Listen! Focalistic And Musa Keys Set To Drop A Single Together. Lethabo Sebetso, professionally known as Focalistic, is a South African rapper. Sebetso was a footballer prior to pursuing a music career as a rapper, Sebetso released debut studio album Sgubhu Ses Excellent.
Focalistic has always been open about collaborations and what they mean to his career. Since he broke into the mainstream, Focalistic has collaborated with a lot of artists from different genres, and now he has cooked something in the studio with Musa Keys. This is a joint that most of their fans are waiting for. Listen to the track below:
Speaking on always wanting to be the breakout star from Africa, Focalistic shared in an interview: “I always say that if Iām the greatest and youāre also in the room, you can be the greatest too. Itās about pushing excellence in the work I do, the quality of music we put out, our work ethic, performance and how we look.When I pull up, everything I bring to the table should say greatness. What I need to make clear is that the concept of greatness isnāt a competition.Great artists to have come before us, such as AngĆ©lique Kidjo, Fela Kuti and others, were all the best of their time. Successful without competing, they complemented each otherās greatness.”
Focalistic also shared that Hip Hop is one genre he never wants to do agaiAs an artist, you keep growing. Iām a young man from Pitori, Zone 2, Ga-Rankuwa, so thereās no way I can say I know what hip-hop is. However, if you ask me about amapiano [a subgenre of South African house music], thatās something I know, and I feel comes naturally to me.So, yeah, Iāve quit hip-hop. The saying is ācollaboration over competitionā, so, youāll notice a feature in many of my songs. Weāre at a point right now with African music where itās about showing the true spirit of Ubuntu.Itās about lifting each other and working together ā thatās how Africaās supposed to be. If you want to be the greatest, you wonāt do it alone. Hip-hop doesnāt have that. Itās from Brooklyn and talks about gun violence and other things with which I canāt relate. I grew up in an environment where you can go and ask your neighbour for sugar, and thatās the spirit I want to maintain through my music.”