Josiah De Disciple talks healing and overcoming insecurities as he launches new EP

Josiah De Disciple, a former member of the amapiano group JazziDisciples, wants to take his fans on a healing journey with his latest EP.

“I felt it was important to make music that centres us. There are so many bad things happening, we can’t be grooving and trying to overlook everything. It’s time we spoke to the people and the best way to do that is through music,” he told TshisaLIVE. 

Gomora Vol. 2: The Healers Avenue is Josiah's second project since going solo, and this time the amapiano pioneer has given his followers Afro amapiano with an infusion of house music. 

“The previous project I released was instrumentals, showcasing my versatility.”

Going solo as an independent artist has not been an easy journey, the DJ and producer admitted. 

“It’s been ups and downs,” he said.

“First, I had to deal with the fact that I have to do this on my own and I had no-one on my side, so that put a lot of doubts in me. Also, being alone, doing things yourself and finding the right features, those were the challenges during my solo career and it affected me.”

Since the split of music duo JazziDisciples in 2020, many fans have been itching to find out what transpired between Josiah and JazziQ.

“People want to know what's going on, so I have been avoiding studio sessions where I would be asked. I just want to focus on the music.”

In 2021, Boohle spoke about her collaborations with Josiah on her hit single Mama and Umsebenzi Wethu in an interview in which she suggested she did not get along with Josiah’s wife during their studio session recording in his home. This incident, Josiah said, made him shy away from allowing people in his space.

“When someone comes into your home for work, you never think they are paying attention to what is going on in your house.”

While he has refrained from speaking about the group split and “clashes” with artists, he has also been undergoing a healing journey of his own.

“It was a bit of a tough journey, but I had to man-up and remember I left my 9-5 job to focus on music, so I will not let other things distract me from where I want to be, so I kept pushing. I was careful of who I was inviting, now I understand I have to make music and can’t be afraid. Whoever decides to speak ill of me, I will move on from it.”

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