S'bu

Kwaito artist from South Africa S'Bu (short for his first name Sibusiso) is a South African kwaito artist and producer who has been in several groups such as Mashamplani and TKZEE. He joined Mashamplani in 1995 and acted as a member, as they released their EP "Hey Kop". He left the group to pursue his own solo career along with Tokollo Tshabalala on his right side. He released his first album "Ama Lawyer" in 1996, where he gained his nickname "AmaLawyer" from. The success of his debut album gave him confidence to release his 1998 follow-up album ‘Mzala’ which featured the group TKZee, and sold 45 000 copies. In 1999, Sbu took a break from performing as a solo artist and became instrumental in the formation of the collaborative group TKZee Family which was made up of Sbu, Tokollo, Zwai, Kabelo, Loyiso, Gwaiza and Dr. Mageu. In 2000, S'Bu recorded his third solo album, ‘Inja Yangasese’ which featured the highly sought after Jazz vocalist Gloria Bosman. With this album, Sbu was beginning to lay the foundation for a new musical direction. The album sold more than 20 000 copies. S'Bu’s fourth album, the Gold-selling ‘Angazi Kanjani’ was released in 2001 along with the TKZee Family’s ‘Guz 2001’ which sold a massive 150 000 copies and featured the South African Music Award winning single “Izinja Zami”. Since then Sbu has released the albums ‘Ibhodlela’ (2002) and ‘Maximising’ (2004) as well as worked as a songwriter with the likes of Ntokozo Zungu and Dr. Mageu.