On Thursday, 29 January 2026, DJ Maphorisa shared a snippet of his first official release of 2026, days after announcing he was leaving Amapiano He announced when the new single, which features four ...

Viral hits and sold-out shows have made Amapiano’s glitz and glamour a social media staple. Yet, beneath the surface, lies an intensely competitive world that few truly understand. In a candid ...

DJ Maphorisa is one of the biggest artists in South Africa from where the pulsating Amapiano genre started before spreading globally. In a recent interview with BBC, the award-winning hitmaker shared ...

Since 2020, Amapiano the South African imported genre that blends Kwaito with House music has dominated Nigerian mainstream music. In Nigeria, Amapiano which packs speaker rattling baselines is quite ...

Music fans have taken to social media to share mixed reactions after DJ Maphorisa said he was shifting his focus away from amapiano and making a return to the Afrohouse genre. The hitmaker, who played ...

DJ Maphorisa urges South African hip hop artists to collaborate for the future of the genre, addressing the challenges of ...

For me it’s like we are just expanding the piano wave so other people can reach it and we can grow the music. - Maphorisa Scorpion Kings (DJ Maphorisa and Kabza De Small) have teamed up with Afro-pop ...

South Africa’s beloved hitmaker DJ Maphorisa is in full rehearsal mode as the countdown begins for the highly anticipated Scorpion Kings Live with Friends concert. Taking place at Loftus Versfeld ...