Sesi Ka Nthato (Sis Maria) Biography & Career
Sesi Ka Nthato popularly known as Sis Maria is a multi-talented content creator, vocalist, rapper, producer and Actor. He is notoriously known for his Sis Maria character that depicts the life of a cold and nosy neighbour who is always at the neck of those around her.
Sesi Ka Nthato, real name, Thato Joseph mashifane hails from Dennilton, Mpumalanga, South Africa. He spent most of his childhood and adolescence in Dennilton, where he completed his high school.
Career as a Musician
Sesi Ka Nthato (Thato Joseph Mashifane) started his career as a vocalists and Producer before he got his comic fame. He goes by the stage name, Nthato Bliss and his type of music is RnB meshed with Hip-hop and just recently he has delved into the Amapiano trends.
As an upcoming who is trying to get his slot in the competitive scene, Nthato Bliss has worked with upcoming artists such as 63Atz & Madoda states. While most of Nthato Bliss’s tracks are yet to appear on Digital platforms, they are constantly being featured in his skit videos.
In November 2023, Nthato Bliss (Thato Joseph Mashifane) announced that he debut EP is almost ready for release. In January of 2024, he secured a collaboration with Amapiano veteran, Kabza De Small.
Career As An Actor & Comedian
Thato Joseph Mashifane popularly known as Sesi Ka Nthato/Sis Maria initially delved into skit making after he lost his job and also as a means of promoting his songs and career as a vocalists and producer.
In a turn of event, his videos went viral on Tiktok in the third quarters of 2023 and ever since then, he has concentrated more of his efforts in creating comic contents, switching effortlessly from his natural Sotho accent to iZulu and English.
Conflicts in Careers
On January 7th, Sis’Maria revealed that his Sesi Ka Nthato comic character is impacting his music career. Fans expect him not to pursue his music path, threatening to unfollow and unsubscribe from his music channel if he does.
Sesi Ka Nthato revealed that music has always been his desire and the Sis Maria character acted as a stepping stone to achieving his calling of being a musician.
He said the Sis Maria character isn’t generating much revenue for him and that content creation isn’t part of his long term dream. Although he assured fans that he won’t be retiring from dropping more hot Sis Maria episodes, but fans should also expect and welcome the music side of him.
“I thought i wouldn’t send this comment but i see how much i have to make some clarity to some of y’all. With huge respect I’m so much grateful for all the support you gave me and still giving me,all the donations,i don’t have words to define how thankful i am. I’m not letting go of the Maria and Joyce content the videos are coming but there is something that some of yall don’t understand. I can stick to the content as much as you guys want but you have to know it’s not paying or not paying enough i can’t keep asking for donations from y’all to survive you obviously will get tired i also need to put some food on the table for my parents myself as well,” – he said.
Sesi Ka Nthato said that he wants everyone to know more about his personality that’s why he regularly grants radio interviews.
“I noticed how many are mad at me when i attend shows/gigs i do so because they are paying me and I’m able to put food on the table and the content isn’t,i attend radio interviews because people need to know about myself and the content as well,honestly you can’t be mad over that,it was gonna happen anyway. Despite all this we all have dreams my dream wasn’t being a content creator i grew up wanting to make music it’s the only thing i had in mind the content just happened to be a plug that allows me to introduce my music and i so wish you could support me on that as much as you support the content. Now I’m forced to stick to the content because I’m in fear of losing followers where else the content doesn’t pay it’s not fair. The content is still gonna run,” – he further added.
Slangs
Sesi Ka Nthato’s slangs like “Sharp Neh” has filtered through social media and they are now heavily used by South Africans in their every day conversation.
January 24, 2024 at 11:17 am |
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