Okholo osecula i-Afro pop
kusho uPrince. Uthe akhona namanye amaalbhamu ake awakhipha futhi ezididiyelela njengoba ebhala futhi ekwazi nokudlala izinsimbi. Uke waba yilungu leqembu lowokholo iFaith lapho akhipha khona i-albhamu ethi Ngemuva kokuphothula u-matric eLuthuli High ngo-2010, uthe udlulele eNelson Mandela University lapho ayenza Exodus. khona izifundo zobuthisha.
“Angiqedanga ngoba ngesikhathi sokufunda ngangivele ngiphume ngiyoshutha ama-video omculo ngingayinaki indaba yokufunda.”
Uthe kungalesi sikhathi futhi lapho aqala ukuba nothando lweAfro pop futhi abantu bemtshela ukuthi iphimbo lakhe likahle ukuthi angenza lo mculo.
“Nami ngiyayithanda into engiphonsela inselelo, yingakho ngingabanga nankinga. Ngonyaka odlule ngize ngawina umncintiswano wokucula kuGu Jazz Festival.”
Lo mculi usanda kukhipha ingoma ethi Ngizongena Ngegate enkampanini kaMdu Ngcobo iTouch Africa, aqopha kuyo. “Ingoma igqugquzela amadoda ukuthi awaganwe angalokhu ekipita. Le nsizwa ithi izongena ngesango kulo muzi ngoba isikhathele ukunyonyoba. UNkulunkulu akakufuni ukukipita. Uyabona ukuthi umculo wokholo nalona engiwenzayo uyahlangana manje.”
Le ngoma isiqalile ukudlala emsakazweni kanti itholakala ezitolo zomculo ze-internet njengo-iTunes nezinye.
Uthe i-albhamu ephelele uzoyikhipha ngonyaka ozayo.
Lokhu kuhoshwe yiSolezwe ngomthombo walo oveze ukuthi seziqalile izinhlelo zokuyiguqula ingene eshashalazini.
Kuzobe kuwumdlalo odle kakhulu ngomculo.
Umsunguli wawo, uMandla N, ukuqinisekisile lokhu.
“Sizobe sishaya izingoma zakwiLockdown nezinye,” kusho uMandla.
Uthe sebeqalile bayazilungiselela ngoba umdlalo uzoqala ngoFebhuwari kuze kube wu-Ephreli, uhambela izindawo ezehlukene.
“Sizoza naseThekwini ngoba liyidolobha elibalulekile kithina. Sizohambela izwe lonke,” kusho yena.
Uthe kuzobe kukhona iningi labalingisi bomdlalo ngoba iningi labo liqale kuyo imidlalo yeshashalazi ngaphambi kokuthi lingene kuthelevishini. Abantu bangalindela ukubona oDawn Thandeka King odlala indawo kaMazet aphinde abe ngumculi, uZola Nombona naye obuye acule futhi olingisa indawo kaMonde nabanye.
“Mina vele ngiqhamuka emculweni ngakho ngiyakuqonda ukubaluleka kokucula bukhoma phambi kwezihlwele. Yingakho siqhamuke nokuthi senze umdlalo futhi abantu kade bewufuna umculo weLockdown,” kusho uMandla.
Ubuye waveza ukuthi isiyatholakala ezitolo zomculo i-albhamu yeLockdown enezingoma ezijwayele ukuzwakala kuyo. Phakathi kwazo kubalwa ethi, Mama Ka Bafana eshaywa nguNelisiwe Sibiya, Sengonile nezinye. Zingu-15 sezizonke.
ILockdown wumdlalo oveza impilo yasejele labantu besifazane. Uphele ngenyanga eyedlule kuthelevishini.