Focalistic Is Bringing A Major African Star For His Birthday Celebration. South Africa’s Hottest MC 2020 (as voted by MTV Base), Focalistic has enjoyed a smooth run with hit single ‘Ke Star’ as it has reached top 5 in 9 African music charts, top 10 in the UK, and topping the U global chart billboard and counting. The song attracted the likes of David, who later collaborated with Foca on ‘Ke Star’ remix. Following the success of their collaboration, the two have been pals ever since. The two are even said to be working on an EP together considering that the remix of ‘Ke Star’ became a top chatting song.
Focalistic is preparing for his birthday celebration which will take place at Zone 6 Venue in Soweto, Johannesburg. That’s not all, the star also announced that Nigerian Afrobeat star Davido will pull through for the celebration on the 28th of May. Some of the local artists who will be performing amapiano artists are Kabza De Small, Lady Du, Njelic, Mr JazziQ, Major League DJz, and more. See tweet:
Collaborations have helped the genre reach new heights, and Focalistic said for him it is collaboration over competition. “My thing this year is I enjoy collaborations, I wanna explore that more and see what comes up. I have a joint EP with Davido as well that we’re working on,” says Focalistic. “I wanna see with my boys Mello and Sleazy, who produced Gupta, if we can drop a project as well. So, for me, collaboration over competition right now.”
Speaking on having a fan base outside South Africa, Foca said: “That experience is what made me wanna travel more because being outside the country makes you realise you are not the be all and end all of everything. As much as there’s different things, you start seeing that we are all looking for the same thing. And I think that eye opener is very important to many artists and that’s why I enjoy traveling. It’s shocking when you hop on stage in Nigeria and people are singing word for word, but if you speak to them, they won’t understand anything that you’re saying. But they’re rapping those Pitori lyrics there. So for me, that was an eye opener, and it kind of gives you peace, and makes you understand that you can take this to the world, transfer the story to the world.”
