| Birth Name: | Sanele Sydow |
| Alias: | Wiz the Merchant |
| Birth Date: | 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Occupation: | Rapper, Producer, Songwriter |
| Label: | 10K Projects |
Sanele Sydow (born 1999) better known by his stage name WizTheMc, is a South African-German rapper, record producer, and songwriter based in Toronto, Canada. He is best known for his 2020 breakout single "For A Minute", which has over 66 million streams on Spotify. Since 2018, he has released 3 studio albums, 8 EPs, 1 compilation album, and over a dozen singles. He has also toured across Europe, United States, and Canada with artistes like A$AP Rocky, half•alive, Billie Eilish, Burna Boy, Future, Miley Cyrus, Skip Marley, and Alan Walker.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Sanele Sydow was born in 1999 in Cape Town, South Africa. At the age of 2 his family immigrated to Lüneburg, Germany where he grew up.[5]
In 2015, Sydow and his friends formed a musical collective called "NO HOMES" in Germany.[6] The group was active for 2 years before they separated. In 2017, Sydow moved to Toronto to pursue a solo music career where he started writing songs and freestyling in his room.
In 2018, Sanele released his first two albums, Backin Toronto and Blessings in Disguise. He would go on and release multiple singles including his breakout single "For A Minute"[7] which has been featured on Grey's Anatomy, Facebook messenger, and the Netflix film He's All That (2021).[8] His third album Growing Teeth was released in January 2020.[9]
| Backin Toronto |
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| Blessings in Disguise |
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| Growing Teeth |
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| Spring |
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| CapeTown'18 |
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| Birthtape |
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| Your valentine |
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| Nothing Bigger Than Little Things |
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| What About Now |
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| Where Silence Feels Good |
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| Where Silence Feels Good (deluxe) |
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| HEADLINERS: WizTheMc |
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| Year | Album | |
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| "Promises" | 2018 | rowspan="21" |
| "Dreams" | ||
| "Leave" | ||
| "Date" | ||
| "Other Side" | ||
| "No Money on My Card" | ||
| "Know" | 2019 | |
| "Decide" | ||
| "Milk in My Coffee" | ||
| "Goodtime" | ||
| "Mission" | ||
| "Upset" | ||
| "Call" | ||
| "One Way" | ||
| "Becoming" | ||
| "Autumn" | ||
| "Sign" | ||
| "Do What I Want" | ||
| "R.O.O.T" | ||
| "On My Mind" | ||
| "Patience (Live)" | 2020 | |
| "For a Minute" | What About Now | |
| "Lied" | ||
| "WhoWho" | ||
| "World Is Fucked" | 2021 | rowspan="2" |
| "Catch Me" | ||
| "Everything" | Where Silence Feels Good | |
| "Break" | ||
| "Do It Over" | ||
| "Stoned Nights" | ||
| "Like That" | 2022 | |
| "Fck Love" (with Benee) | Where Silence Feels Good (Deluxe) | |
| "When I Get Lonely" |