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‘We did it,’ announces Black Coffee after sold out concert

3y By Bongiwe Mati

Grammy award winner Black Coffee, real name Nkosinathi Maphumulo, made history by becoming the first South African to sell out New York’s Madison Square Garden on Saturday, October 7th.

Continuing to put South Africa on the map, the multi-award winner had people from different parts of the world jamming to his songs while he played, accompanied by some of the people that the has featured in his music.

Artists like Bucie, Monique Bingham, Mondli Ngcobo, Shoba, Portia Monique and many more performed their hearts out for the 20 000 concert attendees.

South African artists and celebrities such as Oskido, deejay and podcaster MacG, Cassper Nyovest, Liesl and Musa Mthombeni and many more were among those who flew in to support the super star.

Taking to his X (formerly Twitter) to reflect after his sold out show, the We Drive hitmaker shared a short and sweet post, adding:

“We did it. ??❤️ #soldout.”

Other artists who reflected on the events of the night was Monique, who shared:

Major League DJz wrote:

While Portia shared:

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