Lorraine Klaasen was influenced by South Africa’s musical giants of the 1950s and 1960s, such as Miriam Makeba, Dolly Rathebe, Dorothy Masuka, Sophie Mgcina and Busi Mhlongo, contemporaries and friends of her mother, Thandi Klaasen.
As part of the RapSohD organization, Melina met and later performed as a guest artist in two concerts (March 2005 and May 2009) given by Lorraine Klaasen.
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