Pic! JazziQ Buys His Mom A Brand New Luxurious Car. The South African-bred sound of Amapiano has become a runaway success story recently. Leading the charge to take the sound—which has been around since 2012—global, is Alexandra-born selector and producer Tumelo Manyoni also known as Mr JazziQ, the other former half of musical duo JazziDisciples. He’s been working tirelessly in the local scene to build it up into the thriving cultural epicentre it is today.
JazziQ has bought his mom a brand new white Mercedes Benz. Taking to his Twitter account, JazziQ shared that he once promised his mom a car, and it seems he has fulfilled that promise. “Once upon a time I promised my Mom a Mercedes-Benz ✌🏽❤️I love you mother ❤️ Enjoy,” he wrote. Check it out:
JazziQ is one of the many amapiano artists who’ve had a fruitful year, including performing overseas which is something the star had openly talked about wanting to experience, and now ending the year with a bang, he bought his mother a set of wheels.
Speaking on how amapiano developed and separated itself as a genre from Kwaito, JazziQ had a lot to share from his experience. “Well, it’s this combination of different South African sounds: Kwaito, deep house, jazz. There are chords, strong melodies, chants. Initially, we started with instrumentals and from there added more melodies, chords, and bouncy basslines. The next step was the chants which are also quite popular in house music. The real separation came when artists started doing some proper writing of lyrics on the beats we were making. That was about the point that it was clear-cut that this is a whole other genre that can stand on its own,” he said.
“I think the things we sing about also set it apart from house, as [Amapiano] is so embedded in township culture up here in the North. Take for example Kabza and Maphorisa writing about Thembinkosi Lorch, one of the most popular soccer players from Johannesburg’s Orlando Pirates. My track “Sithi Sithi” is local slang for “I am saying this, now I am saying that,” which is a popular expression here. Another example is Musa Keys’ track “Vula Mlolo” which talks about the negotiations here between the families of two people getting married. Everything is very rooted in our culture and that makes it very real, honest, and authentic,” he added
