Donald Opens Up About His “Weird” Relationship With Amapiano. Donald Moatshe, commonly known by the mononym Donald, is a South African Afro-soul singer, songwriter, recording artist and entertainer. He was born in the town of Rustenburg, in the North-West province.
Donald has opened up about his thoughts on Amapiano following the release of Kabza De Small’s KOA 2 album which also features him. The RnB singer has also jumped on the amapiano genre, but he claims he doesn’t connect to a lot of amapiano songs and he has a weird relationship with the genre.
Picking his favourite single named Xola off Kabza’s project, Donald appreciated the genre and spoke highly of it. “I have a very weird relationship with Amapiano, I don’t connect with a lot of it, but it’s songs like this one here that make me realize that there’s another layer to it we still haven’t experienced, and that level is one that will change SA music forever,” he wrote.
His new album, Dreams, tells the story of love in all its forms – good or bad. And he’s told it with the help of international star Jussie Smollet in one song and Lady Du on the single, Inkanyezi. Dreams, Donald Moatshe’s new album, brings the classic Donald who has his roots in R&B – but it also has a touch of amapiano, he tells us.
Still dedicated to being a R&B artist, the crooner doesn’t see himself letting go of that, but he hates being boxed into one specific genre.“I don’t want to be boxed as an amapiano or house music artist either. That’s just really boring. I will never move away from R&B. And amapiano is really popular right now. It also made a lot of sense to go where music is going right now in SA. You’ll also see that one of my most popular songs, “In Denial”, was a house song. It’s just that most of my music is relayed in a way that sounds like R&B.”
