Who is Optimist
Optimist Music ZA is a singer and songwriter from Pretoria. Born Thabo Musa began his musical career at the age of 17 as rapper before truly finding himself, writing and recording rap songs, which were mostly inspired by Kendrick Lamar during his Good Kid M.A.A.D City times. At the time, Optimist was not yet aware that he could also sing; that was really the very beginning stages of his career. Optimist attended High school at Mamelodi High. In 2014, inspired by “The Soil” group, he joined a school choir and soon discovered his talent and passion for singing. Later that year, he was further introduced to a well-known group in Mamelodi called G.P Afro, the group performed Gospel, Afro Soul and Jazz in churches, Afro Soul events and poetry sessions all over Mamelodi. Whilst continuing to make his music, Optimist met and started working with DJ Nyico Loco in 2016, one of the best DJ’s in Mamelodi. As a result, they recorded and released a couple of house tracks for Nyico’s album. In 2017,...