Author: Ofentse Phukubye

Many fans were left disappointed when they heard that their favourite Nigerian Pop Star, Ayra Starr was no longer performing at Rocking The Daisies since it was postponed to a later date due to unforeseen weather conditions in Cape Town. The Steyn Entertainment family of course reassured us that they were working on bringing the superstar over with a well curated experience for all fans to experience her live. She was unfortunately touring in Europe when the new dates for Daisies were announced so she couldn’t commit to the new dates due to the conflicting events happening at the time.…

Following the release of his 9 track LP “From Bremersdorp With Love” is Swaziland’s very own, Amarii as he returns with cinematic visuals for his track “stainless”. In the visuals, fans get to explore Bremersdorp through the eye of the uprising artist as he explores various societal challenges faced in the neighbourhood. The creative point is what blew us away as he opened up the visuals with a stellar reference of a scene from the infamous “The Matrix” movie. The visuals compliment the single’s message as Amarii stands on his vision and direction as an artist and expresses it through…

South Africa has bred a sound that many individuals across the globe love and have become fond of as it is through the genre where we have been able to witness a global breakthrough of plenty acts such as DJ Maphorisa; Uncle Waffles; Tyler ICU; Focalistic; Kabza De Small; Musa Keys; Young Stunna; Boohle; Soa Mattrix; Felo Le Tee; DBN Gogo and many more. Many acts across the globe have tried curating an Amapiano version of their highest performing tracks but not many have mastered how to best formulate it in order to have an Amapiano hit. This has forced…

The world of PR and Marketing has evolved with the digital era unlocking more tools and potential for further reach especially in the music and entertainment space. This has led to a surge in PR firms emerging with various tactics and strategies to market products in the digital world especially with the takeover of streaming. This has made it a lot easier for data collection and proper marketing strategies to be constructed as per existing audience. As each client differs with the products that they have to offer as well as their branding structure as this determines how to approach…

Most recognized as the hitmaker behind platinum selling singles such as Msebenzi Wethu, Woza and most recently Zotata, Mr JazziQ returns to his roots this weekend as he celebrates his first ever homecoming picnic in Alexandra. Born Tumelo Manyoni, in one of SA’s oldest township, Alexandra, Mr JazziQ will make history this coming weekend by bringing world class entertainers to his backyard in the form of Danko JazziQue Homecoming Picnic. The picnic set to be headlined by the likes of Morda, Kabza De Small, Lady DU, Vigro Deep, ShebeShxt, Nomfundo Moh, Kwesta and legendary kwaito artist, Kabelo Mabalane. Inspired by…

Highly respected South African music pioneer, Chris Ghelakis, who made his life’s work the promotion and celebration of the country’s vibrant music scene, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 70 years old and is survived by his two children. Ghelakis began his musical journey as a bassist in the 70s, later developing into not only a band manager but also a tour accountant and sound engineer. Major labels recognized his versatile capabilities, and this is when he started producing some of the biggest artists in South Africa. Further extending his status as a music mogul, Ghelakis…

With over two decades of experience is Yanga Chief as he returns with a brand new single titled “My Baby” which grants fans a scope into Yanga’s world and current relationship dynamics whether it be with some new people or people that he has known for years, it details his current structure to life. Yanga is a jack of all trades to be quite frank as his passions lie in very different business endeavours including “Film Making”. He has played a major hand into the impact of some of South Africa’s award winning singles including him co-writing “Ngiyaz’fela Ngawe” by…

Bulelwa Mkutukana better known as Zahara was a pioneer and a role model to the eyes of many as she first broke through into the industry in 2011 with her hit single “Loliwe”. She has garnered multiple awards in the midst of her career as well as performing on major stages across the country. It is with great sadness that we share the passing of the talented Zahara. This follows her admission in hospital 2 weeks ago for liver complications as she experienced physical pains which required medical care. Fans and industry colleagues have since poured out their tributes to…

Amarii has been actively hard at work with the release of his 2nd project “From Bremersdorp With Love”. The project saw a one month pre-add campaign in which fans got to hear a portion of the project as he released lead singles “fame” followed by “welcome 2 my life” which landed on three editorial playlists on Apple Music. Now it isn’t everyday where an artist that is solely pushing independently achieves such accolades in such a short period but him and the Escopia Distribution team made it all a reality. I first heard the project a week after signing Amarii…

We got to catch up with Tyson Sybateli aka ‘Bra Nyoga’ 🐍🐍 at this year’s Rocking The Daisies Festival in Cape Town. He had a lot to share from his journey as an artist performing at RTD and in Cape Town for the very first time to his stellar festival experience including networking with various artists from locally to internationally. He also established a gap for independent artists within the festival fields and much more. Watch Full Interview below: