Amapiano, arguably South Africa’s hottest music genre and cultural export right, has caught up like wildfire across Africa and worldwide. From the clubs to the streets and music charts outside of South Africa, more artistes continue to draw influences from the Amapiano sound to create their music.
It’s impossible to trace the origin of Amapaino music without speaking with some of the genre’s front liners like Focalistic, Young Stunna, Dancer cum singer Kamo Mphela visiting one of the birthplaces of Amapiano, Jack Budha in Mamelodi.
To this end, Spotify recently hosted select media and influencers from across the continent on an Amapiano Tourism experience to uncover the genre’s roots, the power of collaborations and how streaming is helping to export local music genres like Amiapiano to the world.
One of the top five exported South African Amapiano artists Focalistic, dropped by for the first leg of the tour at Jack Budha in Mamelodi, Gauteng, South Africa, to…
