Mike Tuney and McSwagga collaborate on new album

“2023 must be a year of unity and uplifting each other as musicians,” said locally bred hip-hop artist Mike Tuney, who released his much-anticipated extended play (EP), titled New Wave Leaders, on 3 January this year.

The album, which is a collaboration with fellow artist McSwagga, contains songs such as Bad-bad, Safer, Slap!, Geekin’ and No respect. The duo has been seen working together for some time now, also producing previous hits such as No Cap, Resident and more.

Mike Tuney (25), born Mukhethwa Mukhadi, grew up in Tshavhalovhedzi in Nzhelele. He first made name for himself in 2016 with his hit single, Tonight, which went viral. The artist seems to be representing his hood well both nationally and internationally. In 2020, he gained national recognition after a collaboration with AB Crazy on a song called Secure the Bag. The song made it to Channel O, MTV Base and other music channels. It made it to the MTV Base Charts as well and peaked at number 4. He was also featured internationally by an American artist named Rose Gold Rellz.

His collaboration partner, McSwagga, whose real name is Lutendo Lavhengwa, hails from Tshivhilidulu village. The 25-year-old is a very promising, upcoming hip-hop artist, being a former member of the famous Venrap group, Toofab Music. He is famous for songs such as Venda Icon, Respect, 4 PM in Nzhelele, and many others.

The duo said that, through unity, the impossible was made possible. “We strongly encourage all upcoming artists to unite as we did and have as much fun making music together as we do,’’ they said.

Entertainment - Date: 19 January 2023

Maanda Bele

Maanda  Bele, born and raised in Nzhelele Siloam, studied journalism at the Tshwane University of Technology.

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