| Tweezy | |
| Birth Name: | Tumelo Thandokuhle Mathebula |
| Birth Date: | 1992 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Origin: | Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Years Active: | 2011–present |
| Label: | Dreamteam SA (former)Ambitiouz Ent (current) |
Tumelo Thandokuhle Mathebula (born 24 October 1992), professionally known as Tweezy, is a South African record producer and rapper from Johannesburg, South Africa.[1]
Tumelo Mathebula moved to Johannesburg in the Gauteng Province after the passing of his parents at the age of 6. He was introduced to a music making software called FL Studio in grade 10 which he thought was a "music making game", he later discovered that it was in fact a music making software.[2]
He joined a music group called "Ghetto Prophecy" that consisted of 8 members. The group produced a song called "Oh My" which ranked number 16 on the top 40 songs of YFM and was played frequently on Metro FM as well as 5FM in 2011. The group unfortunately disbanded because of the lack of funding which is when Tweezy decided to venture into the music industry as a producer.[2]
In 2014 Tweezy was nominated for producer of the year at the SA Hip Hop Awards 2014. He was nominated again the following year for the same award and won producer of the year at the SA Hip Hop Award 2015. He was named producer of the year by Hype Magazine, a local hip hop magazine. He released his first solo single titled "Ambitions" which charted number two on YFM's Urban Top 40. He later on released a remix for the single which features South Africa rapper Khuli Chana, Nigerian artist Ice Prince and singer-songwriter Victoria Kimani[3] [4]
| Title | Year | Peak chart position (EMA) | Certification | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Ambitions"[5] | 2016 | — | Non-album single | |||||||||||
| "Ambitions (remix)"[6] (featuring Khuli Chana, Victoria Kimani & Ice Prince) | — | |||||||||||||
| "Jumanji"[7] | 2017 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Fuego" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Basetsana"[8] [9] | 2018 | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
See main article: article and Tweezy production discography.
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa (EMA) | ||||||||||||||
| "Celebration" (DJ Speedsta featuring Bucie & KiD X) | 2016 | — | The Guy (016 To The World) | |||||||||||
| "Ameni"[10] (Miss Pru DJ featuring Fifi Cooper, Emtee, B3nchMarQ, A-Reece, Saudi and Sjava) | — | |||||||||||||
| "Mbongo-Zaka" (Rouge featuring Moozlie) | — | The New Era Sessions | ||||||||||||
| "Sidlukotini" (Riky Rick) | — | |||||||||||||
| "iVibe" (Chad) | — | The Book of Chad | ||||||||||||
| "Big Dreams" (Stogie T) | — | Stogie T | ||||||||||||
| "Diamond Walk" (Stogie T) | — | |||||||||||||
| "Mercy" (DJ Sliqe featuring Riky Rick, Reason, Kwesta and Thaiwanda) | — | Injayam Vol. 1 | ||||||||||||
| "All On Me" (B3nchMarQ) | — | |||||||||||||
| "Bay 2" (DJ Sliqe featuring AKA, Yanga and JR) | — | Injayam Vol. 1 | ||||||||||||
| "Jumanji" (Tweezy) | 2017 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Mercy" (DJ Sliqe featuring Riky Rick, Reason, Kwesta, ThaiWanda) | ||||||||||||||
| "On It" (DJ Sliqe featuring Shekhinah) | — | Injayam Vol. 1 | ||||||||||||
| "No Pressure"[11] (Neo) | — | rowspan="3" | ||||||||||||
| "Fuego" (Tweezy) | — | |||||||||||||
| "New School Bully" (Kid Tini) | — | |||||||||||||
| "Corner Store" (Emtee) | — | Manando | ||||||||||||
| "King" (Nasty C featuring A$AP Ferg) | 2018 | — | Strings And Bling | |||||||||||
| "Amademoni" (featuring Cassper Nyovest) | 2020 | _ | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Award Ceremony | Prize | Work/Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | 27th South African Music Awards | Best Engineered Album of the Year | The Second Coming by Kid Tini – James Smals, Kitie, Ron Epidemic & Tweezy | |
2014 | South African Hip Hop Awards 2014 | Producer of the Year | Himself | |
2015 | South African Hip Hop Awards 2015 | Producer of the Year | Himself | |
2016 | South African Hip Hop Awards 2016 | Producer of the Year[12] [13] | Himself | |
| Best Remix | Ambitions (Remix featuring Khuli Chana, Victoria Kimani & Ice Prince) | |||
2017 | AFRIMMA Awards 2017 | Music Producer of The Year[14] | Himself | |