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Nasty C: Biography, Songs, Marital Life And Net Worth 2025
Nasty C has his real name as Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo.
He is a famous South African rapper, songwriter, and record producer.
Nasty C was born on February 11, 1997 in Diepkloof, Borough of Soweto, Johannesburg in South Africa. He lost his mother who was involved in a fatal car accident when he was 11 months of age.
He was brought to Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal, to be raised by his father, David Maviyo Ngcobo, then a human resources manager. He has other brothers, by names Siyabonga Ngcobo and Olwethu Ngcobo who influenced him significantly to become a rapper.
Nasty C’s Educational Background
Nasty C attended Strelitzia Secondary School in Lotus Park, Durban where he completed 12th grade. There is however no much information about his educational backround.
Nasty C’s Music Career
Nasty C. began his music journey at a young age, doing exploits and entertaining his numerous fans across the globe.
Since his young age of fourteen, Nasty C has dominated the music scene, professionally equipped, releasing and producing hit songs. He released his debut mixtape ‘One Kid’, ‘a Thousand Coffins’ on 14 May 2012.
He went further to release his debut EP, L.A.M.E (Levitating Above My Enemies) on 4 April 2014.
In 2015, on 10 February, Nasty C released his second mixtape Price City, which produced the successful single “Juice Back”. The song was a huge success and shot him prominence.
“Juice Back” later spawned a Gemini Major-produced remix featuring singer Davido and rapper Cassper Nyovest on 30 November 2015.
From February 2016, Nasty C released “Hell Naw” which was later revealed to be the lead single from his upcoming debut album. He also released two EPs, his debut album ‘Bad Hair’ (2016), and ‘Strings and Bling’ (2018) which had the support of his first tour, The Ivyson Tour.
On 2 December 2016, he released the extended version for Bad Hair named Bad Hair Extensions. Bad Hair Extension featured new four songs including the lead single Allow featuring American rapper French Montana.
‘Bad Hair’ attained number-one on the iTunes local charts and was the most streamed album in South Africa within its 24 hours.
The talented music star thereafter released a 15-minute film featuring three songs from Bad Hair directed by Kyle Lewis. The short-film which included tracks “Don’t Do It'”, “Good Girls and Snapchat Hoes” and “Phases” featuring Rowlene, was commercially featured in several countries including France, Germany, United Kingdom and United States, which was infrequent for an African video.
In March 2020, Nasty C signed a joint venture deal with Def Jam Records. After the deal, he released his United States official single after joining Def Jam “There They Go” which of course earned him global recognition.
In 28 August 2020, he released his third studio album Zulu Man with Some Power, the first under his new label. In September 2022, Nasty C released a mixed tape titled the Ivyson Army.
The prolific singer also released two singles back-to-back, No More, in June of 2023, and Crazy Crazy, in July of 2023.
Awards and Nominations
Nasty C has been widely recognized. He emerged the youngest recipient of an award alongside Aewon Wolf and many at the 2015 South African Hip Hop Awards, namely the Best Freshman Award.
Others are:
- Best New Artiste
- 2017 Best Male Album
- 2017 Best New Metro Artist
- 2023 Best Hip Hop Artist among others.
He has received various nominations including the 2017 BET Award for Best International Act: Africa where he lost to Wizkid.
He was also nominated for the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Nasty C topped third on the 2016 MTV Base: SA’s Hottest MCs and 2017, he was ranked again on the same event, this time at the fourth place.
Aside music, Nasty C signed a distribution deal with Universal Music Africa in partnership with Universal Music South Africa and a talent booking deal with UMG Live Africa in February 16.
He also signed a distribution deal with Universal Music Group Nigeria in June 1, before the pre-release of his singles, “Jungle” and “King” featuring American rapper A$AP Ferg, from his second album, Strings and Bling.
In June 2018, during a press release with Premium Times the general manager of Universal Music Group Nigeria, Ezegozie Eze said “Strings and Bling is a testament to skill, craft and passion that he brings to his game every single time, and we are thrilled to bring this excellent body of work to the market”. Strings and Bling was then released on 6 July 2018 in both digital and physical formats.
TimesLIVE named Strings and Bling one of the best hip hop albums in South Africa, and it was also included in the list of hip hop albums on Tina magazine. The album’s other singles include “SMA” featuring Rowlene, and the promotional single “Gravy”.
In August 20, 2018, Nasty C established his own record label, Tall Racks Records.
In March 2020, Billboard reported that Nasty C signed a joint venture deal with Def Jam Records, with the release of single “There They Go” as his debut under the label.
In April 2020, Nasty C released the visual EP Lost Files, with the songs presented in performance clips on YouTube. He explained the EP’s concept stating: “They’re songs that didn’t make it onto certain projects, songs that ended up as just ideas”.
On 14 May, the EP was uploaded on Apple Music.
On 20 May 2020, Nasty C made his acting debut with a cameo role in the six-part Netflix African original young adult series Blood & Water, playing the role of Zhero.
On 28 May 2020, Nasty C signed with Universal Music Group flagship Def Jam Africa.
On 5 June, 2020, Nasty C teamed up with American rapper, T.I., for the protest song “They Don’t”. Proceeds from the song benefit the non-profit organizations Until Freedom and Solidarity Fund, with lyrics referencing the murder of George Floyd.
On June 25 the same year, he released a collaborative mixtape with DJ Whoo Kid, titled Zulu.
In November 2020, Nasty C won Best Male Rap Act award at African Muzik Magazine Awards 2020 ceremony and in December 2020, he was ranked third in the MTV Base: SA’s Hottest MCs list, his fifth time in a row to appear on that list.
In June 2023, Nasty C released a single titled “Best I Ever Had”. At the 6th ceremony of All Africa Music Awards, he received three nominations for Songwriter of the Year, Best Male Artist in Southern Africa and Best African Rapper/Lyricist. He was ranked third again in the 2023 MTV Base: SA’s Hottest MCs list, his sixth time in a row on that list.
2022–present: I Love it Here, Ivyson Army Tour, African Throne World Tour, Thick & Thin.
In May 2022, he embarked on the Ivyson Army Tour, which started on May 7 (Bloemfontein); the tour included 5 dates that ran from May 7 until June 4, 2022.
In June 2022, he landed a role on the Disney+ animated series Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire.
In May 2023, Nasty C and Cassper Nyovest announced African Throne World Tour, which includes 12 dates. It ran from August 18, Arusha, Tanzania until October 28, Johannesburg, South Africa.
In early August 2023, Nasty C announced his fourth studio album, ‘I Love It Here’, released on September 15, 2023. The album debuted number 1 in South Africa.
In July 2024, Nasty C announced his upcoming I Love it Here Tour, to commence on October 18 in France, Paris.
Nasty C has so far in his music career released good number of studio albums and singles, most notably:
- Bad Hair (2016)
- Strings And Bling (2018)
- Zulu Man with Some Power (2020)
- I Love It Here (2023)
Mixtapes
- One Kid a Thousand Coffins(2013)
- Price City(2015)
- Zulu(2020)
- Ivyson Army Tour Mixtape(2022)
Extended plays
- C L.A.M.E(2014)
- Lost Files (2020)
- Ivyson Pack(2024)
The young South African music giant has also embarked on several Tours including:
- The Ivyson Tour (2017–2023)
- The Ivyson Army (2022)
- African Thrones Tour (with Cassper Nyovest) (2023)
- I Love it Here Tour (2024)
His Marital Life
Nasty C is not yet married. There is no available information about his romantic relationship with any woman as his wife, as this has been kept away from the public domain. He tends to be more focused in his music career making much more money and winning laurels.
Nasty C’s Net Worth
Nasty C has made it very big in the music space with an estimated net worth of about $3 million dollars.
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