Lindiwe Veronica Skhosana, better known by her stage name Assessa, is a South African award winning rapper, event organizer, songwriter and actor. She began her Rap music career in Wit-bank, Mpumalanga and has been steadily making a name for herself in the music industry, first as a battle freestyle rapper to now an esteemed award-winning artist.

Assessa has won multiple rap competitions such as the Red Bull 10k Challenge (2014) which is hosted by Africa’s biggest Hip Hop festival, Back To The City, the Ukhozi FM (Cleva-Unga-Give-Up) show, Metro FM (Rap Activity) show and the NYDA assisted competition from Music Creative in Nelspruit.

Assessa further asserted herself in the music industry by winning an award at the fourth annual South African Hip Hop Awards show (SAHHA 2015), in the best female category.

Her latest collaboration on the hit single “Ama level” re-ignited her music career and social influence after a brief silence. The songs success brought the Zakwe/Duncan duet album to become South Africa’s current top digital releases of the year.

In 2020, she went on to get signed by Cloud 9ne Entertainment, a music production label group that hosts several prominent legendary producers and creatives.
Her first official debut single “Quantum”, a Cloud 9ne production, was released on the 19th of March 2021.

The Official music video was released the following Friday, the 26^th of March and subsequently received over 500 thousand views.It has received high rotation on Channel O and others.

Her latest single, Amantombanzane, an all-girls party theme song, which has kwaito and Amapiano infused elements will be released on the 18^th of June 2021.