AmaMapaputsi
USandile Ebby Ngwenya (owaziwa ngokuthi uMapaputsi; 12 Nhlolanja 1976 - 5 Sephuthemba 2024) wayengumculi waseNingizimu Afrika weKwaito. Wathola ukuvelela kuzwelonke nge-single yakhe yokuqala ka-2001 ethi "Izinja", eyamenza waba ngumculi weKwaito ongcono kakhulu kanye ne-Kwaito Song engcono kakhulu kuma-Metro FM Awards ka-2002, kanye ne-Best Music Video kuma-South African Music Awards ka-2003. "Izinja" yathengisa amakhophi angu-150,000 e-triple platinum futhi uMapaputsi waqhubeka nempumelelo yakhe kumashathi omsakazo ngama-single amaningi, kufaka phakathi "My Love", "Kleva", "Manga Manga Business", "Woza Friday" kanye "Grova Mo".
Ukuqala kokuphila nomsebenzi
[hlela | Hlela umthombo]UMapaputsi wazalwa nguSandile Ebby Ngwenya ngoNhlolanja 12, 1976. Engxoxweni ye-Podcast and Chill ne-MacG ngo-Ephreli 2022, uMapaputsi wembula ukuthi wazalelwa endlunkulu yeSonto LobuKristu LaseZion (ZCC) eMoria, eLimpopo ngemuva kokuba unina okhubazekile evakashele lapho ukuze athole usizo olungokomoya ngesikhathi ekhulelwe. futhi wakhulela edolobheni laseZola, eSoweto.
UNgwenya waqala ukuphishanekela umsebenzi womculo ngokuqala emculweni we-gospel ngezingoma zokucula ezihambisana nabaculi abanjengoRebecca Malope, Vuyo Mokoena ne Pure Magic ngaphambi kokuthuthela kwi-Kwaito ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990. U-Vuyo Mokoena kanye no-DJ Khabzela ongasekho njengabantu ababekholwa kuye ngemuva kokuzijwayeza ukusebenza kwangaphakathi komculo we-gospel, waqala ukusebenza endleleni efisa inkanuko eKwaito esebenza nabantu abafana ne-TKZee & Chiskop njengoba ayebizwa ngokuthi 'Mapaputsi' ngumthengisi wezicathulo wase-Italy eZola futhi wakhuthazwa nguTokollo 'Magesh' Tshabalala ukuba asebenzise igama lakhe lesidlaliso njengegama lakhe lesiteji.
UNgqongqoshe Wezemidlalo, Ubuciko Namasiko waseNingizimu Afrika, UGayton McKenzie wancoma uMapaputsi futhi wathi "wabeka i-kwaito ebalazweni" ngokuhlanganisa kwakhe ama-pantsula, ama-pop nama-hip-hop. Ukufa kwakhe ngokungazelelwe ngenxa yokugula okufushane ngo-5 September 2024 eneminyaka engu-48 kwabangela ukuchitheka kokudabuka kwabangani babaculi, abaholi bamasiko, kanye nemithombo yezindaba, ababemkhumbula njengamandla okudala kanye nezwi lentsha yasedolobheni yangemva kobandlululo.