South African Music Awards (SAMA) nominated, Cape Town heavyweight, Simphiwe Sihawu professionally known as Mr Thela is taking Gqom to the United Kingdom in August. He joins a long list of local ...

‘I pioneered Cape Town gqom’ — 24-year-old Simphiwe Sihawu from Samora Machel in Cape Town took the South African gqom sound to South Korea and the UK all in one year. Sihawu, better known as Mr Thela ...

On the back of South African artists Zakes Bantwini, Nomcebo Zikode, and Wouter Kellerman recently winning a Grammy Award, South African talent continues to export music and art globally. Simphiwe ...

This comes months after the release of his follow up solo album Tronics Land Series 2 which debuted at no. 4 on Apple Music and No.5 on Spotify with overall +4 million streams in less than a month, ...

Gqom music was all the rage around six or seven years ago, and some might believe that this movement has died. However, a young artist by the name of Mr Thela would disagree with this vehemently.

He is Cape Town’s very own Gqom sensation! He has become an unstoppable force who went from performing at local pubs to gracing international stages. His music is the ultimate party starter that gets ...