Owami Mafokate. (Supplied/Showmax)
Though she might have initially tried to evade her famous surname, breakout reality TV star Owami Mafokate eventually stopped running and decided to embrace her father, kwaito legend Arthur, and mother, Queen Sesoko’s legacies.
Often by her dad’s side, as she grew up, Owami broke out into the industry as a DJ and made her reality TV debut last week on Showmax’s original reality show Born Into Fame.
Produced by GOAT Productions, the new show follows the lives of six local media personalities with famous parents as they try to live up to their family legacies and carve their own paths to success.
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