Yanga will not be silenced! How she is using her platform for good
She is the 18-year-old superstar winner of 'South African Idols' who refuses to change who she is - for anyone!
We all know that the music industry can be demanding on young stars, especially with regards to their image and what music they put out.
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Even Pink has said that when she first broke onto the scene, she was asked to be more "Britney"! But, one young South African gospel artist is changing all of that! Yanga Sobetwa is our Idol, and here's why:
She's honest! Telling the Sowetan Newspaper the most embarrasing thing she's ever done, she said "pee in my pants".
She's humble! "I'm a girl from locations – very simple – and I feel I don't deserve to be here at all. I did nothing to deserve to be here but I feel really blessed that people feel that I deserve to be here. And I feel really privileged and really blessed and it's really humbling," said Yanga Sobetwa at the 'Idols' finale.
She's a millionaire with brains! "I'm planning to continue with my studies. I am a book girl. I have so many skills and dreams that I want to fulfill, like entertainment law. I'm planning on freezing the money for up to a year and to just live off the gig money and possible sponsorship. My 10-year plan that I've set up before Idols is that I'd like to have a PhD degree in music, and I'd like to open my own production company and a music academy as well – that’s what I definitely still want to do," said Yanga.
And she won't back down in her beliefs! When asked what genre she is planning to record, she responded with: "I've always had a vision for myself. My vision is to bring teenagers closer to God through music, so it's been the vision before Idols and it doesn't have to change now. So gospel all the way and gospel pop".
She is young, she is beautiful, and we can learn a lot from her! She joins Danny in studio tonight to chat about it all!
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