17 Jun 2015

It is not easy for every upcoming artist to have a warm welcome in the music industry.
 For about 5 years, they have been creating waves in Letlhakeng and surrounding villages with their performances, their home made quality gospel house and afro pop tunes touching fans.

Zobas Crew as known to their fans with vocalists, Seabe ‘Lettie’ Tlhose, 18 years (lead female vocalist and dancer), Bojosi‘Mandos’ Pelaelo, 24 years, Aobakwe ‘Ozzie’ Bongalo, 23 years and Kebadiretse ‘Nazarioh’ Gaotlhobelwe, 30 years, (producer) is still struggling financially to drop their first album.


“We have a full gospel house album that we started in 2011 which we want it to hit shelves but we do not have enough money to take the album to much modernized recording studios” Gaotlhobelwe said.

He also described that their title song “Sedilaka” is the one that gathered more fans for them as they used to conduct concerts trying to raise some funds for their album.

He described this song as a touching song as it looks up to God and ask for help as they have a long road but ripping nothing.  Zobas Crew is a well-known group that also record and dedicate wedding songs with messages to the newly wedded couples.

Windy Samojako described the youth talented crew as God given as she shed tears on her wedding day as she invited Zobas Crew to entertain at her wedding ceremony in December 2014.

"I started crying as the song ‘Se ile Sephonono’ stared with my husband and my names in the song because it was a surprise, they denied me from visiting them at their recording session” Mrs. Samojako said.

Zobas Crew has shared stage with artists such as Kgobola, Machesa, Flexyville and Dedcoh in Letlhakeng.
The crew leader, Gaotlhobelwe said he is willing to take his crew to the high level, he said he wishes to listen to their songs played over radio stations.

Gaotlhobelwe said that he has worked with a traditional group named Tsetse Fly in October 2010 as backing artist and composer before forming Zobas Crew.

He said their album is a full 6 track masterpiece. 
The other group member Mandos (as known in stage) said his role model is ‘VeeMampeezy’ whom he said is a good artist and want idiolised him. “We are always with music legends like Kgobola in studio to help us in penetrating into music industry” Mandos added.  

He also said that they always get regards from parents and the crowd in wedding performances every time they leave stage.

The only female vocalist/dancer, Seabe ‘Lettie’ (as known to her fans) said that she is always putting his crew before God to find someone to help them financially to release their first album.

“Blessed is the hand that gives than that takes, so we are asking for interested company or person to help our group” Lettie said. Ends