“The songs where I rap in vernac are the songs with most impact” Says Zakwe

SA Hip Hop has been on the mainstream for quite some time yet it’s still struggling to breakthrough in terms of sales, the same way other Urban Pop genres have achieved.
Therefore I decided to speak to some of those who active and directly involved in SA Hip Hop, about what they think the problem is and what should be done to develop SA Hip Hop. Here is what Zakwe had to say:

“I doubt there’s any winning formula. Right now, at the moment, I’m just being real to myself, real to the fullest hence the album is self-titled as ‘Zakwe’. I gave that nothing but me, so I can’t say if you do this, this is what works. We’re doing it all, we do good music, we do shows, we do tours, we do beautiful videos. You can never really say that this is what we should all do so we can sell” he explained.

“One thing I understand though, is how people have accepted South African Hip Hop, especially vernac rap. I know personally that the songs where I rap in vernac are the songs with most impact.That’s part of being real too. That’s what I think” said Zakwe.