New data released by music streaming platform Spotify has revealed that Gen Z, born between 1997 and 2012, has led the charge in the resurgence of traditional music, Maskandi, over the last two years.

Growing up in Ulundi, KwaZulu Natal, I remember hearing Phuzekhemisi performing a song called "Imbizo". This was a catchy tune which at the time and held no deeper meaning for me other than a song ...

Azana released an EP with amapiano producer Sam Deep. She says her love for music was inspired by the maskandi genre. She has transitioned from afropop and is now mixing amapiano with house and ...

29-year-old Lungelo Mathe, popularly known as ‘Mashampula’, wants to dominate the world of Maskandi music. Lungelo hails from the kwaMnyamanzi kwaZiphethe area of Nongoma. He explains that when he ...

One of the popular music genres in South Africa is Zulu folk music, known as Maskandi. Now a young musician David Jenkins, who goes by the name Qadasi, is making waves in the country. He was nominated ...

When he's acting or performing Afro pop music, he uses his real name Mlungisi Mathe. But when he delves into Maskandi music, his alter ego Skandi Kid comes to play. He's a man of many talents and is ...