Major League DJz React To Their Upcoming Sold Out Amapiano Show In Brixton, UK. Major League DJz is a South African hip-hop/kwaito music group made up of twin brothers Bandile and Banele Mbere, who have made a name for themselves in the music business with their diversified and distinctive djing style. The twin siblings were born on January 3, 1991, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Taking to Instagram on Friday 6 May, Major League DJz shared that their upcoming amapiano show at the O2 Academy Brixton is sold out. They described it as “a career-defining” moment they will “forever hold dear” to their hearts. “Taking piano to the world was just a dream. Immersing this sound to audiences across the globe has been a humbling experience. To all the amapiano artists working day and night to put this sound out to the world, let this moment in our career spark a fire in you that makes you work even harder to realise your own dreams.”
The O2 Academy Brixton is an “internationally renowned” venue and has become one of London’s most popular event venues. According to the Academy Music Group, the O2 Academy Brixton can welcome more than 7 000 music lovers. Other the years, rock giants Kings of Leon, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Rolling Stones, Imagine Dragons and hip-hop legend Missy Elliot have all played shows at the O2 Academy Brixton.
Initially, Major League DJz were recognized as hip hop DJs before they came with that New Age Kwaito sound and now, they’re fully recognized as embracing amapiano. “I don’t think we were fully hip hop guys, amapiano comes from Kwaito, New Age Kwaito was our thing, Kwaito was always our thing but we called it New Age Kwaito to make it look good, rebrand it and that was our strategy. It was us, Riky Rick, Cassper Nyovest and Okmalumkoolkat so that was basically the movement of the new Kwaito style. Sometimes we would work with people and make like the mid-tempo songs which is the amapiano now. And we used to give people to rap on those beats, we have a song out from back then called ‘Sgetit’,” Bandile said.
