After wrapping up a successful 2024, mzansi artists are picking right back up from where they left off, and an exciting collaboration between amapiano giants DJ Maphorisa and Lee McKrazy, upcoming sensation Scotts Maphuma and hip-hop maestro Blxckie is in the works.
As far as individual careers are concerned, the above-mentioned artists capitalised on their 2024 and soared to extreme heights by consistently delivering quality projects for their fans to feast on. To kick off 2025 correctly, these artists have teased a collaboration that can be compared to the superhero group ‘The Avengers’, as every one of them possesses unbelievable amounts of superstar power.
A couple of videos of the coveted link-up have been making rounds on various social media, teasing some snippets of the collab, getting fans getting more and more excited about the final product that is set to shake mzansi’s music scene up. These clips include Maphorisa alongside Lee McKrazy and Scotts Maphuma.
DJ Maphorisa brought together the Amapiano giants for a studio session ? pic.twitter.com/GIDt6h8kWH
— The Yanos Updates (@TheYanosUpdate) January 9, 2025
It appears the amapiano maestro has more up his sleeve as more videos have led to speculations of a Blxckie and X Duppy collaboration as well. This one is extremely exciting because although Blxckie is known for his hip-hop, he has proven as quite the contender in various genres as he has dabbled in the amapiano and gqom space, to produce chart-topping bangers that resonate with more than just South Africans.
Blxckie in studio cooking with Dj Maphorisa, Odeal & Xduppy ? pic.twitter.com/OYIijUqIsm
— SA HIP HOP & AMAPIANO PARADISE (@sahiphop_piano) January 10, 2025
These collaborations have proven that the only way for local music and artists is up, further proving the power of collaboration in this industry.
Although fans are anticipating the release of the new music, some fans could not help but wonder about the technicalities of the masters and such like issues, as Maphorisa made headlines for his ‘bullying’ tendencies towards other artists.
….and just like that he owns the masters??? adlibs, visuals and anything else that came out of that session???
— ??Mr Mashodi?? (@Mashodi06) January 9, 2025
Have they signed a spreadsheet before doing all this dancing and recording.
In about 3-4 months, one of them will be crying on a podcast about how he’s not getting his schare from a song they recorded this day.— Phil Vocals (@Philvocals) January 9, 2025
Other fans noted the monotonous nature of the amapiano genre as of late,
Mapiano is starting to sound like different versions of one song.
— IRON FIST BATTLE TRACKS (@IronFistBattleT) January 9, 2025
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