- Kabelo Mabalane
Infobox musical artist
Name = Kabelo
Background = solo_rapper
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Birth_name = Kabelo Mabalane
Origin =johannesburg ,gauteng ,South Africa
Born = birth date and age|1976|12|15
Genre =kwaito
Occupation =Rapper ,actor Co-Owner of independent label, Faith Records (www.faithinc.co.za)
Years_active = 1996 – presentKabelo Mabalane
Bouga Luv (full name Kabelo Mabalane, born
15 December 1976 ) is aSouth Africa nrapper ,songwriter andactor .Opening act for theSouth Africa n performance byJay Z andRihana [http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=346&fArticleId=3442705] .he has also been th opening act for50 Cent andJa Rule [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=9&click_id=102&art_id=vn20030709074744852C480627]Since he released his first solo album, Pantsula 4 life, in 2001, each year at the South African Music Awars (SAMAs), Kabelo is a sure winner. He won the 2004
Kora Award for Best Southern Africa Male Artist.He was also a member of once a popular kwaito group in South africa (TKZEE). [ [http://www.afropop.org/multi/feature/ID/454/Kora+Awards+Report:+2004 Kora Awards Report: 2004] Afropop.org, accessed 05 August 2007]Discography
Albums
*Pantsula 4 life
2000
*Rebel With A Cause2002
*And the Beat Goes On2003
*Bouga Luv Album2004
*Exodus2006
*bouga feat likzo [2007]
*I'm A King [2007]Mabalane has also run the Comrades Marathon on three occasions from 2006 to 2008. In 2008 he finished just under the 10-hour mark. He also featured on the August 2008 cover of Runner's World magazine.
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