Selema Masekela: 5 Things You Should Know About Lupita Nyong’o’s New Boyfriend

• Selema’s half-brother Masekela appears in “Survivors”.
• Selema Masekela is involved in many social initiatives.
• Selema Masekela has a musical background and probably inherited it from her father, a jazz musician.

Lupita Nyong’o he’s engaged Selema Masekela it became Instagram official on Dec. 23, and we couldn’t be more excited for them. OR Black Panther The 39-year-old star announced that she’s dating the 51-year-old broadcaster and sportscaster, sharing an adorable video of them wearing various outfits and enjoying music together on Friday morning. “We just clicked,” she wrote in the Instagram caption, and it was enough to generate a lot of excitement among her fans and followers. Well, that and the obvious hashtag #Thisismylove. So who exactly is Selema? Here’s everything you need to know.

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1. Selema Masekela’s brother was on ‘Survivors’.

Selema was born in Los Angeles to a Haitian mother and South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela. She is also the older half-brother of Survivor: Cook Islands competitor natan gonzález🇧🇷 He grew up on Staten Island, but his upbringing brought him back to Southern California, according to his bio.

2. Selema Masekela loves music.

Selema traveled the world with her jazz musician father when she was younger. Selema’s gang, alekesamshares the name of her first film, which chronicles her relationship with her father and their bond through music, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2012. Interestingly, Selema’s music was featured in Entourage Y House of lieswith his new single, “All Is Forgiven,” featured in the Season 4 premiere of the hit Showtime show.

3. Selema Masekela started her career as an intern and that led to some amazing gigs and experiences.

Selema began her career as an intern at Transworld Publications in 1992. She also worked as an NBA sideline reporter for ESPN during the 2003-2004 season and co-hosted the the diary 10, a countdown of the “Top 10” entertainment stories of the day, on E! until it was canceled on September 27, 2010. He also hosted the X Games and Winter X Games on ESPN for 13 years. Following his work with ESPN, he appeared as host and executive producer on the docuseries VICELAND, VICE The world of sports🇧🇷

4. Selema Masekela is involved in many social initiatives.

Not only is he a co-founder of Stoked Mentoring, an organization dedicated to mentoring at-risk youth through action sports, but he also sits on the advisory boards of The Lunchbox Fund, a non-profit that provides a daily meal to the students. . from municipal schools in Soweto, South Africa and The Skatepark Project, an organization dedicated to funding and building large, high quality skate parks for children. He is also an avid supporter of the Surfrider Foundation and Life Rolls On.

5. Selema Masekela is also an actress.

He has appeared in 2015’s Point Break, 2018’s Uncle Drew, a 2020 episode of sneaker heads and more.

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