AMAPIANO’S SECOND WAVE: UPCOMING PRODUCERS AND THE RISKS OF EXPLOITATION (MIXMAG)

By |2024-07-18T20:58:51-05:00July 18th, 2024|Afro House, Afrobeats, Amapiano, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, Entertaiment, International, MixMAg, Music News, Report, UK|

  Amapiano has taken over the world, but despite its success, some of the genre's most influential creators are not getting the rewards they deserve. In the final instalment of our three-part series documenting Amapiano's Second Wave, Jake Colvin explores how South Africa's economic conditions and exploitation from established stars are adversely affecting young producers [...]

AMAPIANO’S SECOND WAVE: HOW KWAITO OPENED THE DOOR FOR AMAPIANO’S EVOLUTIONS (MIXMAG)

By |2024-05-31T22:11:51-05:00May 31st, 2024|Amapiano, DJ, South Africa|

Amapiano’s lineage can be traced back to the kwaito music which emerged in apartheid South Africa. In the first of a three-part series exploring Amapiano's Second Wave, Jake Colvin examines what those roots mean for the sound today THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT “Amapiano is winning all over the gaff,” Marcus Nasty tells me. “But where it [...]

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