Based : Namibia
Born in Oshikuku, Gazza grew up in a family of seven. As a soccer lover, he nicknamed himself Gazza after famous English soccer player Paul Gascoigne. After completing high school he went to study marketing at Boston College in Cape Town, South Africa where he advanced his love for Kwaito music.
His music can be defined as a mix of several influences namely kwaito, dancehall, reggae, and hip hop, and his lyrics are about township life.
Gazza toured the United States and Canada, performing in Canada and shooting his reality TV show in New York and Los Angeles as well as a music video called Wambo in New York, making the first Namibian artist to shoot a video and reality show in America. He became the first Namibian artist to have a reality show on the Namibian Broadcasting Channel NBC, named Just Whyling. He received a car endorsement by KIA MOTORS.
To date, he has released 11 albums. His 10th album titled Ondjila – Long Journey was launched at The Hage Geingob Stadium on 11 October 2014.
Gazza also serves as a Goodwill Ambassador of Education sanctioned by the Ministry of Education, and as an Ambassador for Team Namibia, as well as the Back To School Campaign (at the office of the Prime Minister). In 2016 he took part in a United Nations Information Centre Windhoek campaign to get people to save water by taking shorter showers.
Gazza owns Gazza Music Productions, which releases music by Tequila and Dj Shoza,and a clothing line. 2009 he launched a range of nine different flavoured sparkling mineral water branded “G-fresh”.
His twelfth full-length album, Misunderstood, was set for release in November 2018.
