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ALBUMVale Hansi Va Hlupha (Amapiano Remake) - SingleMapara A Jazz
Albums by Mapara A Jazz
ALBUMAmapiano FeelingMapara A Jazz
ALBUMNew GovernmentKayGee DaKing, Bizizi & Mapara A Jazz
ALBUMPiano OfferingMapara A Jazz
Mapara A Jazz's Popular Music Videos
Na Bado (feat. Mapara A Jazz & Ntosh Gazi)
Fasy Masauti
Artist Biography
When Leonard Malatji and Mano Nephawe—better known as the amapiano duo Mapara A Jazz—started making music in 2007, they could not foresee their status as ambassadors of a growing global scene. Back then, they were called MaBen10, a reference to their young age at the time (Leonard was 19, Mano two years younger). They produced Bacardi house music, a genre popular around their home of Tshwane. Mapara A Jazz transitioned to amapiano in 2012, performing for hyper-local audiences in taverns and at community events while slinging mixtapes on the side. In 2020, they scored their first big hit, “John Vuli Gate,” a paragon of amapiano replete with easy-to-memorize lyrics and an infectious beat carried by the log drum and jazzy chords. On the album of the same name, Mapara A Jazz fuses sounds from disparate scenes—gospel and bolobedu house on the uplifting "Right Here"; lezenke and Bacardi house on "Dlala kale rapo"—to create an outstanding and wide-ranging body of work.
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Dance