Samthing Soweto: My Career Is Not A Spaza Shop

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samthing soweto my career is not a spaza shop

Samthing Soweto wants a music career rooted in vision, structure and long-term effect not one run like a spaza shop.

The 37-year-old singer unpacks to Sowetan what that looks like:

How would you summarise your journey?

Im aware that everything we do is all in the name of entertainment, but the journey itself has been crazy. I started my career as a member of The Soil group and I left when it was at its highest. I never got to fully experience what it felt like to be the highest-selling a cappella group and travel the world even though I contributed to it musically... I had to watch everything that was happening from home.

I didnt have a plan, I was unemployed, I was making music still, but more art-based, crafty stuff that only a few people appreciate. I know what it feels like to perform without a number-one hit. I know what it is to sell CDs and T-shirts. Then, having the biggest song, Akanamali, which allowed me to travel the country and go commercial.