Popular amapiano DJ Njelic has thanked duo MFR Souls for creating the genre.
Taking to his X timeline on Wednesday, he gave Tumelo Nedondwe and Tumelo Mabe flowers, saying because of them people can now eat.
“Thank you @mfr_souls for giving us this genre called AMAPIANO. Batswadi le bana ba rona ba robala ba jele kanjeno ka baka la mesebetsi ya lena (families are fed, because of your works),” he wrote.
Amapiano has become a global success, topping music charts and seeing many new producers and DJs succeed in the genre internationally has been a joy for the duo.
“Amapiano was one of the genres whereby if you were really hungry, it was the fastest way to secure the bag. In that sense, we ended up having many producers which has happened before,” DJ Njelic told TshisaLIVE.
“The dream that we had came true for us ... now it's an international thing. I think the subgenres that came after amapiano are the ones that helped boost it. It's something that has been happening for years. We can only do things up to a certain level. A fresher mind, a fresher talent comes into place and produces something new right now.”
In 2022 Nandi Madida said on X the genre which had gained popularity across the world should not be appropriated but appreciated.
“My hope is that this beautiful genre called amapiano grows around the world but that the world knows & appreciates that it is a South African sound and that South African artists/DJs/producers and so on are empowered on a global scale & not appropriated,” she wrote.
'Thank you for giving us this genre' — Njelic gives MFR Souls their flowers
Image: Instagram/ Njelic
Popular amapiano DJ Njelic has thanked duo MFR Souls for creating the genre.
Taking to his X timeline on Wednesday, he gave Tumelo Nedondwe and Tumelo Mabe flowers, saying because of them people can now eat.
“Thank you @mfr_souls for giving us this genre called AMAPIANO. Batswadi le bana ba rona ba robala ba jele kanjeno ka baka la mesebetsi ya lena (families are fed, because of your works),” he wrote.
Amapiano has become a global success, topping music charts and seeing many new producers and DJs succeed in the genre internationally has been a joy for the duo.
“Amapiano was one of the genres whereby if you were really hungry, it was the fastest way to secure the bag. In that sense, we ended up having many producers which has happened before,” DJ Njelic told TshisaLIVE.
“The dream that we had came true for us ... now it's an international thing. I think the subgenres that came after amapiano are the ones that helped boost it. It's something that has been happening for years. We can only do things up to a certain level. A fresher mind, a fresher talent comes into place and produces something new right now.”
In 2022 Nandi Madida said on X the genre which had gained popularity across the world should not be appropriated but appreciated.
“My hope is that this beautiful genre called amapiano grows around the world but that the world knows & appreciates that it is a South African sound and that South African artists/DJs/producers and so on are empowered on a global scale & not appropriated,” she wrote.
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