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Tshepo bareetseng BY  MASEGO SEEMELA Clement Maosa has shared scenes of new music video.  Image:   Gallo Images / Oupa Bopape Skeem Saam  actor-turned-muso Clement Maosa shared snippets of his African-infused music video which dropped recently.  The music video titled  Rhythm Of Your Heart  shows him dancing and singing on a desert-like area with a live band and African print dancers. Although he is known for his acting skills, Clement has been throwing his efforts into music of late. He explained that  Rhythm Of Your Hear t is about being proudly African and the power you possess. "Never turn your back on your roots because that’s who you are. Be proudly African and show the world how powerful you are," he added. Here are some of the scenes from the video.

Tshepo Bareetseng Kamva Somdyala The father of former Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa has died. "It is with great sadness that Uncle Sam has passed on. However, the family is currently preparing a statement to be released shortly," family spokesperson Nathi Ngwenya told News24 on Monday. UPDATE:  'He never truly healed from losing Senzo' - Samuel Meyiwa's family on his sudden death Meyiwa senior died in his home in Umlazi, Durban after reportedly suffering a second stroke. Samuel Meyiwa had a stroke in August 2018,  TimesLive  reported on Monday. He had been in and out of hospital since then,  EWN  reported. In 2014, Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead at the home of his girlfriend, Kelly Khumalo, in Vosloorus in what was initially thought to be a robbery gone wrong. Police have been accused of dragging their feet in the case and are yet to make a breakthrough even though several people in the house witnessed the killi...

By Tshepo Bareetseng Entertainment, Local, Music, News, Breaking News LinkAge is the name. A passionate 22 year old from Braamfischerville Phase 1 is set to release his Mixtape named ‘Known Stranger’. LinkAge who was formally known as Trigger says he realised in early 2016 that music to him, was no longer a dream, was rather a calling. It’s something he has to do, face it and deal with it. LinkAge is set to release a Ten-track mixtape which he named “Known Stranger”, because people know his music but don’t really know him as an Artist in the Hip-hop industry. “I am a stranger, but I’m known, they know my songs, but they don’t know who I am”, LinkAge added. He says he used to download Free-Type–Beats on the internet to record, hence why he couldn’t release the music on digital platforms, because it was not original, even though he had abilities of manipulating Free-Type-Beats and wrote every lyric on the tracks, ...

“Touch My Blood”, says AKA It’s been an exciting journey for AKA. Signing deals like never before, he now considers himself a ‘living legend’. Today he released his “final” album Touch My Blood. The album has been causing chaos on the net before even being released. The Super Mega held an exclusive listening session at the private location for the album. ‘The music on the project is quite impressive’, said Tweezy on Twitter who attended the event. It’s been a ‘musical year’ so far. June alone has seen few albums out from the people’s favourites such as Nas, Joe, Kanye West and South Africa’s own A-Reece. AKA waited years and that got the people talking about him. He kept the consistency and stayed true to himself. Now he has come back and blessed his fans with a ‘masterpiece’. With the track list and a few songs already revealed through pre-order on iTunes, according to SliqueOnLife, th...

The year 2018 has been a year for Hip-hop, rappers been producing quality music like never before, youngsters such as Nasty C collaborating with the American Trap star A$AP Ferg on a song titled 'King'. The song has been making waves on the radio. The Skhanda God K.O also released a song featuring AKA titled Fire Emoji. K.O dragged AKA into the booth for the hip hop / trap. Fire Emoji sees K.O bragging about his outputs, which basically means everything he does is fire. The new song is off the Two Piece short EP released by K.O which also includes another hit banger WayaWaya featuring Cassper Nyovest. Buzzing hip hop act J Molley comes through with a new tune named Always Stressed. The tune comes as a follow up to Seven Bottles released few weeks ago which made waves. J Molley keeps the momentum going with IMNOTGOOFY on the beat, his fans must be enjoying the music because the boy keeps working. Female rapper Nadia Nakai and Frank Casino release their own soon named Money C...

DJ Zinhle has often spoken about how reading empowers her and helps her grow as an individual. And now she’s giving back and will be releasing her own motivational book aimed at African women. Called Meeting Your Power, Zinhle told Dennis Ngango the book will be released on June 1.She said that the idea is to help women. “It’s written with the understanding of the African and South African voice – the African women and what she goes through.” Zinhle said she believes in helping other people and this is her way of giving back. “If helping other people doesn’t take anything away from you, you should definitely do it. If I’m given the opportunity to help people and I can, it’s a great investment. Even for myself, because it helps me grow.” Zinhle said that she often reads to balance herself and get away from the noise. She said that it helps her to get a different perspective and she hopes to do the same.

Image: Instagram. After a very difficult and emotionally draining week‚ Clement Maosa is celebrating his 30th birthday and took time out to reflect on the trials and triumphs he's gone through. The actor penned a heartfelt note to himself and shared it on his Instagram‚ remembering the hard times that have made him the man he is today‚ which include being orphaned at a young age and being bullied. "Just take a look at you‚ you are God’s perfection. You were born under unfavourable conditions‚ but look at you. For years you were ridiculed for being black and ugly‚ but look at you now. Your mom and dad were both domestic workers and couldn’t afford you nice things in life‚ but look at you now. Your parents left you as a teenager with nothing‚ but look at you‚" he wrote. The Skeem Saam fave‚ who also buried one of his best friends‚ Akhumzi Jezile‚ over the weekend weekend‚ wrote out his heart out ...

    Presenter Lerato Kganyago will explore her options. After two years on popular music show Live Amp, award-winning presenter Lerato Kganyago has left the show. Speaking to Sowetan shortly after news of her departure broke yesterday, Kganyago said she believed her time on the Friday night music show was over. "I am happy about the fact that I am now giving someone else the opportunity to experience and use the platform that I have used before," she said. "There is a certain type of shift that is happening in my life right now. I am rebranding and also trying to look at other avenues, but most importantly the aim was never to stay too long at Live Amp. "This is actually a very great time to look at other options if there is any, and merely to give some of my businesses attention." Kganyago joined DJ Warras as presenter in April 2016 and enjoyed the attention of more than four million viewers of the popular weekly show. The sexy starlet, who is fr...

     Khanyi Mbau. Picture Credit: Instagram "People tend to get attached and stuck to whatever image they have and forget that in life everything always has a new model," says Khanyi Mbau. "The house you live in, two years later there will be a new design, the same with the car you drive and cellphone you use. That is the same theory you should apply to your brand." The queen of reinvention takes some time to chat to me after a full day of errands and just before she starts reading her scripts for the week. It's a juggling act she's playing lately, far from the "famous for being famous" tag of old. Mbau established herself in the industry as the Queen of Bling and the Lamborghini-driving party girl. Today she is a far cry from that and is gaining critical acclaim for her stellar performance in Mzansi Magic's new Sunday drama series Abomama. "I am overwhelmed and speechless. I mean, it is still sinking in, I am trying to come t...

22 year old South African actress Natasha Thahane has dismissed claims that herself and rapper A-Reece dated. The New York Film Academy graduate was believed to have dated A-Reece at a point and they even set relationship goals for the Mgani video, performed by A-reece off his paradise album. Natasha told Lasizwe on Massiv Metro last week, that she friendzoned Reece. “I was so good at my job. When people even started believing that I am actually in a relationship with this person. No. Never. I am a professional friendzoner. I didn’t even want to kiss him in the first video. The second one, I was like, ‘hmmm, okay.’ But I am a professional friendzoner.” A-Reece however was nicer in his explanation of things. “We just bumped into each other genuinely and it’s always a nice time because it is Natasha. She is bright. She always has some nice, smart things to say and it always puts me in line,” he told Zaziwa earlier this month.

While Cassper Nyovest’s new single Ksazobalit might be topping download and streaming charts, the single has generally gathered mixed reaction. Ambitiouz rapper Emtee who is known for being open minded has aired his opinion on the record and he thinks it’s FU FU (Wack). Emtee took to Twitter without much fuss to share his thought He also reacted to Cassper saying he’s sold 10million records worldwide by claiming the numbers is a lie while also making point of his debut Avery going plat. Cassper and Emtee ’s beef history is quite detailed but things went up in smoke when Cass mocked Emtee for his nude picture that went viral in 2017. Emtee threw major blow towards Cassper Nyovest ’s direction yesterday claiming the rapper’s new single is thrash while also faulting the rapper’s controversial sales number. Cassper, who is currently in Ghana has seemingly responded to Emtee . He wrote on Twitter, “If you’re a rapper and you’r...

Emtee Image: Instagram As a father of two sons‚ Emtee has said that one of the things he would never do intentionally is smoke in front of other people's underage kids. A controversial Twitter account‚ @AdvBarryRoux‚ alleged that Emtee "happily" smoked weed in front of a group of kids who were his fans. Emtee told TshisaLIVE that he won't deny that he was smoking a cigar when a group of kids approached for pictures ‚ but said it was not intentional. "No man‚ it was all a misunderstanding‚ yes I was smoking but I don't smoke in front of kids. The person who claimed they saw me smoking‚ didn't actually see what was going on. They must have been passing by and just assumed I smoked in front of those kids but that was not the case." The Pearl Thusi hitmaker has always been a big hit with kids who often sing along to his catchy choruses. Emtee‚ who also recently welcomed his second son into the world‚ explained what happened on the...

AKA and hit making producer Tweezy have put an end to their beef and returned to the studio for Touch My Blood, AKA’s forthcoming studio album. The two were at war sometime ago after AKA accused Tweezy for claiming too much credit for the music that they make together. AKA soon started making music with Master A Flat. Speaking to TshisaLIVE, AKA’s manager Tshiamo Letswene said the pair had reunited and were working together like nothing had ever happened. “They had a fallout but they are working together again. It has been positive and they are really getting along well. It’s been great to see in studio. I don’t know who approached who but they have sorted out their issues” Tshiamo said Tweezy worked on several tracks on AKA’s upcoming album, Touch My Blood, due for release in May. While the rapper posted a short clip of the pair in studio over the weekend on Instagram Stories. AKA previously hinted at a more biographical and personal album ...

Music star Samthing Soweto has revealed why the success of music band The Soil hurt me. The singer back in the day left the group to pursue a solo career. “At first I was really a little ashamed of it (being a member of The Soil) because I was not part of the success when they blew up. I was working with them, crafting this whole sound, before it became mainstream. So to see them doing all these amazing things without me in the middle, it was really depressing and I tried to run away from it,” he told Times Live. Sam has since gone on to achieve mainstream success of his own, topping the charts recently with his single Akanamali. “What’s funny is the sound that we eventually crafted with The Soil was inspired by my time in prison. When I was there, there was a type of singing that they did, which is very acapella type singing. It is very prison-based. I took that and thought how could I make it very palatable. The topics went from prison to love and from bass ...

According to words making rounds, Nasty C has departed his record label Mabala Noise. The rapper has been at war with the label since late last year refusing to perform at their December gig. Nasty C according to words on the street has signed with Universal Music Group with pictorial evidence hitting Instagram. The rapper has not confirmed anything Another news this time around is that label chiefs Reggie Nkabinde and DJ Bongz have both left and the office of Mabala Noise at Fourways closed up. The official line of Mabala Noise is also not working at this time.

Nasty C ’s music videos, Good Girls and Don’t Do It have been removed from the South African Music Awards nominations after several outrage online that the music videos do not qualify. Online commentators had pointed out that videos were not aired on national television before January 31, as per the competitions rules. “Our investigations have revealed that the videos were submitted for entry on 24 January 2017. We have further determined that the videos were not flighted before the closing date of the entries of 31 January 2017 as required by the SAMA rules. “In light of this, the two music videos are automatically disqualified because they do not meet the criteria for Best Music Video Category,” organisers said in a statement. Nasty C ’s disqualification means Kwesta is now the most nominated artiste for the award with 6 nominations while Nasty C drops to 5.

Tumelo AB Crazy has revealed he knew Cashtime would soon end before he walked out on the company. He made a case of when he wanted to release a mixtape but nobody was ready to work with him on the recording company. AB Crazy who is still promoting his new album Blue Skies added that he also noticed people weren’t doing things as a group. He said in a recent interview, “Before I left Cashtime, I wanted to release my own mixtape under Cashtime but featuring the artists on the label. But the guys were not ready for it. I told them I was going to drop an album, whether it was with them or not. In the years after I left you saw more artists doing their own things, with no real group vibe. I saw it coming.” “The most disappointing thing in the industry is the politics. Radio could play more of our stuff. I would love to hear more AB Crazy on radio. We are still fighting that today and that has been the greatest disappointment.” As he shoots for the top of th...