Pictures: Kabza De Small featured on Times Square billboard

In honor of African sounds, Kabza De Small has been picked as the cover artist for Spotify’s worldwide mint playlist. The carefully crafted playlist includes some of the most popular worldwide dance tracks from around the world.

Spotify honoured the Abelele hitmaker, Kabza De Small, with a billboard in Times Square, New York.

Kabza De Small’s new album, King Of Amapiano II Part 1 features the likes of Young Stunna, Ami Faku, Daliwonga, DJ Maphorisa, Felo Le Tee and many more. The album is a follow-up to the producer’s 2020 album, I Am The King Of Amapiano.

Spotify’s Head of Music for Sub-Saharan Africa, Phiona Okumu said

“We’re so honoured to platform Kabza and his work in his way,”

“And as part of commemorating such a deeply significant day for the African diaspora as Juneteenth (18 June), we’re celebrating not only Kabza’s musical innovation but the ingenuity and global influence of Black cultural creation across the globe.”

Speaking on the rise of amapiano, Kabza De Small said:

“Amapiano is not something that was involved with a lot of things. Like now, this is when they are starting to brand amapiano,” said the producer.

“Amapiano development on its own, do you understand? You must know, like labels and stuff… We started this thing from scratch. There wasn’t too much sampling and stuff; those things are only starting now. It’s something that was innovated.”

 

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