditional music into a whole new level.
