Sjava impresses internet users with his Xhosa rapping skills

by Bongiwe Mati

Multi-award-winning musician and actor Jabulani “Sjava” Hadebe impressed many internet users with his Xhosa rapping skills heard in a song he is featured on by Eastern Cape rapper JustG titled 5219 (Mdantsane).

The song saw the uMama hit maker travel to Eastern Cape’s Mdantsane to shoot its music video.

Shot in the busy township with the local crowd around, the African trap song basically talks about growing up in the township Mdantsane.

Sharing music video release news on his social media, Sjava posted a 1 minute 6 seconds part of the 3 minutes 3 seconds video capturing his post:

“Sanibonani seyiphumile ivideo ngibonge umphakathi waseMdantsane wangamukela ngezandla ezimhlophe massenza le video ngibonge @JustG_atm for ukungiohatha engomeni ekhuluma ngendawo yangakubo siyabonga” (Greetings, the video is out. Thank you Mdantsane community for your walm welcome when we were shooting this music video. Thank you JustG_atm for taking me in a song that speaks about his place)

Seeing the video post shared by Sjava, internet users expressed how impressed they were of his hard-core Xhosa rapping skills, they shared:

Others went as far as comparing Sjava’s rap and versatile nature to American rapper Drake:

One user share that the day Sjava decides to release a rap album, the industry won’t know what hit them:

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