Atteridgeville artist uses his music to spread love, hope
His mission is to help the youth in the community who want to pursue a music career, and focus on social development.
Young performer Clement Magongwe, known as Jordan Lax, has used his music to extend love and hope to residents.
His music career started when he was eight and recorded his first song.
His mission is to help the youth in the community who want to pursue a music career, and focus on social development.
“In order to help out in the community, I always wanted the young generation to understand their values towards working to ensure they reach their dreams and goals,” he said.
Raised in a family of eight, and being the third child, he felt the need to be a leader among his siblings and strive for gold.
He said his biggest inspiration to join the music industry was his father who supported him through the years.
“My dad was a musician (Sontoja) who used to play with the likes of Hugh Masekela and many more legends in the entertainment industry. Well, I am also an Afro-pop musician and my genre consists of jazz and high-tempo vibes,” he said.
His content of music is focused on the life that residents face every day and he makes sure to spread joy through his music.
“I released Beautiful Mistakes last year and it really inspired the residents to always do better in life,” he said.
Besides his normal performances and having to work with influential artists like Mr. Brown, luka012 and Jay Claude, he has opened his daycare academy that helps families who can’t afford to pay for school fees.
Joyful Kiddies Academy, which he launched three years ago during Covid-19, gave the opportunity to children whose parents cannot afford daycare fees and give them the opportunity to learn in a prestigious environment.
“We serve the community of Pretoria North and have been running the day are for the past three years now, with God’s grace we have the best staff who helps in developing young minds,” he said.
Lax is currently running a music camp for the youth who can’t afford to pay for studio fees for recording.
“Planning my next project called African vibes, I infused melodies from our past generations into a new feel such as Sanamarena and Giyani, hoping to drop the project on June 8,” he said.
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