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UNESCO just included amapiano in their cultural heritage recognition process. From Soweto yards to international heritage. We always knew this day would come.

Collaborating with a jazz pianist on my latest amapiano project and the chord voicings he brings are taking the whole thing somewhere unexpected.

Leehleza playing a 6-hour uninterrupted set in Pretoria and not a single person left the dancefloor. That is what they mean when they say amapiano is life.

Saturday morning amapiano is its own category. Not the night energy — something slower, warmer, like the music is still processing the week with you.

Something about hearing amapiano from a passing car in your neighbourhood makes everything feel like it is going to be okay. Every single time.

UNESCO just included amapiano in their cultural heritage recognition process. From Soweto yards to international heritage. We always knew this day would come.

There is something deeply spiritual about how amapiano connects township origins with global reach. Respect the roots, celebrate the branches always.

Grew up hearing kwaito in my parents house. Watching amapiano take that energy and evolve it into something the whole world wants feels like completing something.

Amapiano finally has its own Grammy category consideration underway and the global industry is watching closely. What started in Mzansi is now world music.

New York first dedicated amapiano venue just opened in Brooklyn and the opening night queue stretched around the block. The world is paying attention.

Finally figured out how to get that signature log drum decay right in my productions. Two years of practising and it clicked this weekend — incredible feeling.

Lady Du new track features vocals recorded in a Durban studio but the log drum was produced in Jo burg — that is exactly how amapiano brings SA together.

Harare is having a genuine piano renaissance — local Zimbabwean DJs are putting their own stamp on the sound and it sounds absolutely incredible.

Just heard Kabza De Small dropped a surprise EP last night and the internet has not recovered. Three tracks in and already on repeat. This is why he is the King of Amapiano.

Focalistic just dropped visuals for the new single and the Pitori-to-London story he tells through music is incredible. Raw and honest storytelling.

If you have not been to a rooftop amapiano session in Cape Town at sunset you are genuinely missing out on one of life peak experiences.

Young Stunna just announced a UK tour and I am already figuring out how to get to London. The way his vocals sit on top of that log drum is pure magic.

Piano culture teaches you patience. You wait for the drop, you wait for the log drum moment, you wait for the right key shift. Life lessons in the music.

Harare is having a genuine piano renaissance — local Zimbabwean DJs are putting their own stamp on the sound and it sounds absolutely incredible.

Finally figured out how to get that signature log drum decay right in my productions. Two years of practising and it clicked this weekend — incredible feeling.