Skhumba Opens Up About Amapiano And His Experience With It. Amapiano is a relatively the biggest genre in South African music, dominating other countries too. Although amapiano is a favourite to many, some beg to differ.
Skhumba Hlophe, a South African comedian, radio presenter, and actor has opened up about amapiano and his experience. The list of popular funny comedy heavyweights in the country is incomplete without Skhumba considering his humorous and cocky jokes. With his style of comedy, he could make the audience and listeners laugh for a long time. On Fridays, he hosts the show Good Friday alongside Ndumiso Ngcobo on Kaya FM. The two is the perfect combo to make you laugh as they talk about anything they could find interesting and life in general. The show airs on the station for three hours, and in one show, he opened up about the popular yanos.
Skhumba said he doesn’t like amapiano for reasons that he’s old to be listening to amapiano. “Piano is alright when you listen to one or two songs. I once went to a piano massacre, my other guy organised it. He told me pitch up and I did. They played piano the whole time, the song didn’t even make sense,” he said as he laughed. He also made an example about the famous amapiano song ‘Shesha Geza’ by De Mthuda. “I left the place and went to my car and played Luther Vandross, I still heard amapiano and switched off the whole thing,” he added.
In 2020, Kabza De Small released Sponono – a song which features Wizkid and Burna Boy. It’s not beyond the realm of possibility that Maphorisa used his continental muscle to have the two Nigerian artists who boast a large international audience onto the song. Similarly, local amapiano artist, Focalistic enlisted Davido for the remix of his 2020 hit, Ke Star. Amapiano sound is not only big in Mzansi, but artists in other countries are joining the train too.
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