Eric Kulani Giyani Nkovani, better known by his stage names Penny Penny and Papa Penny is a South African musician and politician, known affectionately as the “Shangaan Disco King” for the musical style he helped popularise. He was the youngest of 68 children from a local traditional Surgeon/ doctor with 25 wives.
Penny Penny
How many kids does Penny Penny has?
25 children
Since 2017, he also stars in his own reality series Penny Ahee on Mzansi Magic, which was commissioned after a successful appearance as a judge on Clash of the Choirs. Penny Penny is married and has 25 children, with 23 of them from previous relationships.
What is the story of Penny Penny?
Giyani Kulani Kobane (initially Eric Kobane) was born in Limpopo in 1960, the youngest of 68 children to a traditional doctor with 25 wives. He gained the nickname Penny as a dancer, and won several breakdancing competitions during the 1980s, while he was working in a gold mine.
When did Penny Penny started singing?
About Penny Penny
With his 1994 debut, Shaka Bundu, he established an updated version of traditional Tsonga music, fusing slow house beats and electronic steel drums with call-and-response vocals sung in Xishangana.
What was Papa Penny’s first album?
Shaka Bundu
Shaka Bundu is the debut album by South African musician Penny Penny released in 1994.
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