Pic! Musa Keys Shares A Throw Back Of His Love For Piano. Keys, real name Musa Makamu, was born in Giyani, Limpopo, and raised in Polokwane. From an early age, he spent his Sundays in church. It was there that he first learned how to play the keys and became drawn to gospel music.
Given this background, making secular music was not a straightforward process. “The transition was kind of crazy, because I had to unlearn a lot of things musically,” he explains. “My sound was too ‘gospelly’, and people did not like that. We’re trying to feel like we’re at groove, not at a gospel concert. Time for church is time for church, and time for groove is time for groove. I had to unlearn a lot of things.”
Musa Keys took to social media to share a huge throw back of himself back in the days playing a piano. The star has always had love for playing a piano and with the domination of the amapiano genre, it made his career to skyrocket even further. See pics:
Keys isn’t fazed by his current success, he says. He’s also unburdened by the pressures of being one of the few Tsonga artists doing it at such a high level. His focus is firmly trained on the bigger picture, and he views each accomplishment as a stepping stone.“I feel like I’m on a bigger mission. So, the way I approach things is kinda different. I’m always thinking ahead. Whenever I achieve something, I don’t see it as the biggest thing. In that moment, yeah, I am happy, obviously, because I’ve managed to get to that point. But, realistically speaking, I’m like, it’s actually possible to get where I’m going.”
