Mojuru's stage name is taken from a movie called Juawanna man in which a male character cheats his way into the WUBA (women's basketball league) without anyone realising it."There is a place in that movie called Zolasco, but I decided to switch the letter k for c," Mojuru said explaining how his stage name came about.This Moshona/Zezuru from Serowe has endured name calling like, Mosimane wa Mokwerekwere has never been bothered by the negative attention. In fact, Mojuru's embracing this discriminatory tag has turned into his other identity: "I like it because more and more people are now referring to me as such.
At first people were trying to make me feel inferior because I was from a certain group of people, but I did not let it get to me," he said. Coming from a reserved community, it was not going to be easy for Zolasko to convince his family that was music was his destiny.His family, who are members of the Johana Church of God, were dead set against the idea of him venturing into music. Fortunately, thanks to his perseverance and persistence they finally accepted his career choice: "I grew up loving music, but I knew that our culture was not accommodating to such an idea.
