Phila Madlingozi & The Band

ABOUT

Rooted, talented, versatile, creative, passionate and always pushing to reach the next peak! This is Phila Madlingozi a story teller raised in Port Elizabeth by his grandmother and back to give back to his home that blessed him with so much.

Having grown up with a music background stemming notably from his father, the world renowned Ringo Madlingozi, while on Isikizi he lent his musical charms to the show’s theme song, got nominated and won a SAFTA (Golden Horn) for Best Achievement in Original Music/Score in a TV Drama, Phila auditioned for Idols SA, a South African music competition show, looking for the best new singer, he placed on the Top 16 round of the show, after Idols he has released songs as a solo artist 2016’s Cinderella, and in that same year was featured on Darque’s Ubudoda, and Solo Ntsizwa ka Mthinkhulu’s A Safer High, in 2020 he released the single Igaqa le Ice feat Sphe, and followed that with features in 2021 in Umbali Wethu’s Abantu, Bugga King’s Omoge and Joliza’s Amandla, with 2 music videos soon to drop ahead of his EP coming out this year, and his return to the small screen, Phila sure is one to look out for dropping his latest single "Bhayi Lam'"

Inspired mainly by the concepts around his Xhosa upbringing, the themes in his music and the style in which he sings aspires to bring to the front his Xhosa roots, not just here but abroad, he wants to merge his culture with the world through his gift of storytelling.

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