Maggz Opens Up On Whether He Feels Unlucky In His Music Career
Maggz Opens Up On Whether He Feels Unlucky In His Music Career. Maggz sat down and laid it out plain: he feels unlucky in his music and tired of being written off as lazy.
Speaking on the L-Tido Podcast, the Soweto-born rapper said the story behind the missing projects is not a lack of effort but a string of setbacks that have repeatedly stopped releases just as they were ready to go.
“I do think im unlucky, and a lot of people will accuse me of saying Maggz doesn’t care, Maggz is lazy. And I’m just like, if you knew how much music I’ve recorded, it’s just that sometimes it’s just the situation.”
“Obviously, sometimes, I’m a verbal, you know, I’m very anal, I want my things to be perfect, but at the same time I don’t want to be a slave to my perfection.”
“But every time I’m at the precipice, like I’m close to the edge and I’m supposed to drop music, then something crazy will happen. Something will happen with the record label or something will happen with the producers.”
Maggz described a pattern of label problems, producer fallouts and timing disasters that have derailed projects multiple times. He says even the last project, which would have introduced a new sound, collapsed after he fell out with collaborators. Those repeated interruptions left him questioning whether he was the common denominator or simply unlucky.
“Even my last project, I was gonna do a whole new sound… ready with everything on the go and then I fell out with the guys.”
“I promise you, I’m not the problem. These situations vary from each other… but there’s always just been that whole thing.”
“Sometimes life looks okay. Every time you are about to hit the pinnacle or go to the next level, the devil holds your foot down. I don’t understand, bro, what else am I supposed to do?”
Beyond logistics, Maggz spoke about the emotional cost. When releases stall, his motivation dries up, and the material starts to feel old to him. He described having to throw away or shelve work and then hunt for new inspiration again. That cycle, he says, turns finishing into a risk and leaves him wary of completing projects at all.
“Sometimes I feel like maybe it wasn’t meant to be. I was just meant to be that feature guy.”
“Even now, I’m working on a project and I’m scared of finishing. But at least this time I’m not signed to anybody, I’m just doing my own things.”
One practical change is freedom. Maggz says he is currently independent and is working without a label, hoping that the removal of outside control will reduce the number of catastrophes that have haunted past releases. Whether independence will finally break the cycle remains to be seen. Fans who remember his sharp guest verses and early work will be watching to see if autonomy translates into new, uninterrupted music.
