Toss Gushes Over 8 SAAPA Award Nominations. Amapiano sensation Toss (real name Pholoso Masombuka) burst onto the Mzansi music scene with his viral hit song “Umlando” in January 2022, alongside 9umba and Mdoovar.Since then, he has gone on to prove that he is not just another one-hit-wonder.
Toss knew that right after matric, he would pursue music. “When I first went to the studio I knew that when I finish my matric I want to focus on making music. I told my dad, and he didn’t have a problem so I made sure that I did well at school so I can focus on something that I love.”
He also now bagged eight nominations at the second annual amapiano awards. This is a huge milestone for the star as he is finally getting the recognition he has been working so hard for. Check his reaction below:
Toss said that they were chilling in a studio after a night out, he was with 9umba and he started freestyling. 9umba loved the freestyle and started working on the beat so that they can record it. While working on the beat, Mdoovar walked in and suggested that instead of recording the freestyle, how about they can work on a song that people can play when they are celebrating something huge in their life. That was how uMlando to born.
Popularly known by his stage “Toss”, a name he got when he was in a development team for Kaizer Chief, he says his life turned around when he recorded his song Gcwala. He recorded it at a time when he was ready to quit music because he left like there was no progress.
