Gabriel Mogashoa is a multi-award-winning composer, broadcaster, and MC who has emceed for over 150 events nationwide, worked and met with every South African celebrity and politician you can imagine, from DJ Black Coffee, Bonang Matheba, NastyC, Khanyi Mbau, the late Winnie Mandela, to Black Motion and many more.

”Mr Gab” or “Gab Mapiano” as he is affectionately called by industry heavyweights and his fans chatted to ZAlebs about how Covid-19 has affected him, what he’s currently busy with and what are his plans for the future…

Here are some facts about the popular MC:

How did you get into the entertainment industry?
Well I’m a musician, M.C, broadcaster and an all-round entertainer. As a musician and a Pastors kid, I started playing in church and that just became a part of me. I then furthered my studies in music because I wanted to teach music.

As an MC; I remember in a UL(University of Limpopo) fresher’s ball, Phila Mazibuko and Bonang Mateba were booked as MC’s but they kinda arrived late ,now the promoter was like “bro don’t u wanna open for Teargas” and I stood in for Phila Mazibuko and on arrival I had fallen in love and killed it .You also run a music school in your home province, tell us about more about that…
Ok I have a non-profit organization called “Undisputed Music Arts and Academy” where we empower young kids and train them orally and theoretically on music . I’m currently running the school on my own pocket as we are still outsourcing sponsorships, we have close to about 24 kids currently in the programme and we seek to grow and develop as many kids as we can.

As a broadcaster I started my radio career at Radio Turf were I was the station compiler, producer and host of the drive show. Then I moved to commuter radio, then I joined Capricorn FM as a producer and presenter of “The Royal Movement Show” which I hosted with King Bash.