What started as a viral moment, led to the formation of one of South Africa’s most formidable duos. Alexandra natives Clive Tshikosi and Sabelo Zuma, known more popularly as Reece Madlisa and Zuma became some of the biggest names in the amapiano space when they started releasing music as AMAROTO.
Capitalising on their few minutes of fame, the two musicians made the most of their few minutes of fame. Recently, one-half of the duo sat in an interview on the Jazziq and Friends podcast to talk about all things Zuma.
Jazziq asked the artist one of the burning questions on everyone’s mind, which is the real reason behind the duo’s split. Zuma admits that he was not expecting that question, specifically from Jazziq as he knows more than anyone what happened behind the scenes.
Zuma explained that initially, he and his childhood friend came to be the famous AMAROTO only because of their close relationship with Jazziq. He explains that Jazziq was who suggested that AMAROTO should be the name of their first joint EP, and once people associated one with the other, the name ended up sticking when referring to the two.
When the duo eventually split, the question on everyone’s mind was what could have possibly transpired. Zuma told Jazziq that there was no controversy between the two artists, contrarily, they were just never a duo. “AMAROTO was the name of the EP, not the group,” says the artist.
He continues to say, “That is why when we released other EP’s it was Reece Madlisa and Zuma and not AMAROTO.”
Furthermore, he says that he still wishes his friend well and would never want to hear that Zuma is involved in any negativity.
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