Anelisa Xhanti Ngcuka was born on the 7 January in the small fort town of Fort Beaufort, but grew up in Cape Town. His chosen moniker "Xhanti King" is recognition of his bereaved mother who named him Xhanti, and King being indicative of his royal priesthood in Christ - a child of a King. Throughout his life, he has had many influences from the Xhosa jazz folk sound of the mountains of the Eastern Cape, to the poetic, lyrical flows of the boom bap raps of Common, South African lyrist Proverb, and Mos Def. He also draws inspiration from the kinetic sounds, and style of kwaito artists like Zola 7, and TKZEE. Further, he is deeply inspired by the melodic, and innovative production style of Ryan Leslie. In his pursuit to amalgamate all these sounds into a sound of Christ that is truly "Xhanti King" - he draws upon the freedom, and melodic space that deep house is able to bring him. Using his gift of tongues, booming, and enchanting melodies, and command of multiple languages to bring a sound that is truly musically genius, and representative of a child of a King.