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FLAMEBOY UNIVERSE ON LIGWALAGWALA FM

By Lusito Tsela | 2018-03-20

THE sky is the limit is an understatement for Flameboy Universe.

Flameboy was last Friday featured on Ligwalagwala FM radio station where amongst other things he talked about his ‘Rich People’ album and the hip hop industry in Swaziland.

This was confirmed by his Manager Zwelakhe Mfanelo Simelane.

“On Friday Flameboy was interviewed about his album which he is currently promoting titled ‘Rich People’ on Ligwalagwala FM radio station. Flameboy who for the first time on international platform was interviewed in his mother tongue performed live his single track titled ‘Nowerdays’ before the interview.

“Nowerdays is the first song I wrote, and also the first song I released on the new album and it was inspired by the hunger to make change,” said the artist in his interview.

The artist also praised the reception he always gets from other countries because of the fact that he is from Swaziland.

Growth

The artist also talked about the growth of his music and general hip hop in Swaziland, including winning the Sibebe Friday Night Live, winning the MTN SWAMA Newcomer of the Year award, being nominated for the best hip hop and best male artist at the SWAMA 2017, his experience performing at the Bushfire 2017 and his three year-plan he called ‘Cape to Cairo’ and how he wants to sell his music in all parts of Africa, amongst other things.

Simelane said, “Flameboy’s hard work outside the country creates a great platform for all the upcoming artists in Swaziland.

The artist has been featured in different radio stations and Television programmes in South Africa and abroad, which also helps in marketing the music industry in the country.”

Ligwalagwala FM radio station broadcasts all over South Africa and other parts of the SADC region, hence they have a huge base of listeners making it an ideal platform to market Swazi music.”

He continued, “The artist in his quest to conquer Africa is also playing a pivotal role in marketing the country in neighbouring countries to ensure that the music industry also moves along with the country towards the King’s vision of attaining first world status by 2022.”

The MTN ‘Newcomer of the year award winner’ has featured on Transafrica Radio, Expresso and also has a video of his single track titled ‘Live at the garden’ in a USA hip hop streaming site called thisis50.com owned by US music mogul 50 cent to name a few.

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