Focalistic Reacts To Being Recognised Again By TIME Magazine. Focalistic aka Pitori Maradona has been hitting the industry for a while now, from transitioning from Hip Hop to amapiano as he continues to rap in S’pitori—a vernacular spoken in Pretoria townships made up of a variety of South African languages, mostly Sesotho, Setswana and tsotsitaal (slang). His flows contorts accordingly to sit over the undulating beats. Hip-hop, old school kwaito and Pitori’s diBarcadi house music are some of the genres he references.
Focalistic’s music consolidates a lineage of the genres he grew up listening to. The star gained more attention and fame following his ‘Ke Star’ single featuring Vigro Deep. The star later earned a collaboration with Davido on the remix of ‘Ke Star’; and then again, his song was witnessed being jammed to by American stars including Diddy, Alicia Keys, and Swizz Beatz.
Focalistic has once again cemented a global takeover, as he got recognised yet again by American TIME Magazine. “Ke Star Remix” by @FOCALISTIC, @davido, @VigroDeep “Two South African stars who have been turbocharging dancefloors across their country are joined by Nigerian Afrobeats king Davido for a bombastic intercontinental smash,” wrote the publication. Foca took to social media and reacted to the tweet. He wrote, “QHIM SHELELE.”
The first time Focalistic got a nod from TIME Magazine was when the publication declared the remix of Focalistic’s hit song ‘Ke Star’ featuring producer Vigro Deep and Nigerian Afrobeats star Davido “one of 2021’s best hits thus far”. In its annual list to honour the best global hits of the year so far, SA’s amapiano flies the flag high. “On this song, two SA stars who have been turbocharging dance floors across their country — the DJ and producer Vigro Deep and the rapper Focalistic — are joined by Nigerian Afrobeats king Davido for a bombastic intercontinental smash,” stated the publication .
