“Similar to MTN South Africa, Mafikizolo rose to prominence in the late 1990s. MTN invested millions into the music market where a big track can rake in R1 million from downloads, with the artist taking 60%. I was humbled and impressed when the Khona track took the country by storm and I guess it was their fast-paced west African beat that made it huge in Lagos,” says Annets. “I started working with Mafikizolo in Nigeria and I was instrumental in engineering their hit single, Tchelete.
The partnership with MTN was an instinctive and logical progression of our careers and we strongly believe that this is the beginning of great things for both brands.” These ambitions resonate with MTN’s vision. It does not store any personal data.Adds Nciza: “Mafikizolo has aspirations of conquering the world and putting South African music on the map. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies.
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He has gone on to add to his string of accolades, including two SAMAs for Best Male Artist and Album of the Year for ‘The Beautiful Madness’ (2017) and a Southern African Afrimma Award for Best Male Artist in 2018. TRESOR has comfortably cemented his position in the African Pop genre since the release of his award-winning breakout album, VII in 2015. His tracks “Sponono” and “iLog Drum” were instrumental in popularizing the genre, and his debut album ‘I Am The King of Amapiano: Sweet & Dust’ (2019), became the first album on Apple Music to have all 26 tracks in the Top 30 of the Top 100 Music Chart. Kabza De Small is frequently referred to as the King of amapiano and with good reason. He also collaborated with American supergroup, Major Lazer, on the 2017 African anthem, “Particula” which topped the charts across 17 countries on the continent.
Their previous chart-topping albums include Scorpion Kings (2019), Return of the Scorpion Kings (2019) and Scorpion Kings Live (2020).ĭJ Maphorisa has been the man behind South Africa’s favourite club bangers for just under a decade, with his main aim to change the game positively, producing hits like Uhuru’s “Y-Tjukutja” and Mafikizolo’s “Khona” both in 2013, and going on to release the lauded gqom anthems “Oncamnce” and “Midnight Starring”. Together, Maphorisa and De Small are the mighty Scorpion Kings. We loved working on it and are excited for Africa and the world to hear it,” concluded DJ Maphorisa. We are bringing the amapiano sound to the continent.
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