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AKA and YoungstaCP­T hit the studio

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AKA and YoungstaCP­T, have teamed up to collaborat­e on their first track together.

The "Fela in Versace" hitmaker, who was featured in the Comedy Central Roast of AKA on Monday night, confirmed as much earlier this week when he tweeted: “I couldnt watch the roast tonight because I’m in studio making a song with @ YoungstaCp­t finally.”

When YoungstaCP­T met AKA in The Assembly nightclub in 2012, the two had a quick chat, not realising a few years later they would both be at the top of the game.

YoungstaCP­T, whose real name is Riyadh Roberts, 27, says he and AKA have actually been in talks about a collab for two years, which they finally managed to pull off this week.

But the he can’t reveal any details of the track yet.

His manager Jarryd Williams says: “The direction of the track can’t be disclosed as yet, however, the fans will be in for a treat with South Africa’s most anticipate­d collaborat­ion.”

Jarryd says there is no release date yet as the track still needs “some work”.

A source close to YoungstaCP­T said that the five-hour studio session was set up in AKA’s hotel room when he was in Cape Town over the weekend. He returned to Johannesbu­rg on Wednesday. The source says it was a “very organic hook-up”. “AKA was in Cape Town, we had spare time and so did he, so we thought let’s do it now,” says the source.

“We recorded in AKA’s hotel room and the studio session took at least five hours but it’s not done yet.”

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