Richest Female Rapper In SA
Sarah Rowe
Updated on March 08, 2026
There are sevaral females rappers in South Africa who are matching and rewritng the male dominace in the genre.
Even though many females began rapping in South at very young age, many of them could bot be consistent with churning out songs.
Maya Christinah Xichavo Wegerif aka Sho Madjozi is the richest female rapper in South Africa. Sho Madjozi is an award winning is a South African rapper, singer, songwriter, actress and poet.
Sho Madjozi was born on May 9, 1992 in Limpopo South Africa. Her parents are Rosemary Phaweni and Marc Wegerif, who divorced later on. She had to follow her father while he traveled across Africa and made a stop in Tanzania.
In Tanzani, Sho Madjozi began her education at International School of Tanganyika in Tanzania before gaining a scholarship to Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, US, to study creative writing and African studies. She began writing poems untile she returned to South Africa where she got interested in writing songs under the name Sho Madjozi.
Sho Madjozi net worth
Sho Madjozi has been rising steadily in the rap game in South Africa with hit songs that are generating revenues for her through streaming and royalties. Sho Madjozi is estimated to have a net worth of between $1-5 million.
Sho Madjozi has so many songs but her song titled ¨John Cena¨ has made waves across African with millions of streams on Youtube. WWE John Cena surprise Sho Madjozi on stage while she was performing.