“I was in the wilderness” – Cassper Nyovest reflects on the 10 years of his album “Tsholofelo”

Zuko Komisa

“I was in the wilderness” – Cassper Nyovest reflects on the 10 years of his album “Tsholofelo”

It has been a decade since the release of South African rapper and entrepreneur Cassper Nyovest’s album Tsholofelo.

Nyovest has taken the time to reflect by sharing memories and chronicling the era that introduced the Hip Hop industry to big arenas. He took to social media to discuss how the project elevated his career and won him numerous accolades.

He acknowledged that the legendary record is the best-selling hip-hop album of all time and thanked everyone who supported him along the way.

Tsholofelo is the debut studio album which was released on 18 July 2014 and physically released on 31 July 2014. The album featured songs such as Phumakim, Doc Shebeleza, Gusheshe ft OkMalumKoolKat.

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In his caption her wrote:

Where do I start ??? How do we even celebrate this???

“First and foremost I wanna thank God for the talent , the protection and his grace even when I was in the wilderness. My testimony is a real one. A young boy who had a dream and believed in God. We dropped this album independently with no experience, wisdom or money. Little did we know that we were making history and that we would change the ground of South African music and Africa as a whole forever. The album went on to win many awards and is the best selling Hip Hop Album of all time. It started debates and is a case study in many rooms. It’s cause of this album that today kids know they can do it all in their bedroom and nobody is running to labels to be signed and enslaved.

“We changed the structure of corporate partnerships with artists and we started demanding what we are worth and not what they offered us. This is the album that set the foundation for me to become the first African Artist to sell out The Dome which was the most prestigious venue in Africa. We opened a retail store called @family_tree_store and it thrived for years before we closed it down. Everything flows from this album , including my business endeavours like @billiato1 and @rootoffame .”