Just days after celebrating the platinum plaque for his blockbuster collaborative banger ‘Uwrongo’, which also incidentally ended up on Barack Obama’s favourite playlist for 2020, Prince Kaybee sealed the completion of his forthcoming project.

Earlier this week at the BlackBrick hotel rooftop in Sandton, the house music hitmaker treated the media and members of the music industry to an exclusive listening session of his The 4th Republic album. The 24-track tape is now available across all digital platforms.

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Spotted at the launch were a slew of artists who make guest appearances in the album.

This list includes King Monada, who performed their instant hit their track ‘Insurance’, Vusa Abalele featuring powerful songstress Rethabile had the crowd dancing along and the highlight of the night was the surprise performance from Nokwazi who performed their second collaborative single featured on the album titled, Sofas’lahlane.

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Fans will also be delighted to learn that Prince Kaybee has made his debut album ‘Better Days’, fully available for streaming on all digital platforms. This year alone, Prince Kaybee became the first South African DJ to perform at the famous Kilimanjaro Marathon. The hitmaker recently also announced that his 2019 single, Fetch Your Life, would be featured on the Coming 2 America inspired soundtrack, Rhythms Of Zamunda.

In the two years since the release of his platinum-selling album, Re Mmino, the producer explored new sounds, found new talent and stretched his musical boundaries that have touched even the ears of former US President, Barack Obama.

Taking all the lessons he has learnt since, including from world leaders; Prince Kaybee is ready to establish a new world order called The 4^th Republic. With Prince Kaybee as its leader and his growing fan base as the 4^th citizens; Prince Kaybee has already given us some of the tenets of his new world.

Love through Ayabulela, a firm stance against GBV with Hosh visuals, and the spirit of reconciliation with uWrongo. The new world order that the producer-DJ is introducing is all-inclusive. No better example than the album’s cover art.

Prince Kaybee had initially launched an album cover art search. However, following the overwhelming response rather than choose one, he honored all his collaborators being showcasing that he is a product of their efforts.

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On Thursday, Def Jam Africa unveiled Rhythms of Zamunda, the compilation soundtrack album to accompany the release of Coming 2 America, which drops tomorrow on Amazon Prime Video.

To help tell the story, music by many African acts is included in the new movie. In addition to that, a compilation that mirrors some of the themes of Coming 2 America will be released by Def Jam Africa, a division of the Universal Music Group.

From amapiano to zouglou-inspired songs, Rhythms of Zamunda is a 16-track body of work that traverses Western, Eastern and Southern African soundscapes to connect with Northern America and the rest of the globe.

It features, amongst a host of others, a myriad of genres introduced by the likes of Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage and Tekno, the late DJ Arafat from Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa’s Prince Kaybee and Msaki as well as Fally Ipupa from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The lead single from Rhythms of Zamunda is ‘Black & White’ by South Africa’s wordsmith and wunderkind Nasty C. On it, the hip hop artist features American soul singer, Ari Lennox and gives the listener a glimpse into the possibilities of love when two people stop complicating it. It’s a universally relatable perspective and one that Nasty C is elated to share with the world.

“I am honoured to be representing Africa in such a monumental moment, celebrating the best of black creatives,” he said about the compilation.

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Creativity is at the core of Diamond Platnumz’s Hallelujah featuring Morgan Heritage. The Tanzanian bongo flava crooner considers himself blessed to contribute to African artists being seen as imaginative, diverse and world-class. He said: “I’m so excited because there is great chemistry between our music and Coming 2 America.”

The compilation is felicitous. Togolese musos, Toofan, whose song, Ye Mama, is another standout track believe “associating African artists with the movie sequel over 30 years later is a symbol of the increasingly important place that African music holds globally. It’s about time African inspirations take on the world stage.”

ALBUM TRACKLIST

1. Black & White – Nasty C ft. Ari Lennox
2. Owo Ni Koko – Larry Gaaga & Umuobiligbo
3. Magnet – Locko
4. Skeletun – Tekno
5. Overdue – Tellaman Feat. Sha Sha & Oxlade
6. Jiggy Bop – Alpha P & TMXO
7. Dosabado – DJ Arafat
8. Fetch Your Life – Prince Kaybee Feat. Msaki
9. Dangerous Love – Tiwa Savage (DJ Ganyani Amapiano Radio Edit Remix)
10. Moya Omubi – Th&o.
11. Hallelujah – Diamond Platnumz Feat. Morgan Heritage
12. Ye Mama – Toofan Feat. Fally Ipupa
13. Ain’t It True – Bonj
14. Loke Loke – Gemini Major Feat. ANATII
15. Shesha – De Mthuda & Njelic
16. Everything – Ricky Tyler

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Nasty C on Wednesday shared a snippet teaser for the music video of ‘Black and White’, the lush collaboration with US alternative R&B singer Arie Lennox. The song, taken from his 2020 album Zulu Man With Some Power, has been hailed as one of the best songs on the record by fans.

And now Nasty has given it a visual treatment, which will debut on Friday, February 12th. The teaser gives fans enough to spark anticipation for the video, but not enough to give much away. We don’t know if Ari will actually appear in the visual, which appears to be shot on location in Cape Town.

#BlackAndWhite MV🎥 This Friday 🖤 @AriLennox pic.twitter.com/49hf8gjVwS

— #ZMWSP (@Nasty_CSA) February 10, 2021

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