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Mkuseleki Dave Ricardo Magopeni
Mkuseleki Dave Ricardo Magopeni is a Xhosa man born in South Africa – Eastern Cape – Butterworth – Cuba; Born in 1994/10/01.

Early life
He grew up in Cuba – Butterworth – Eastern Cape; did everything there. He went to Langalethu Junior Secondary School for his lower grades; continued his High School at Vuli-Valley Senior Secondary School where he did not finish his grade 12. He dropped off round about when he was supposed to write his final examinations. He says "I knew if I had written and went on schooling further, going to universities, the dreams I had and plans I believe God had for my life were just gonna be delayed: so I just dropped out of school." The teachers nevertheless did not like the idea: so they kept on pestering him back to school; so he finally went back, being persuaded: nevertheless he did not write the exams. He sat for them but just wasted time: he'd just look on the question papers and write nothing, up until the time was up then leave. So he continued like that up until the last paper. Sometimes though he'd just write a very opposite to the question so the adjudicators didn’t suspect anything going on, and so they didn’t.

His Parents
Sonwabo Magopeni, his father, who died in 2012. His Mother Xoliswa Dlathu. Being the elder he has two brothers; Nkosipendule Magopheni and Siqiniseko Magopeni.

Godly life & Passion
He's a born again child of God. He believes he has a spiritual calling over his life. He grew up used to love reading Books like, Novels, Story, Poetry and stuff like that. Up until he developed strong passion from it, which led him to writing, which he started around 2008. He’s a writer, poet and a composer of music. “I love music quite a lot. I’ve always loved music from a very young age. I remember as a small boy like 10, I’d take spoons and mugs and play drums, singing along making noise, my mother would stop me, saying I’m making noise. When I sing along any song that moves me, I just feel like am part of it, I feel like am there with the ones singing; when I’m alone anywhere and singing, you’ll see me dancing to the song like crazy, music just moves me; even going to the shop I like to dance to the music I’m listening. I’ve always wanted to be an instrument player; I loved drums, guitars, keyboard and flute. What inspired me actually and what actually inspires me to learning anything, is children: I ask myself always the question that, if a small person like this can do this, and I can not, there must be a problem somewhere. So I’ll start finding some ways as to how I could at least practice such, which interests me. Luckily I went to a church that had a various instruments so it was kind of easy for me to feed the passion; though later on I developed some laziness towards learning instruments.” He says.

Music Career & Realization
He started singing on a platform at an age of 16 in 2010. After some years passed by, having gone in and out, learning how to play instruments, there was none that he was really and very consistent with. So one day he sat down and asked himself “What can I do best actually, by nature, what talent do I have, what am I that good at that I can make a living out of!” so he thought, perhaps there’s nothing that he could do which could change his life forever. So he thought, why not push the singing, why not become a singer forever and make a living out of it, for he loved music, singing and everything revolving it. Then he started being serious as a singer around 2016, though he was still on and off. Then finally two years later he decided to be extra serious beginning of January 2018. He started rehearsing daily.

City Plans
He’s always loved the place he grew up in; Butterworth and he never wished to travel and stay anywhere but just where he lived. His dream has always been to change his town, make it better where he could. He wishes Butterworth will be like Johannesburg, that people don’t have to leave this place for a better place but make Butterworth like Johannesburg so people grow up and stayed unless they want to travel for the sake of it or just to change places but not to look for a better place but make Butterworth a place with everything.

His Pastors Hand
He was going in and out of home, staying at his Pastors home, Pastor Lawrence Emmanuel Sasu; a founder of the church called Redeemed Family Center, in Butterworth – Vuli-Valley. He liked his church and his Pastor liked adored him. After some time of bonding and knowing him and how he grew up, he asked him to stay with him and the family at his home in 2008. Though he was not staying permanently there, he’d just stay for a couple of weeks, go back to his parents home for some weeks and go back to his pastor’s home after some time; up until Pastor Sasu died a year later in 2011 around June. So he went back to staying home. The Junior Pastor Anthony ‘Tony’ Kwateng Owusu took over the church. Few months later, there was a quarrel at church and some misunderstandings which led him not to lead the church any longer. So around October, the Junior Pastor Anthony ‘Tony’ Kwateng Owusu started his own church. A year later in 2012, he started playing keyboard there and I had a great relationship with him just as Pastor Sasu loved him, he also loved him. Around 2012 he’d go to his house, almost every weekend.” So after some time beginning 2013 he was permanently staying with him. Pastor Tony took him to his house, to groom him, love him and take care where he could. He’s always been with him since that time; as they are still continuing the relationship as father and son in 2018; staying in Ndabakazi as they moved from Cuba to Ndabakazi, with his Pastor.