Umbuso Wamaciko Maskandi Festival gets snubbed by Mthandeni ‘SK’ Manqele

Umbuso Wamaciko Maskandi Festival gets snubbed by Mthandeni ‘SK’ Manqele

Instagram users are raving about Maskandi musician Mthandeni “SK” Manqele’s new song, Gucci.
Released on Thursday, September 26, 2024, the song has 688,000 views as of this Saturday, September 28, 2024, and is already getting close to one million. It’s so popular that it’s been dubbed the song of the year by social media viewers, including important individuals and other artists.

“I wasn’t expecting as much from this song. Although I had anticipated a significant impact, I had not anticipated such a magnitude. My goal was to break through the Amapiano genre, so I featured Thandeka “MaWhoo” Ngema on it. Despite her popularity as an artist, MaWhoo has never performed a maskandi song. SK said, “I featured her to demonstrate to people the diversity and inclusivity of maskandi music. “Hit songs have made SK famous. His album iParis, which he had released the previous year and featured Lwah Ndlunkulu on, was the biggest hit on the radio.

Lwah Ndlunkulu is an amazing musician, and I understand that many are curious as to why I chose not to have her return for this song. Well, I ought to have collaborated with her, nevertheless there was just too much battling. We got along well at first, but when the song went viral, her boss Big Zulu got envious. He began making up tales about me, claiming that I had never given Lwah any money. I didn’t give those rumors any credence since I knew the real goal was to kill the song, not to get paid,” SK stated.

He claimed that Big Zulu had put him undercut. “I suppose he wasn’t anticipating the song’s success. You won’t believe that I’ve only ever done it live once with Lwah. Because there were always stories, we don’t even possess a music video,” SK clarified. At the Durban Workshop’s UMbuso Wamaciko Maskandi Festival, SK is set to perform his latest hit. “Although my name is on the arrangement, I will not be playing there,” I can attest that the event organizers contacted me, and I informed them that I would not be taking part.

I decided not to go to any gigs in Durban since I get attacked so frequently. I am aware that the goal of those assaults is to damage my reputation and make me appear untrustworthy. Thus, I was taken aback to see my name in the arrangement as well,” he remarked. When Big Zulu and Lwah Ndlunkulu were contacted for comments, their phones rang unanswered. Gezani Dludla, the Umbuso Wamaciko spokesperson, didn’t pick up his phone either.