MASHOTO LUCKY MOKOBANE AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS "MASH.O" WAS BORN IN LEBOWAKGOMO SOUTH AFRICA IN 1992. HE BEGAN EXPERIMENTING WITH SOFTWARE-BASED MUSICAL APPLICATIONS PRODUCING DEMOS THAT STRUGGLED TO PULL THROUGH TO MAJOR RECORD LABELS. IT WAS UP UNTIL HE GOT A CALL FROM HERBAL 3 RECORDS's GURU 'AERO MANYELO' RESPONDING TO A TRACK HE HEARD FROM THE DEMO THAT MASH.O REALIZED HIS PATH. HE THEN LATER ENDORSED HIS `HERBAL' PRESENCE WITH A FOLLOW-UP HIT "THE VILLAGE", WHICH WAS COMPILED IN THE '10 YEAR CELEBRATION OF SOUL CANDI' ALBUM. THE SONG BECAME ONE OF THE BIGGEST SONGS IN SOUTH AFRICA. THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY HE HAS WORKED WITH IDRIS ELBA, AERO MANYELO, SPOEK MATHAMBO, MAHOTELLA QUEENS, DJ MBUSO, THANDISWA MAZWAI, PROFESSOR, DJ STAVO, OLIVER MTUKUDZI, OLUHLE TO MENTION A FEW. HIS ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE WINNING "SABC 1 THE REMIX SA SEASON 1" AND TOP 5 FINALIST ON REMY MARTIN'S "REMY PRODUCER SA" MASH.O IS NOW THE FOUNDER AND OWNER OF AN INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL NAMED R3HERB MUSIC.