Katlego Sekhu image: Instagram/@djmaphorisa By now, it should be undebatable that Amapiano is South Africa's biggest export ever when it comes to music. Over the last five years, the genre has exploded, exposed, and introduced a lot of talented local artists, such as Kabza De Small and Kelvin Momo. The CEO and founder of Spotify, Daniel Ek recently celebrated the genre's success on social media. Ek shared some astonishing statistics, […]
By: Natasha Archary Image: Chris Brown IG Chris Brown has earned more South African brownie points after he performed the Tshwala Bam dance during his concert over the weekend. The 35-year old who is on a promotional tour for his latest album 11:11, worked in the viral amapiano dance into his choreography on stage. Nailing the dance by hitting every beat on cue, Chris Brown's love for amapiano saw the […]
Zuko Komisa Image | @tylericu /Instagram "This is life-changing" - Mnike hitmaker Tyler ICU thanks his fans for supporting his song. Music producer and DJ, Tyler ICU, real name Austin Baloyi, is absolutely thrilled with the success of his chart topping song "Mnike". He is also behind “NgiMoja,” featuring contributions from Khanyisa, Tumelo ZA, and TyronDee, another popular amapiano song. Tyler ICU has taken to social media to write a letter of […]
Image | @kelvinmomo /Instagram Kelvin Momo is headed to LA, New York, Dallas, Washington DC for his USA tour. "Private School Amapiano" pioneer Kelvin Momo has announced his much anticipated USA Tour. Kelvin Ledwaba, better known by his stage name "Kelvin Momo" is a South African performer, DJ, producer, and composer was recently co-signed the rapper Drake earlier this year. The tour will be happening in May at five different […]
Image | DeMthudaSA /Twitter De Mthuda announces collaborative project with Da Muziqal Chef "SGUDI SYNC" EP. The name of the EP is inspired by a nostlgic South African sitcom 'Sgudi 'Snaysi (It's Good It's Nice), which starred famed comic Joe Mafela in his breakthrough role as S'dumo, a sloppy but endearing squatter who won the hearts of many South African. The show which was recorded from 1986 to 1993, had […]
Image | @unclewaffles_ @mishaalganjaz /Instagram Uncle Waffles has announced an upcoming project, "Asylum" Lungelihle Zwane, popularly known as “Uncle Waffles”, who is on the lineup for next month’s Coachella festival is gearing up to give her fans her second offering, following the enormous success of the debut project Dragon EP. It is exactly a year since it dropped. She took to social media on Sunday, to unveil the artwork of […]
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