Menelik Nesta Gibbons |
Menelik Nesta Gibbons (born on the 3rd April 1987), known professionally as Don Dada is a Zimbabwean born South African hip hop & reggae artist, record producer, entrepreneur, radio personality, disc jockey, founder and co-owner of Ruff Cutt Studio and Afrika Connect Holdings situated in Johannesburg, South Africa.[1] [2] [3]
Menelik was born in Harare, Zimbabwe to his parents Layla and Moses Michael Gibbons and was raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Zimbabwean-South African born Menelik Nesta gibbons was named after Menelik I the first Emperor of Ethiopia, and Nesta, after Robert Nesta Marley.[4]
Menelik was raised in Johannesburg, South Africa where he began his musical career in the year 2000, forming Ruff Cutt Studio in 2009 and releasing his debut album Avant-Garde in 2016.[5] [6] He made his debut on the 2016 Mandela Day Concert stage after releasing this album.[7]