Pabi Cooper

ABOUT PABI COOPER

Singer, dancer, and performing artist from Soshanguve, South Africa, with over 2.4 million followers on her cooper_pabi Instagram account. Her song "Banyana ke Bafana" was the winner of the 2022 Basadi in Music Award for Song of the Year. She also won an Amapiano Award for Best Newcomer.

She initially entered the music industry as a dancer and hype girl on Major League DJz' Amapiano Balcony Mix. She rose to fame in 2021 with her hit single "Sphithiphithi," which reached over 6 million views in less than six months, on her self-titled YouTube channel.

She is an African football enthusiast and although she has dreams of becoming a referee, she often plays goalkeeper on the field. Off the field, she is a fan of the Orlando Pirates, a South African football club.

She has been publicly dating rapper Benny Afroe since November of 2021. Although a cryptic social media post led the public to believe the couple had split up several months later, the two released a love song along with affectionate photos together just before Valentine's Day in 2022 to dismiss the rumors.

In November 2022 she posted a series of photos and videos of herself performing with rapper Focalistic, aka Lethabo Sebetso . She also released a single with singer and TikTok star Khanyisa Jaceni called "Mama" in October 2022.