Distruction Boyz and Amaroto break up to focus on solo careers

While making music in a band may have its perks, individual creativity is often suffocated, forcing a duo or group to seek out solo careers. This is now the fate of gqom duo Distruction Boyz and amapiano duo Amaroto.

Bands often break up after fallouts or differences in vision, but there are some who separate on a good note and continue to support each other.

Thobani “Que” Mgobhozi and Zipho “Goldmax” Mthembu of Distruction Boyz recently announced they were taking a break as a duo to focus on their solo careers, and did their last performance as a music group on Saturday at Cotton Fest.

“Members of the gqom community, thank you for supporting us over the years! Allow us to take a break from being the ‘Distruction Boyz’ duo you all love so that we can concentrate on our solo careers for a bit. Join us tomorrow for our last set together @cottonfestjhb ... for now. We’ll be back together again soon!” read the statement shared on their timelines.

Another duo taking a break to focus on their solo careers are Reece Madlisa and Zuma of Amaroto. 

While speculation on social media predicts the end of the band ahead of Reece Madlisa’s debut single, the duo’s manager, Archie “Dada” Basile, explained to TshisaLIVE they were still an item. 

“They just decided to try going solo. That’s just about it, there’s no separation. The boys have a label called Amaroto entertainment which they co-own, they are not going their separate ways, even if they were to take two years off doing their solos, they are still contracted by the label. They could even possibly drop an album later this year. But it's not even about contracts, these boys were literally born together, their parents are best friends.”