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MTV Base Player is a weekly digitally driven music and news show presented by MTV Base Africa VJ Sizwe Dhlomo. The show features international entertainment news and content with a Pan-African focus. In addition, the show regularly brings African viewers exclusive music videos, thus keeping viewers up to date with the latest in international music.
Amapiano is a subgenre of kwaito and house music from South Africa that became popular in and around the mid-2010s. It is a hybrid of deep house , gqom , jazz , soul and lounge music characterized by synths and wide, percussive basslines .
"Amapiano" is a song by Nigerian musician Asake and Nigerian rapper Olamide. The song is a single from Asake's second studio album, Work of Art , and was produced by Nigerian producer Magicsticks . The music video, shot by Jyde Ajala, was released on 24 May 2023. [ 1 ]
Tyla's official music video for her song "Water" was the winner at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards for MTV Video Music Award for Best Afrobeats Video. [3]In her acceptance speech, Tyla chose to identify with South African "amapiano", distancing herself from Nigerian "afrobeats", which ended up causing mayhem on social media as Nigerian on-air personality Do2dtun went on to call Tyla a ...
The network also carries the American and European awards ceremonies of MTV and BET. On 3 July 2013, Viacom International Media Networks Africa launched a localised feed of MTV Base exclusively for South Africa, [2] with local programming, advertising and VJs. [3] It launched on DStv on 5 March 2019. [4]
Amapiano, is a subgenre of house and kwaito music, thought to have emerged in the mid-2010s. The genre combines deep house , jazz , and lounge music . Amapiano stands out for its incorporation of high-pitched piano melodies reminiscent of kwaito, characterized by South African basslines and a slower tempo.
Known initially as MTV base (with a lowercase 'b'), the channel was launched in 2005, becoming MTV's first African TV channel and MTV's 100th channel worldwide. [29] The channel was designed to provide a high quality platform that promoted African contemporary music and creativity, while catering to the tastes and attitudes of African youth. [ 22 ]
MTV Africa [1] (formerly MTV South Africa) is an African pay television from Paramount Networks EMEAA. It focuses mainly on rebroadcasting MTV US content as well as airing local-produced reality series. Founded by Alex Okosi and launched as 'Africas MTV' alongside founding members Jandre Louw, Dudu Qubu and Maya Padmore. [2]