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Amapiano – solo performers, crews and full live line-ups. Suited to brand activations, festivals, club nights, year-end functions and events aimed at a younger audience.

031 Choppa

Johannesburg

A-Reece

Pretoria
A-Reece is a hip-hop songwriter signed to Ambitiouz Entertainment who started writing lyrics in primary school, inspired by his brother PJay. Based in Pretoria.

Adjar Brown

Johannesburg
Adjar Brown is a South African hip hop record producer, songwriter and musician whose debut album Model C came out in July 2017. Based in Johannesburg.

Aewon Wolf

Durban
Aewon Wolf, born Arnold Phillips, is a rapper nominated at the 2015 South African Hip Hop Awards who played Cassper Nyovest’s Fill Up the Dome. Durban.

Ali Kiba

Tanzania
Ali Kiba is a Tanzanian singer-songwriter and owner of Kings Music whose album Cinderella broke East African sales records.

Ami Faku

Johannesburg
Ami Faku is an Afro-soul singer and songwriter from Port Elizabeth who shot to fame as a contestant on The Voice South Africa. Based in Johannesburg.

Ammara Brown

Zimbabwe
Singer | Songwriter | Performer | Afro-Pop | R&B

Anatii

Johannesburg, Gauteng
Rapper | Singer | Songwriter | Record Producer | Amapiano | Hip-Hop | Afro

ASH

Johannesburg
ASH, born Ashley Beyers, is an R&B and hip hop singer and dancer who was a finalist on So You Think You Can Dance. Based in Johannesburg.

ATI

Botswana
ATI is a Botswana hip hop artist and songwriter, introduced to Batswana by Batho Bame, who performed on the Big Brother eviction stage in 2013.

Azawi

Ghana
Azawi is a Ugandan singer, songwriter and dancer signed to Swangz Avenue who broke through with her 2020 hit song Quinomino.

Babes Wodumo

Durban
Babes Wodumo is a kwaito musician, dancer and model whose song Wololo, featuring Mampintsha, became a radio staple. Based in Durban.

BFS

Durban
BFS, short for Built From Scratch Productions, are producers and DJs Simphiwe Shabalala and Langalethu Cele. Based in Durban.

Biggy

Johannesburg
Biggy is a rapper from Port Elizabeth fusing hip hop with electronic dance music, whose single Dames drew national attention. Based in Johannesburg.

Bittereinder

Pretoria
Bittereinder are an Afrikaans electro rap band whose second album Die Dinkdansmasjien followed 2 Tempo Awards and 3 MK Awards. Based in Pretoria.

Boity Thulo

Johannesburg
Boity Thulo is a television presenter, actress, model and rapper known for hosting the e.tv music programme Club 808. Based in Johannesburg.

Bongo Maffin

Johannesburg
Bongo Maffin are back after a 13-year hiatus, the post-apartheid kwaito group behind Way Kungakahona and Kura Uone. Based in Johannesburg.

BONJ

Johannesburg
BONJ, born Bongiwe Mpanza in Soweto, is a vocalist blending electronic music with soulful melodies, signed to Tresor’s Jacquel Entertainment Group.

Boohle

Johannesburg
Singer | Songwriter | Amapiano | Afro-Soul | Afro-House

Brian Temba

Johannesburg
Brian Temba is a performer, songwriter and producer who played Simba in the West End’s The Lion King and Ranthumeng Mokoena in Muvhango. Based in Johannesburg.

Bucie

Johannesburg
Singer | Songwriter | House | Afro-House | Soul

Busiswa

Johannesburg
Busiswa is a new-age performance poet and singer with infectious stage energy who wrote the Kalawa Jazmee hit My Name Is. Based in Johannesburg.

Camp Mulla

Kenya
Camp Mulla are a Nairobi alternative hip hop group whose single Party Don’t Stop earned a Best International Act (Africa) nomination at the 2012 BET Awards.

Cassper Nyovest

Johannesburg
Cassper Nyovest is a rapper, producer and songwriter who signed to Impact Sounds at 17 and started his own label, Press Play Music. Based in Johannesburg.

Chad Saaiman

Cape Town
Singer-Songwriter | R&B | Soul | Pop | Radio Personality

Charly na Nina

Rwanda
Female Vocal Duo | Afro-Pop | R&B | Afrobeats

Cnoja

Eastern Cape
Cnoja is a kwaito, R&B and hip hop artist available for corporate events, weddings and private functions in the Eastern Cape.

Courus

Johannesburg
Courus is a high-energy performer blending jazz, RnB and neo soul, with a music education diploma from Nelson Mandela University. Based in Johannesburg.

Da L.E.S

South Africa & America
Da L.E.S is a South African and American hip hop artist and producer known for his 2013 single Heaven with AKA and Maggz. South Africa and America.

Dada Shiva

Cape Town
Dada Shiva is a rapper and producer who recorded his second EP at Red Bull Studios and has opened for Shane Eagle. Based in Cape Town.

DaliWonga

Johannesberg
Singer | Songwriter | Amapiano | Afro-Pop

Darryn Govender

Cape Town
Singer | Guitarist | Songwriter | Live Performer

Dj Sliqe

Johannesburg
DJ Sliqe is a producer and radio personality who fuses hip hop with kwaito and has been resident DJ at Club Sway in Sandton. Based in Johannesburg.

Dladla Mshunqisi

Durban
Dladla Mshunqisi is a gqom and dance music vocalist known for the hit Omunye with Distruction Boyz and Benny Maverick. Based in Durban.

Dope Saint Jude

Cape Town
Dope Saint Jude is a rapper, singer, songwriter and producer who has performed at Afropunk Johannesburg and released the EP Resilient. Based in Cape Town.

Dramaboi

Botswana
Dramaboi is one of Botswana’s best Motswako rap artists, with a first album Godzilla and a 2017 YAMAS nomination for Best Social Media.

Dream Team

Durban
Dream Team are a three-man Durban hip hop group behind the hit track Tsekede, nominated at the South African Hip Hop Awards.

Early B

Cape Town
Early B is a Ghoema Award winning rapper from Port Elizabeth whose predominantly Afrikaans style has made him a festival favourite. Cape Town.

Efya

Accra, Ghana
International Recording Artist | Afro-Soul | R&B | Afropop | Live Performer

Elani

Nairobi, Kenya
Elani are a Kenyan pop trio from Nairobi whose debut single Jana Usiku led to the album Barua ya Dunia and a collaboration with Chameleone.

Emtee

Johannesburg
Emtee is a rapper from Matatiele who grew up in Soweto and featured on Fifi Cooper’s single Kuse Kuze and DJ Citi Lyts’ Washa. Johannesburg.

Ernie Smith

Johannesburg
Ernie Smith is a Durban-born jazz guitarist and singer shaped by Pat Metheny, George Benson and Jonathan Butler. Based in Johannesburg.

Esau Mwamwaya

Malawi
Esau Mwamwaya is a Malawian musician who sings in Chichewa and co-created The Very Best, with collaborators including M.I.A. and Vampire Weekend.

Fifi Cooper

Johannesburg
Fifi Cooper is a South African recording artist who moved from R&B into rap and released her award-winning debut album 20FIFI. Based in Johannesburg.

Garth Taylor

Johannesburg
Garth Taylor is a singer-songwriter whose hit Why spent five consecutive weeks at number one on the charts. Based in Johannesburg.

Gazza

Namibia
Gazza is a Namibian kwaito artist mixing dancehall, reggae and hip hop, and the first Namibian artist to shoot a video and reality show in America.

Goodlyfe Crew (Radio&Weasel)

Uganda
Goodlyfe Crew are a Ugandan music group led by Moses Radio and Weasel, fusing smooth RnB vocals with reggae, ragga and dancehall.

Harmonize

Tanzania
Harmonize is a Tanzanian musician, songwriter and dancer behind the hit Kwa Ngwaru and the label Konde Music Worldwide, and an MTV Base One to Watch.
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