Musa Keys Advises Artists To Stay Away From Industry Politics. Fondly referred to by his fans as the Tsonga Michael Jackson, he got his moniker because of his flamboyant style. He knew as early as 13 years old that he was destined for a career in music after he laid his hands on the church’s keyboard. Real name Musa Makamu, he was born in Giyani, Limpopo, but grew up in Polokwane.
The music industry is still dealing with the aftermath of the 28th South African Music Awards (Samas). Since the awards ceremony, several artists have gone public with their thoughts on the winners and those who lost out. Award-winning singer, Musa Keys takes to Twitter to warn artists to say off industry drama. The star had quite a weekend following the back-to-back award wins; from GQ’s Best Dressed Awards to the South African Music Awards 2022.
While celebrating the awards, he took time to advise other artists to work hard and stay off politics in the industry. “I’ll say it again… Stay away from polotics, industry drama and work hardaaa each day, everything you work hard for will work for you, take care of the work and it’ll take care of you too!”
Big names in the amapiano sector were missing in action at this year’s ceremony as many are spreading the dance genre across the world. DJ Maphorisa, Kabza De Small, Uncle Waffles, Daliwonga, DBN Gogo, Young Stunna and Focalisitic, are all on international tours.
Lady Du, who is one of the top female vocalists in the yano streets, was also absent. Despite not submitting her music for consideration by the judging committee, Lady Du still took shots at the Samas. In several tweets, Lady Du questioned how Musa Keys walked away with record of the year for the song “Vula Mlomo” featuring Sir Trill and Nobantu Vilakazi. “How does a person get a tender for organising artists to perform on stage, then the artist he is managing gets the biggest award of the night???” she ranted.
Lady Du called for people to “stay woke” as she explained why she and other artists had opted to ditch the awards. “Do you know why a lot of us didn’t go or even perform there? Because we already knew who was going to get what!!! The set up was too obvious Stay woke niyeke ukus yenza amabari!” she tweeted.
