Times Of Swaziland: ZULU D, SBU GET DLADLA MSHUNQISI CO-SIGN

ZULU D, SBU GET DLADLA MSHUNQISI CO-SIGN
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Nombuso Dlamini on 24/03/2023 10:23:00


MBABANE – Zulu D and Sbu De Drum DJ successfully collaborated during Ekhayeni
Chillaz show last Friday , their video was reposted by SA’s Dladla Mshunqisi.
Dladla Mshunqisi, real name Anele Dladla, is a talented South Africa dance music
vocalist. He is famous for collaborating with the Durban SA Gqom music group
“Distruction Boyz” alongside Benny Maverick for the hit jam "Omunye". Apart
from music, he is known for his passion for cooking that has earned him numerous
followers across his socials.
DJ Zulu D and Sbu de Drum DJ were performing the SA singer’s famous hit titled
‘Woza uzizwele’ and that is the one that Dladla reposted and tagged DJ Tira.
This publication spoke to one of the two acts, Sbu de Drum DJ who expressed his
excitement about the co-sign by the SA artist, especially because the artists
only collaborated on that night.
This show was a first of its kind, as Sbu De Drum DJ was on the drums while Zulu
D was making solid Gqom selections on the decks. Patrons loved the collaboration
of the two DJs as they were repeatedly screaming in excitement throughout their
slot. The DJs managed to put on a good show. Local artists have seen growth in
international co-signs. A co-sign is when an artist, usually someone with
commercial success, gives a different artist, usually someone with lower
success, a shout-out by acknowledging that they like his/her music. Co-signs can
also be when those successful artists allow up-and-coming artists to be featured
in their songs.
Co-signs fuel why every artist is commercially popular today. Every Hip Hop
artist at one point in their career was given a co-sign; and because of that
co-sign, this was the main reason they were able to achieve mainstream success.
Every artist dreams to receive some kind of co-sign from another artist. Without
co-signs, artist diversity in Hip Hop would be very shallow. Artists such as
Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore and Chance the Rapper all received
co-signs even Eswatini’s very own Uncle Waffles received a cosign from
Canadian rapper Drake.