Upcoming artists release Khuml�ekhaya
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | Thursday January 19, 2017 15:33
Gofaone Montshiwa whose stage name is G4 and Hillary Ketlhabanetswe known as 3rd Low have collaborated and come up with a track that is intended to blow the house music fanatics away.
The duo explained to Showbiz that they realised that after migrating to towns and cities, many people do not go back home to visit their parents, families and or relatives. According to Montshiwa, Khumbul’ekhaya means go back home.
He said the song narrates the things that people miss out on when they do not go home or visit their parents such as the undying love they could get from their parents and loved ones.
“Some people tend to neglect their parents more especially their mothers. In Botswana, it is common that most families are taken care of by single mothers. When their children grow up, they migrate to the cities and towns where they enjoy the urban life for years without going home,” Ketlhabanetswe said.
He explained that such people go back home when things are not going well for them. He said in most instances, when such people either loss their jobs and everything they have worked hard for, or when they are terminally ill, that is when they remember their parents and opt to go back home.
Khumbul’ekhaya was produced and mixed by BJ Bino. The duo said they met on the streets of Gaborone where they became friends and realised that they had multi-talents.
They said they realised that they both loved music and decided to work together. In 2014, the pair collaborated and came up with a single titled Tika Makwete.
Even though it created some buzz for them, Tika Makwete gained fame in some of the country’s villages where it became a hit, they said.
However, the two lads explained that penetrating the local music was not a piece of cake as some of the local radio station presenters did not want to give the upcoming artists mileage.
They said a lot of talent died because of radio personnel taking artists’ cds and never playing them on air so listeners could appreciate their good work.
They said they only heard their songs playing on radio for a few times because they had placed them as adverts, “and the presenters were forced to play them because we had paid for them to be aired”.
“We feel that it is not fair for us as upcoming artists because some of us have thrown in the towel due to this outrageous behaviour,” Ketlhabanetswe said.