@YSB23X And yet their numbers are sky high 👀 , lekompo has undeniably made its mark on the charts man. Just coz you dont like it dont mean its not doing well. Run the math n youd probaly find out lekompo artists are even chopping some of the best artists rn.
📽️🎶 After Robot: Kwaito Music in Johannesburg (2002)
Every now and again, I return to this short doccie and each time, I’m struck by just how much the artists of the early 2000s carved out new ways of being.
It reminds me of how kwaito musicians forged powerful and diverse cultural identities, even while facing systemic barriers in the music industry and a social climate that wasn’t always receptive to the “new wave.”