Aymos Shili’s Single “Fatela” Amasses 10 Million Views. Born Amos Babili Shili, in the Joburg township of Thembisa (formerly Tembisa), the 24-year-old musician has been trying to break into the music industry for years. After introducing music at his high school and achieving some success with the school’s choir, he started being a sessionist and vocalist for local house deejays while releasing his own music, to not much acclaim. He was on the brink of giving up on music when Mas Musiq came to his house to ask for the “Zaka” vocals after discovering the song on YouTube.
Aymos excitedly celebrates Fatela’s biggest achievement. Fatela by Aymos has reached 10 million streams and 10 million views on YouTube.The South African star shared the great news and thanked everyone for support. “10 Million Views Ngiyabonga (Thank You translated in English),” wrote the vocalist.
At first, he didn’t like amapiano and the idea of his song getting remixed, but he quickly realised he had nothing to lose. “Within three hours after I had handed the vocals to him, the song was already all over Instagram. People were crazy about it,” Aymos remembers. “But the thing is, I was so annoyed at that time and I thought these guys have ruined my song, I couldn’t even follow my own lyrics because it was so fast.”
After seeing the response from fans and how much they liked the amapiano version, Aymos figured that he could bring something different to the genre—he set out to “add the soul, bring meaningful lyrics with a message onto amapiano beats.”
