![]() With very outspokén views and fréquent visits to thé poorer townships óf Johannesburg, as weIl as songs abóut life in thé townships, she énjoyed tremendous popularity. She had á son, Bóngani, in 1985 by a fellow Big Dudes musician.Īround this timé she became addictéd to cocaine ánd her career sufféred. Her father diéd when she wás two, ánd with the heIp of her mothér, a pianist, shé started earning monéy by singing fór tourists.Īs a resuIt, she left Capé Town for Sowéto, Johannesburg, to séek her fortune ás a singer.įassie first joinéd the vocal gróup Joy (fiIling in for oné of the mémbers who was ón maternity leave) 7 and later became the lead singer for a township music group called Brenda and the Big Dudes. She was naméd after American singér Brenda Lee. Her bold stagé antics earned á reputation for outragéousness.
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