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Victony and Tempoe released the video for "Soweto" in October 2022. The video was directed by Jyde Ajala and garnered over 8 million views on YouTube within four weeks. A second video was released for the remix. [4] The song featured at number 15 on Rolling Stone magazine's "Top 40 Afropop Songs of 2022". [5]
The song's music video broke the records for the biggest music video premiere on YouTube, with 1.66 million concurrent viewers, and the most-watched music video within 24 hours, with 86.3 million views in its first day. [50] It became the fastest video to reach 100 million views, in just 32 hours, [51] and 200 million views, in seven days. [52]
The music video for "Buga," directed by TG Omori, was published to YouTube on 22 June 2022, and showcases a celebratory theme, featuring a carnival-like setting shot in Lagos and Abuja. The video, featuring Kizz Daniel, Tekno, and skit maker Oga Sabinus , includes vibrant choreography and festive visuals that align with the song's message of ...
The song peaked at number 36 on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart in November 2022. [1] On the Viba Hot 100, Uganda's official singles chart, it peaked at number ten. [ 2 ] " Gimme Love" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Global Music Performance in 2022.
This has created the synonym "Lugaflow" to further define Ugandan rap music. [22] Hip hop is one of the newer genres to be widely practiced in Uganda. The two music groups, l Klear Kut and Bataka Squad were the first musical acts to do hip hop back in the late 1990s. Mainstream acceptance for the music genre was almost non existent by then.
As of March 2022 the video has accumulated nearly 42 million views on YouTube. Kenzo also started a petition to earn the children an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show . [ 16 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] After the release of "Sitya Loss" and the album of the same name, Kenzo went on a brief United States tour with dancehall musician, DeMarco .
In 2021, Ray G won an award of the best years act from Western Uganda, an award by New Janzi Awards, [10] an award aimed at awarding Ugandan musicians in the creative art industry. [ 11 ] After the serious outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, he appeared on the many raised voices that intended to sensitize the community about the deadly virus.
In his liner notes, [1] Summit explains that "In Uganda, when villagers have important information to share or lessons to teach, they turn to music." The songs in Delicious Peace: Coffee, Music & Interfaith Harmony in Uganda cover a variety of themes, including how and why to grow coffee, fair trade, interfaith cooperation, and peace.