Just saw this in The Star.
If the shit about drugs is true then it's sad because dude is supa talented as a musician. Hope he gets help soon if true
Brenda Fa**ie's 24-year-old son Bongani is heading down the same road as his mother - living a life of non-stop parties fuelled by booze and drug binges, surrounded by penniless hangers-on.
And his long time sponsor - independent record label Ghetto Ruff - confirmed he has quit the popular three-man hip hop crew Jozi that made him famous.
Fa**ie's lifestyle has been sponsored by Ghetto Ruff for the past few years.
The Greenside house he lives in has a fully fitted recording studio and he drives a BMW - all paid for by Ghetto Ruff boss Lance Stehr
'Whenever I'm there these guys are there asking people for money for drugs'
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Despite his lavish fully sponsored life, it is believed that Fa**ie, commonly known by his rapper name Bongz, has left his group in a bid to start his own label, Fa**ie Records.
Last week he failed to pitch at the group's album launch, leaving the two remaining members Ishmael "Ish" Morabe and Lesley "Da Les" Mampe to perform at the Latinova club to surprised audiences.
Fa**ie has not performed with Jozi for three months.
Fa**ie has recently made a name for himself as a producer, but it seems he has inherited more than his mother's musical talents.
Fa**ie is now known to hang out with a group who often indulge in drug binges.
And the Saturday Star understands that Fa**ie's house has been dubbed "the drug den" by people who hang out there.
A regular visitor to the house blamed his friends.
"None of them work. They are always there and they do copious amounts of drugs - especially coke. They have no money and they influence him. He pays for all these drugs.
"Whenever I'm there these guys are there asking people for money for drugs. Bongz makes music but these guys are always around the house, feeding off him. And when he wants to have a party, they are there. The problem is with these guys. He has a good heart," he said.
A former colleague of Fa**ie's, who also did not want to be named for fear of reprisal, said he had stopped going to the studio because of the goings-on there.
"There is just too much going on and too many weird people going through the house," he said. "I've never seen them take drugs but by their behaviour it's quite apparent that it is going on," he said.
And a music industry insider told the Saturday Star that she was aware of Fa**ie's recreational drug use. She called the Greenside house the "Ghetto Ruff house" and said all the artists there did drugs together. "They want to live the life of musicians with drugs, sex and bitches," she said.
This week Stehr said he did not believe Fa**ie had a problem. "I don't know anything about the drugs. From my side, there is no evidence of any drug taking.
"He has decided to start Fa**ie records and that is where it is at. He will still be producing songs for Jozi but that's it. We are obviously sad about it. He is setting up his own place and doing Fa**ie Records," said Stehr.
Fa**ie said the allegations were "shallow".
