While rapper Zakwe’s debut album Kubhodloka isfuba setsotsi was actually released about a year ago, for some reason, I only registered it about 2 months ago, randomly having put the CD on a drive to somewhere. The KwaMashu born and raised rapper has been able to carve a niche for himself in the mainstrean as not just a rapper in general but also as a rapper from KwaZulu-Natal. To date, it has been the Joburg and Cape Town rappers who have traditionally led the way with Durban dominating ‘new era kwaito’. He’s also benefited from the joint venture between Sipho Sithole’s Native Rhythms...
Midweek Music – Zakwe
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