Maphorisa Urges Artists To Consult With Him Before Releasing New Music. South African record producer, vocalist and DJ Maphorisa is the amapiano pioneer who has been keeping Mzansi on their dancing feet during the pandemic. As a record producer with a blend of house music and afropop, he has worked with and has received production credits from several notable artists, including Wizkid, Kwesta, Uhuru, Drake, Black Coffee, Major Lazer, Runtown, Kabza De Small and Era Istrefi, among other. DJ Maphorisa has long earned his belt for pumping out hits for almost a decade now and his music opinion matters to some upcoming artists.
He and other amapiano pioneers have revolutionised the amapiano sound to sound as groovy as it does today. DJ Maphorisa has urged some artists to consult with him before they release songs. With amapiano being the current biggest sound, the increase of upcoming artists is skyrocketing and so is the release of songs. “I think some artists must come consult with me before they release songs cause ya No it’s not happening SHAME,” Maphorisa wrote.
Speaking on making songs blow up, Maphorisa says: “How it usually happens is that we’ll either do an ordinary or exclusive mix, then publish it. People start paying attention to it — some music bloggers will distribute it on their blogs, websites and YouTube channels. That’s generally how our songs start growing. This usually helps us measure a track’s potential because, the truth of the matter is that, we have a lot of songs but not all of them are going to be massive hits. There’s a trend to this thing! Most songs that made it big were because someone posted a video of, either, myself or Kabza DJing or dancing to it. Social media dance challenges also help songs blow up. Lastly, a big shout out to TikTok for always putting us on!”
