It wouldn’t be a proper festive season for the amapiano lovers if the amapiano king Kabelo Motha, professionally known as Kabza De Small, wasn’t dropping any music this December. The South African DJ and producer is releasing a remix of a song from AKA’s latest album, Mass Country. The late rapper AKA (born Kiernan Forbes) […]
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South African DJ and record producer, Lungelihle Zwane professionally known as Uncle Waffles manifests a beautiful year for 2024 after all the hard work she did this year paid off. The 23-year-old made her entrance to the music industry as an amapiano DJ who was then later loved for her dance abilities. She has worked […]
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The amapiano most loved duo, Bandile and Banele Mbere professionally known as the Major League DJz bring their famous Balcony mix to Cape Town and Durban this December. The duo started the balcony mix during the Covid-19 pandemic when everyone was trapped at home. They used it as a way to keep themselves occupied and […]
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While the West African genre of Afrobeats has claimed tremendous international recognition over the past few years, the local music genre amapiano is quickly becoming a worldwide fan-favourite too. So much that even the well-respected rapper Nasty C feels the genres are better than hip hop. Speaking in his recent live Ivyson Gaming Sessions on […]
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After a difficult couple of years well known South African singer, Bulelwa “Zahara” Mkutukana, is finally finding herself in a good place in both her life and career. The talented singer had to endure a lot of hardship over the last three years. In 2021 her sister sadly died in car accident while driving home […]
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A sigh of relief for all recording artists in South Africa! After recent tensions between the Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA) and the KwaZulu-Natal government, it has recently been confirmed that the South African Music Awards (SAMAs) will now go ahead as planned. This time the venue will change from Durban to the SunBet […]
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American Hip Hop artist Clifford Harris, popularly known as T.I seems to have been bitten by the amapiano bug. Over the past week the father of four continuously posted snippets revealing that he would soon be releasing an Amapiano song with one of South Africa’s biggest sensations Kamo Mphela with their song – Vacay. The […]
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The 23-year-old Swati born amapiano deejay and record producer, Lungelihle Zwane, professionally known as Uncle Waffles has had a striking career transformation since her first debut video took to TikTok. Following the video going viral, there has been no turning back for the star. View this post on Instagram A post shared […]
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South African DJ and music producer Themba Sekowe famously known as DJ Maphorisa calls on the Arts and Culture department in SA to help Amapiano artists. The DJ says the genre is growing, and it has gained more international audiences, however, the Amapiano artists are struggling to get visas. Taking to his Twitter timeline, now […]
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Amapiano vocalist Nkosazanah Nolwazi Kimberly, better known as Nkosazana Daughter, has revealed that Amapiano is the reason for her musical success, as it helped her in find her voice. The vocalist has worked with major artists in the industry like Prince Kaybee and the Distruction Boyz, however, meeting DJ Maphorisa through the late Mpura gave […]
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Twin brothers Banele and Bandile Mbere, who form the deejaying duo Major League DJz, made history when they performed at the world-renowned dance music festival Tomorrowland, becoming the first Amapiano act to do so. The event, which took place from 21 to 30 July in Boom, Belgium, had many well-known deejays performing on the global […]
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Deejaying twins Bandile and Banele Mbere, who form the popular group Major League DJz, caused a bit of a stir on Twitter after questioning what the South African government was doing to support amapiano since it took the world by storm. Due to amapiano’s worldwide popularity, many international artists are wanting to dip their toes […]
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