1. Moonchild Sanelly is known for her signature blue-coloured hair and her self-created music genre called "Future ghetto funk".
16 Facts About Moonchild Sanelly
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Moonchild Sanelly's music has reached audiences beyond South Africa's borders, playing in festivals such as SXSW in Austin, Texas and Primavera Sound in Barcelona.
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Moonchild Sanelly was born into a musical family, with her brother being a hip hop producer, her mother a jazz singer, and her cousins kwaito dancers.
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Moonchild Sanelly moved to Durban in 2005 to study fashion at the Linea Fashion Design Academy and stayed there for six years.
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In 2006, Sanelly started performing in shows at the Durban University of Technology with a key focus in poetry and hip hop, although she did not actually call herself a poet for a long time until she noticed people's reactions.
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Moonchild Sanelly featured regularly on a weekend show on Gagasi FM, called Poetry with King Siso.
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In 2019, Moonchild Sanelly was featured on Beyonce's The Lion King: The Gift album in the song "My Power" along with Busiswa and Nija.
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Moonchild Sanelly made a notable contribution on Our Culture, first track off Zingah's 2020 album.
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Moonchild Sanelly was scheduled to host the TV show Madness Method on BET.
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Moonchild Sanelly made an announcement on Twitter of her feature on the FIFA 2022 soundtrack.
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In February 2022, Moonchild Sanelly began her career in adult entertainment.
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Towards the end of October 2024, Moonchild Sanelly announced her upcoming studio album Full Moon, that was released on 10 January 2025 by Transgressive Records.
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Moonchild Sanelly announced her upcoming UK and Ireland tour, scheduled to commerce on 5 March 2025 in Manchester.
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Moonchild Sanelly has her on own clothing label called Moonchild Cultwear.
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Moonchild Sanelly owns a Naked Club and has made it clear that it is not a brothel.
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Moonchild Sanelly is Xhosa and uses Xhosa language in most of her songs.