Born Jo Engelbrecht, the talented singer grew up in Pretoria North and started working straight after school.
He ran his own construction company where, for approximately eight years, he built everything from roads and bridges to hospitals and houses.
Black soon realised that there is more to life than just work, and things took a turn for him.
He called it living an unsustainable lifestyle.
The Afrikaans hipster will tell you, the only thing that is significant in being driven to your knees by an unsustainable lifestyle, is the overwhelming discovery of your power there.

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Black started a concept called ‘Be That Guy’… an initiative that saw him engaging with more than 150 schools all over South Africa in an effort to create a chain of honour, ethics, respect and integrity among the youth.
The message of the “Be that Guy” campaign is that one needs to stand up for what is right and that it is “cool” and acceptable to stand firm in one’s faith and to live according to one’s moral values.
His first song ‘Skepe’ has gone viral internationally… even though it’s in Afrikaans!
You will be able to catch this remarkable performer ‘live’ at the Biltongfees on Saturday!