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 I’m the greatest and you’re also in the room, you can be the greatest too. It’s 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 isn’t a competition.Great artists to have come before us, such as Angélique Kidjo, Fela Kuti and others, were all the best of their time. Successful without competing, they complemented each other’s greatness.”
Focalistic also shared that Hip Hop is one genre he never wants to do agaiAs an artist, you keep growing. I’m a young man from Pitori, Zone 2, Ga-Rankuwa, so there’s 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], that’s something I know, and I feel comes naturally to me.So, yeah, I’ve quit hip-hop. The saying is ‘collaboration over competition’, so, you’ll notice a feature in many of my songs. We’re at a point right now with African music where it’s about showing the true spirit of Ubuntu.It’s about lifting each other and working together – that’s how Africa’s supposed to be. If you want to be the greatest, you won’t do it alone. Hip-hop doesn’t have that. It’s from Brooklyn and talks about gun violence and other things with which I can’t relate. I grew up in an environment where you can go and ask your neighbour for sugar, and that’s the spirit I want to maintain through my music.”
