Shaun Stylist Shares His Experience With Music Gate Keepers. Amapiano, born roughly one hour north of Johannesburg in the administrative capital city of Pretoria, is pioneered by hometown artists including Cooper, Focalistic, Chicco, Mellow and Sleazy—who collectively make up Pitori Super League with DJ/producer Vigro Deep. Other artists who have given the genre viral success are Uncle Waffles, Kamo Mphela, and TXC. Currently, Amapiano is arguably South Africa’s most infectious new commodity, attracting new audiences as the genre continues to spread globally like wildfire.
From being a fashion and image consultant, to being a brand influencer and now an amapiano star, he doesn’t set limits on himself. Shaun Stylist is now firmly in the music business, after clinching a deal with Warner Music Africa.
It has been a memorable time in Shaun’s life, but the industry has also revealed its underbelly to him which he has found hard to deal with.“Gatekeepers man, those that have been in the music industry for long thinking it only belongs to them or acting as if this industry is theirs and theirs alone. My music has grown, however, very much and improved a lot not only on my side but in the aspect of helping other young talented musicians, giving a platform to deserving unknown artists,” he told Drum.
Shaun Andile Naki has become internationally known as Shaun Stylist, which he says is because of his past profession as an image consultant, a vocation that saw him style a few local footballing legends like Teko Modise, George Lebese, and Bernard Parker.
