{"id":11292,"date":"2020-12-18T21:24:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T19:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=11292"},"modified":"2020-12-18T21:24:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T19:24:58","slug":"sho-madjozi-skyrockets-to-stardom-with-her-latest-release-what-a-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2020\/12\/18\/sho-madjozi-skyrockets-to-stardom-with-her-latest-release-what-a-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Sho Madjozi Skyrockets To Stardom With Her Latest Release \u201cWhat A Life\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Despite the challenges faced by many in 2020, the trajectory of Sho Madjozi\u2019s career has been nothing short of a fairytale, penning a historic deal with Epic Records and in doing so, becoming the only African artist on their roster in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The release of her mixtape What A Life, finds Sho Madjozi fusing languages (Tsonga, English and Swahili) and genres (gqom, amapiano and hip hop) while paying homage to her Tsonga heritage in the process, taking another giant step in her international career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A celebration of individuality in all of its glory, What A Life has allowed Sho Madjozi to introduce traditional music to a whole new mainstream market, especially with the notable track \u201cShahumba\u201d featuring the legendary Tsonga singer and producer, Dr Thomas Chuake, in his first ever collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sho Madjozi can\u2019t stop and won\u2019t stop until she fulfills her quest of global domination, all the while staying true to her colourful, cosmopolitan roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Sho Madjozi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sho Madjozi has come a long way from the two-room rondavel she called home as a child in South Africa. Since making her debut in 2017, she quietly emerged as a global force renowned for head-spinning wordplay, ear-perking Xitsonga lyrics, and eye-popping colorful fashion. Powered by bangers like \u201cJohn Cena\u201d [2.6 million Spotify streams] and \u201cHuku\u201d [1.6 million Spotify streams], she took home \u201cFavorite African Star\u201d at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, \u201cBest New International Artist\u201d at the BET Awards, \u201cEntertainer of the Year\u201d from Forbes, and more. This year, she was nominated once again for a BET Award in the category of \u201cBest International Artist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She graced the global covers of magazines such as Elle, Cosmopolitan, and Bona. Not to mention, she shared the stage with Beyonc\u00e9 and Ed Sheeran at the 2019 Global Citizen Festival and joined forces with Diplo for a much talked-about Super Bowl party performance in the same year. Plus, she met actor and WWE legend John Cena during a viral moment on The Kelly Clarkson Show. In addition to widespread acclaim from Vogue, The FADER, Noisey, Billboard, BBC, OkayAfrica, and more, The New York Times praised how \u201cShe pays homage to her heritage while updating it for the moment, cutting across continents and genres.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, she\u2019s on her way to the forefront of popular culture worldwide on her own terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite the challenges faced by many in 2020, the trajectory of Sho Madjozi\u2019s career has been nothing short of a fairytale, penning a historic deal with Epic Records and in doing so, becoming the only African artist on their roster in America. The release of her mixtape What A Life, finds Sho Madjozi fusing languages… Continue reading Sho Madjozi Skyrockets To Stardom With Her Latest Release \u201cWhat A Life\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}