Watch! AKA Doing The Uncle Waffles Dance On An Amapiano Song. AKA has shown a huge interest in the amapiano genre from the beginning, even when he released a Hip-Hop infused with amapiano track titled F.R.E.E featuring Riky Rick and DJ Tira. Said to be AKA’s favourite song that he ever made, F.R.E.E is a vibrant mid-tempo with noticeable Kwaito elements and piano/synth lines. The fusion of House, Kwaito, Amapiano and Hip Hop means that we get a sound which is both nostalgic and contemporary- pulling in from the past but beautifully coming back to the current.
South African rapper AKA shot a video of himself attempting to sing Maphrisa’s verse. A few months later, he shared another video of himself vibing to the song, doing the Uncle Waffles popular dance moves. Check it out:
Maphorisa has shown his versatility in most popular genres in South Africa. However, when amapiano became a promising sound to be this big, Maphorisa took the opportunity and explored the sound even more, to a point of becoming one of the pioneers of the sound. Speaking on what inspired him to jump into amapiano, Phori said: “With my gigs, I wanted to understand people’s reactions to this new sound because amapiano was underground. What really sparked my interest in the genre was that, at the time, I was looking to get into something that originated in South Africa.”
“Amapiano is part of kwaito and dance music. When I started working with Afrobeats, which hails from Western Africa, I felt that we didn’t have a sound that strongly represented South Africa. When I started paying close attention to amapiano, I knew that this was a sound that would take South Africa to the world. There’s a lot that you can do with amapiano — you can make it soulful, funky, dusty and hard or jazz it up,” he added.
