The last time I witnessed something close to the current dance craze of last year’s South African hit song Jerusalema by Master KG and Nomcebo Zikode I was a schoolboy. The breakdance was the in-thing ...
Shazam, an application that can identify music, movies, advertising, and television shows, based on a short sample played and using the microphone on the device, on Tuesday announced that Master KG’s ...
One night in 2019, DJ Kgaogelo Moagi, better known as Master KG, called up singer Nomcebo to come to his Johannesburg studio to record a song. “‘But it’s very late,’” Nomcebo recalled telling him.
Just around 10 million people speak isiZulu, a language out of South Africa. So how did a song in the little-known dialect become a hit with billions of people around the world? The song in question ...
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How Jerusalema affected the whole world

Israel’s war on Gaza is currently the hottest news around the world today. Musicians are known to predict future events taking place around the world. For instance Bob Marley in his song War predicted ...
PRETORIA - The court wrangle over the song 'Jerusalema' continues, with Open Mic Productions defending its handling of royalties. But singer Nomcebo Zikode's record label wants the company to comply ...
An order of Irish nuns at an enclosed monastery has become the latest group to take on the viral Jerusalema dance challenge made famous by An Garda Síochána last month. The Redemptoristine Nuns at the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Fuller covers music, live entertainment globally and Hollywood. I learned something new recently: Shazam maintains a list of ...