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Ishmael drops new music and celebrates being three months sober

by Ashia Nkontsa

South African musician Ishmael Morabe is on his sober habits journey and ready to take on the music scene with his new Amapiano single called Ngawe featuring DJ Lisa.

According to Zimoja, Ishmael is now celebrating 3 months of being sober, for not taking drugs or a sip of alcohol after his recovery in a rehabilitation center, the publication also reports that the musician and songwriter is now glowing, fresh and looking forward to life without drugs and alcohol.

The Roba Letheka hitmaker is now busy promoting his new Amapiano single, that has dropped in South Africa and Nigeria.

 

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It has been years that the artist has been struggling with drugs and alcohol abuse, going in and out of rehab and relapsing has taken a toll on the musician.

Coming back hot with the Amapiano song, the star has told Zimoja that “The song dropped at the beginning of February locally and in Nigeria, which was showcased in the biggest tv shows in Lagos on SoundCity.”

Although, many people might think the R&B star hasn’t released music in a while, Ishmael has two songs he released last year. Asphelelanga where he did a rendition of Nana Coyote and Steve Kekana’s Take Your Love and Jabu Khanyile’s Mkhaya Lo.

The star is known from a popular musical group called Jozi where it was him, Da Les and Bongani Fassie known for their hit songs, Muthaland and  Keep it going. This was before he went on his own and released hit songs like Roba Le Theka and Waar Was Jy.

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