South African Kwaito Artists Of All Time
Fakaza Deep finally released his view of Top 5 Trending Kwaito Artists after much teasing and discussion on social media, and we have songs from it that you can add to your playlist.
Kwaito is one of South Africa’s most well-known and consistent musical genres. The Top South African Kwaito Artists Of All Time are listed here, and they have moved and inspired us with song after hit.
Zola
Aurélien N’Zuzi Zola (born November 16, 1999 in Évry, Essonne), better known as Zola, is a Congolese-born French rapper. His debut album, Cicatrices, was published in 2019. “California Girls,” one of his songs, was included in the soundtrack of the film Taxi 5.
Here are song Zola Songs
- Umdlwembe (2000)
- Khokhovula (2002)
- Bhambatha (2004)
- Ibutho (2005)
- Tsotsi (soundtrack of the 2005 motion picture)
- Impepho (2009)
- Unyezi (2011)
- Intathakusa (2014)
Penny Penny
“Penny Penny was born in South Africa in 1994. The tape offers basic yet profound synth-pop songs that don’t care if you think they sound cheesy at first. That’s the type of tape it is. And this music, a more pop-oriented side of Tsonga (or Shangaan) Disco, sounds as if Fast Eddie took over the regional neo-traditional sounds.”
- Shaka Bundu (1994)
- Yogo Yogo (1996)
- Makajanta Jive (1997)
- La Phinda Ishangaane (1997)
- Bum Bum (1999)
- Viyana Viyana (2000)
- The king of tamakhwaya 1 2001
- The king of tamakhwaya 2 2002
Mandoza
Mandoza (Mduduzi Edmund Tshabalala, January 19, 1978 – September 18, 2016) was a kwaito artist from South Africa. Eight years after its founding, the band acquired their first record contract and released Klaimer, followed by Ghetto 2000.
Although Chiskop was widely regarded as being at the vanguard of kwaito, Mandoza also began a solo career; in 1999, he released the top-selling (more than 100,000 units sold) album 9II5 Zola South, for which he received a 2000 FNB South African Music Awards Best Newcomer nomination.
- 9II5 Zola South (1999).
- Nkalakatha (2000).
- Nkalakathla (The Boss Remixes) (2000).
- It’s All Right (with Tokollo and Kabelo).
- Godoba (2002).
- Tornado (2002).
- Mandoza (2003).
- Same Difference (with Danny K) (2004).
- Phunyuka Bamphet (2005).
TKZEE
Tokollo Tshabalala, Kabelo Mabalane, and Zwai Bala founded TKZee, a South African kwaito music group, in the 1990s. With their chart-topping singles “Phalafala” and “Shibobo,” the trio rose to stardom in late 1997 and early 1998.
Take It Easy, their debut EP, was released in 1996 but did not sell well. December 1997 the group released their second EP “Phalafala”, sampling Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi”. The song was a smash, and the CD single sold over 100,000 copies.
Singles
- “Take It Easy” (1996)
- “Phalafala” (1997)
- “Masimbela” (1997)
- “Shibobo” (1998)
- “Dlala Mapansula” (1998)
- “Mambotjie/We Love This Place”(1999)
- “Fiasco” (1999)
- “Izinja Zam” (2000)
- “Ibola lethu” (2002)
- “S’dudla” (2009)
- “Dikakapa” (2010)
Albums/EP’
- 1996: Take It Eazy
- 1997: Phalafala
- 1998: Shibobo
- 1998: Halloween
- 1999: Guz 2001 (TKZee family)
- 2001: Trinity
- 2004 Guz hits
- 2009 Coming Home
M’Du
M’du Masilela, often known as “The Godfather” or “Chomi Yabana,” is a South African music business icon. He is well-known for his contribution to the Kwaito music genre.
M’du, who was born in Zola South in 1970, began his musical career on his grandmother’s piano. M’du formed various clubs in school while he was a young guy. He was playing with singers like as Pat Shange, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, and Sello “Chicco” Twala after finishing his metric studies. M’du and long-time friend and partner Mandla “Spikiri” Mofokeng established MM Deluxe to showcase their abilities by fusing township traditional music with worldwide dance music. This was obvious in their debut production, LA Beat, which was produced and engineered by Peter Snyman.
