 He graduated from the University of Pretoria with a Bcom in Tourism Management.In 2003, competing against 120 young men, he was selected to become a member of boy-band Hi-5.During his years performing and touring with the group, he received several awards, including the ATKV Crescendo songwriting contest, Africa Vision, the Geraas award for best music video ("Kinders van die Wind"), as well as two Naledi award nominations for the sold-out run of "Oh Boy!"