Professor Biography, Profile, Age, Career, Albums & Net Worth<\/b><\/p>\n

Mkhonzeni Langa (born 27 March 1978) better known by his stage name Professor is a South African Kwaito musician from Durban.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He first rose to prominence as part of the Durban-based Kwaito duo Tzozo and Professor before branching out on his own making a huge mark on the South African music industry with hit songs such as Jezebel, Imoto, Lento, Fingerprints, Speaker & Unobenga.<\/p>\n

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Professor Age<\/h2>\n

He was born on 27 March 1978 in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Professor is 43 years old as of 2021.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Professor Career<\/h2>\n

In 1995 Professor was discovered by South African music producers Lindelani Mkhize, of Joyous Celebration and Spikiri (Mandla Mofokeng) of Trompies while he was performing.<\/p>\n

In 1996 he moved to the city of Johannesburg to pursue a music career. During this time the Kwaito genre was fast approaching its peak with musicians such as\u00a0Arthur Mafokate\u00a0and\u00a0Mdu Masilela\u00a0at the very prime of their careers.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>2003\u20132009: Tzozo and Professor<\/span><\/h3>\n

In 2003 Professor was signed to\u00a0Kalawa Jazmee Records\u00a0by\u00a0Oskido\u00a0and Spikiri. At Kalawa Jazmee Records Professor was pair up with an already established Kwaito singer Tzozo, and together they formed a duo which was known as Tzozo & Professor. The emergence of Tzozo & Professor also marked the emergence of the subgenre, Durban Kwaito Music, spanning from the original genre pioneered by the very label that signed them, Kalawa Jazmee Records. While together the duo released three albums: \u201cWoze Durban\u201d, \u201cAmantombazane\u201d and \u201cMagazine\u201d.
\n<h3\u2033>2010\u2013present: Solo Career<\/p>\n

In 2010 Professor released his debut album as a solo artist under\u00a0Kalawa Jazmee Records. The album was titled \u201cUniversity of Kalawa Jazmee\u201d and its lead single titled \u201cJezebel\u201d, it was a runaway success and catapulted to even higher levels of success as an artist and launched as an individual rather than part of the duo. The songs contained in the album were so strong that every single that came out of it was critically praised; this includes, \u201cJimaphi le Weight\u201d, \u201cImoto\u201d and \u201cLento\u201d. Furthermore, at the year 2010 edition of the\u00a0Metro FM\u00a0Music Awards the album was nominated in three categories; Best Kwaito Album, Song of the Year (Jezebel) and Best Collaboration. He went on to win Best Kwaito Album and the coveted Song of the Years Award. At the\u00a021st South African Music Awards\u00a0held on 19 April 2015 at\u00a0Sun City\u00a0in the\u00a0North West\u00a0the album, University of Kalawa Jazmee, won Best Kwaito Album.<\/p>\n

In 2012 Professor returned with his second solo offering titled \u201cOrientation\u201d. The album was preceded by singles Baphi, One Night Stand, Ntombazam & I Wish. In that album Professor worked a numerous established musicians including Magesh, Speedy,\u00a0AKA, Zakwe, Ishmael, Stoan, Stax and\u00a0Zola\u00a0among other.<\/p>\n

One of the popular songs on the album was \u201cFingerprints\u201d which he did with his brother, Character and legendary South African record producer\u00a0Oskido. \u201cOrientation\u201d won Best Kwaito Album and secured Professor the Best Male Artist Award at the 12th Annual Metro FM Music Awards.<\/p>\n

In 2015 Professor released a hit single titled \u201cNguye Lona\u201d in which he featured Sdudla no Mathousand & Heavy k. Also in 2015 Professor he was featured on the smash hit, \u201cKOTW anthem\u201d, by Sphectacula and DJ Naves from their debut studio album, Kings of the Weekend.<\/p>\n

In \u201cKOTW anthem\u201d Professor\u2019s deep husky voice features prominently. In 2017, he collaborated with\u00a0Sandra Ndebele, a Zimbabwean artist on her song \u201cLizwile.\u201d The song debuted at number 22 in the iTunes Top 200 tracks Australia World Music.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Albums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Album Title<\/th>\n	Album Details<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
University of Kalawa Jazmee<\/i><\/td>\n	\n \n Released: 1 January 2010<\/li>\n Label:\u00a0Kalawa Jazmee Records<\/li>\n Formats: CD,\u00a0Digital download<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
University of Kalawa Jazmee Since 1994<\/i><\/td>\n	\n \n Released: 2 December 2014<\/li>\n Label: Kalawa Jazmee Records<\/li>\n Formats: CD,\u00a0Digital download<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orientation<\/i><\/td>\n	\n \n Released: 1 June 2012<\/li>\n Label: Kalawa Jazmee Records<\/li>\n Formats: CD,\u00a0Digital download<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Composed By Jesus Christ<\/i><\/td>\n	\n \n Released: 26 January 2018<\/li>\n Label: Kalawa Jazmee Records\/Proper Files<\/li>\n Formats: CD,\u00a0Digital download<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Journey<\/td>\n	\n \n Released: 2 November 2019<\/li>\n Label: Kalawa Jazmee Records\/ Cafe De Anatolia<\/li>\n Formats: CD,\u00a0Digital download<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/span>Professor Net Worth<\/h2>\n Professor has an estimated net worth of $300 000 which he has earned from his career.<\/p>\n <\/span>Reference<\/h4>\n \n The contents of this page are sourced from\u00a0Wikipedia article\u00a0on 14 Dec 2020. The contents are available under the\u00a0CC BY-SA 4.0\u00a0license.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Drop your queries regarding\u00a0Professor Biography\u00a0<\/b>below in the comment box.<\/p>\n SHARE THIS POST WITH OTHERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Professor Biography, Profile, Age, Career, Albums & Net Worth Mkhonzeni … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4818],"tags":[5105,5637,4868],"class_list":["post-12232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-albums-net-worth","tag-biography-of-professor-age","tag-career"],"yoast_head":"\n