While many South Africans have been saying that Kwaito music is dead and has been replaced by Gqom music, Thebe Mogane says there’s no way he will let that happen.
The veteran musician has told TshisaLive that Kwaito was still a relevant genre and he is ready to prove it.
“Kwaito will never die. It is part of South Africa and a part of me. I consider myself a kwaito musician and my album has kwaito songs on it,” he said.
He also said that despite having taken a break from releasing music, he is never worried about remaining relevant and is currently cooking up something special in the studio.
"I don't worry about being forgotten or irrelevant because I still have a following. It's been three years since my last album but I have been working. I've been working with Black Motion and others but what I want to do with this album is feature unknown artists to give them the platform to be heard,” he told the publication.
