[1] He was born on 18 August 1988 in Mbombela, Mpumalanga,[2] South Africa where he grew up in his grandmother's house.
He graduated with his Bachelors's degree in Arts from Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria specialized with musical theater.
[1] He started acting career during college years, where he performed in several theater plays such as Parade, Dream Girls, Shaka Zulu, Sophiatown, Oliver Twist, Rent, and Assassins.
Then he appeared in the soap opera Roer Jou Voete and played the role 'Shakes Mbebe' in late 2015.
[1][2] Nicholas also known as Nicksoul has a South African music award nomination for his first soul/r&b album titled Therapy released in 2018.