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Distruction Boyz and Shekinah nominated at the MTV EMAs

October 4, 2018 by Eddy

Gqom music duo from Durban, Distruction Boyz and singer-songwriter from Durban, Shekhinah Thandi Donnell have been nominated at the MTV EMAs (MTV European Music Awards).

ALSO READ: Check Out These Nominees For The 2018 Feather Awards

MTV Europe Music Award is an award presented by Viacom International Media Networks to honour artists and music in pop culture. It was originally conceived as an alternative to the MTV Video Music Awards, which are hosted annually in the United States.

Distruction Boyz and Shekhinah are nominated in the Best African Act alongside last year’s winner Davido, Fally Ipupa and Tiwa Savage.

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“That is such great news! We are super happy and this just shows that gqom is the future,” the group’s Goldmax told TshisaLIVE who broke the news to them.

Distruction Boyz, Quinton “Que” Mgobhozi welcomes his first child

September 9, 2018 by Eddy

Gqom group Distruction Boyz’ Que, whose real name is Thobani Mgobhozi has welcomed a healthy baby boy with his YouTuber girlfriend Zinzyswa Mayekiso. ALSO READ: Distruction Boyz Wants Mampintsha To Pay Them The birth of his son was first announced on the Distruction Boyz’ Instagram account. The 23-year-old star has not yet revealed the baby’s name. “Welcome …

Distruction Boyz wants Mampintsha to pay them

July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 by Zita Nzimande

Gqom duo, Distruction Boyz, have called out West Ink owner Mampintsha on Twitter alleging that he still owes them money for the work they did on Babes Wodumo’s smash hit, ‘Wololo’. ALSO READ: Distruction Boyz And DJ Tira Release Statement Denying Theft Allegations Posting on a series of tweets Distruction Boyz took to Twitter tweeting to …

Distruction Boyz and DJ Tira release statement denying theft allegations

March 31, 2018 by Zita Nzimande

The Distruction Boyz and their mentor, DJ Tira, have released a media statement denying theft allegations. Gqom music duo Thobani “Que” Mgobhozi and Zipho “Goldmax” Mthembu, were accused of stealing their hit son “Omunye” from a fellow gqom producer, DJ Lag. DJ Lag initially accused the duo in February 2018 of stealing his sound for their …

KFC gets streetwise with Distruction Boyz

February 20, 2018 by Hlulani

KFC has always been inspired by the streets and when you put the right things together, that’s streetwise! South Africa’s most loved consumer brand – as voted for by 2017 Sunday Times Top Brands Awards – has teamed up with Gqom hitmakers Distruction Boyz for an edgy integrated Streetwise 2 campaign.

How do the two link you ask? It’s simple, birthed around the concept of putting two and two together to create something amazing, just like the Distruction Boyz – whose music is a result of fusing beats from various genres to create something amazing – KFC gives you 2 pieces of its great tasting original recipe chicken and chips (the perfect combination) … at the perfect price.

“We looked at how best we can continue to add value to our customers through our flagship meal that has resonated so well with them over the past 47 years. Streetwise 2 has always been the meal for the Streetwise and we’ve never changed because, just like them, we know what works. 2 pieces of chicken and chips…the perfect combination. But we didn’t stop there. We put chicken with chips, and we put it at the perfect price of R29,90 and we did it for the streetwise,” says Thabisa Mkhwanazi, Public Affairs Director at KFC Africa.

Details on Uzalo’s hour-long TV special this past Friday

May 27, 2018February 18, 2018 by Hlulani

Distruction Boyz and Zodwa Wabantu on Uzalo

South Africa’s most-watched soapie Uzalo aired a one-hour TV special this past Friday. The main plotline for the episode revolved around the funeral ceremony of the late characters MaNzunza (Leleti Khumalo) and Smangele (Sihle Ndaba). The hour-long episode was filmed a month ago on 16 January 2018 to air a special TV for the killed off …

Distruction Boyz head to Spain

February 11, 2018 by Eddy

Distruction Boyz, are set to take their thumping dance sounds to Barcelona, Spain.

The Distruction Boyz duo, which consists of Thobani “Que” Mgobhozi and Zipho “GoldMax” Mthembu, have been invited to perform at Barcelona’s Sonar Electronic Music Festival in June.

This comes after a successful 2017 which saw the duo win the SABC Summer Song with their hit Omunye, which features local artists Dladla Mshunqisi and Benny Maverick.

Reports found on IOL state that the duo themed the event as “It was all a dream” at a celebratory party held at The Joint at Durban’s North Beach this week.

“We are going to Spain for the Sonar Music Festival. It’s one of the biggest festivals in the world,” said Mgobhozi. “We are going to showcase our style of music which is gqom, we are going to be showing people from other countries what gqom music is,” he said.

Distruction Boyz accused of stealing Omunye

February 11, 2018February 11, 2018 by Eddy

Durban’s popular gqom duo, the Distruction Boyz have been accused of stealing Omunye track. The Distruction Boyz duo consists of Thobani “Que” Mgobhozi and Zipho “GoldMax” Mthembu.

According to Zalebs, this all started as a rumour that Distruction Boyz’s summer smash ‘Omunye’ sounded too similar to DJ Lag’s own composition called ‘Trip to New York’.

A forensic copyright investigation has reportedly found that the tempo, key signature and instrumentation on sensational gqom hit Omunye is similar to another song that had dropped three months before Distruction Boyz released their version, City Press reports.

The Distruction Boyz, however, deny the theft. Instead, the link between Omunye and Trip to New York can be found in the Cape Town producer the Distruction Boyz say they bought the song from, DJ Mphyd.