{"id":39548,"date":"2025-10-23T16:33:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39548"},"modified":"2025-10-23T16:33:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:33:39","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntyla-pays-tribute-to-brenda-fassie-and-lebo-mathosa-as-her-biggest-musical-inspirations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/23\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntyla-pays-tribute-to-brenda-fassie-and-lebo-mathosa-as-her-biggest-musical-inspirations\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyla pays tribute to Brenda Fassie and Lebo Mathosa as her biggest musical inspirations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174404\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174404\" class=\"wp-image-174404 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tyla-earns-double-MTV-VMA-nominations.webp.webp?resize=600%2C362&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tyla-earns-double-MTV-VMA-nominations.webp.webp 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tyla-300x181.webp 300w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tyla-150x90.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-174404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyla reveals women whose careers she admired<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>South African pop sensation Tyla recently reflected on her early inspirations during an exclusive GLAMOUR Girlhood Q&amp;A, where she opened up about her journey, beauty moments, and the women who helped shape her dreams.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the first women in music whose careers she admired, the Water hitmaker didn\u2019t hesitate to mention two of Mzansi\u2019s greatest icons, Brenda Fassie and Lebo Mathosa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really admired Brenda Fassie and Lebo Mathosa,\u201d Tyla shared. \u201cThey were like our pop stars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking back on her childhood, Tyla spoke fondly of growing up surrounded by their music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir music was just so infectious, it was everywhere. And they were women \u2014 it\u2019s something I\u2019ve always wanted to do,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Both Brenda and Lebo remain unforgettable figures in South African music history.<\/p>\n<p>From their chart-topping hits to their captivating stage performances, their influence continues to inspire new generations of artists like Tyla, who are carrying the torch of African pop to the global stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tyla says that she admired Brenda Fassie &amp; Lebo Mathosa\u2019s careers in a recent interview <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cjjLzKmGiP\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/cjjLzKmGiP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2605 (@tylasgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tylasgirl\/status\/1981050632267092254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Tyla #pays #tribute #Brenda #Fassie #Lebo #Mathosa #biggest #musical #inspirations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Tyla reveals women whose careers she admired South African pop sensation Tyla recently reflected on her early inspirations during&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39549,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39548\/revisions\/39549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}