{"id":8014,"date":"2020-06-30T12:04:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T10:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=8014"},"modified":"2020-06-30T12:04:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T10:04:45","slug":"sho-madjozi-signs-to-epic-records-us-thebestdrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2020\/06\/30\/sho-madjozi-signs-to-epic-records-us-thebestdrive\/","title":{"rendered":"Sho Madjozi signs to Epic Records US | #TheBestDrive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8016\" style=\"width: 681px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8016 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shutterstock_editorial_10319976o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"383\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Credit: Photo by Broadimage\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a id=\"auto-tag_epic-records\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/epic-records\/\" data-tag=\"epic-records\">Epic Records<\/a> has signed South African rap sensation <a id=\"auto-tag_sho-madjozi\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/sho-madjozi\/\" data-tag=\"sho-madjozi\">Sho Madjozi<\/a>. The critically lauded artist first came on the scene in 2017 garnering instant attention for her unique delivery of Xitsonga lyrics and colorful fashion that mixes traditional African dress with a modern aesthetic.<\/p>\n<p>Nominated for best new international artist on Sunday\u2019s BET Awards for the second time in as many years (she won in 2019), her songs \u201cJohn Cena\u201d and \u201cHuku\u201d have each logged over a million streams on Spotify, bringing her to the attention of Beyonce and Ed Sheeran, with whom she shared a stage at the 2019 Global Citizen Festival.<\/p>\n<p>In a Zoom interview, she recently had with ZAlebs and other media organizations, she revealed that she has a new record label but said her team is working on how to announce it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m still planning to announce my new record label situation. With the new team, we have to figure out how we are going to launch this. It\u2019s going to become a different phase of Sho Madjozi, where essentially everything you have seen from the beginning has been me and my tiny team, so now things are going to be different, hopefully, bigger and better, but I think we still have that part of planning, but definitely this year&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to Instagram, the <a href=\"https:\/\/zalebs.com\/top-of-the\/sho-madjozi\/exclusive-sho-madjozi-teams-up-with-tik-tok-and-release-new-song\">John Cena hitmaker<\/a> finally decided to let the cat out the bag. In a post, she said &#8220;You\u2019re looking at the newest signee at Epic Records US!! Iyah.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch\/listen to the convo she had with DJ Supta on #TheBestDrive<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CCLOUFpBSxM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CCLOUFpBSxM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Can we get an \u201ciyah!\u201d for the leader of the Limpopo Champions League? The superstar @shomadjozi has another incredible accomplishment under her belt and has signed to Epic Records. Madjozi unpacked on her recent deal on #TheBestDrive with @SUPTA_DJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yfm\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> YFM 99.2<\/a> (@yfm) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2020-07-03T09:47:43+00:00\">Jul 3, 2020 at 2:47am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Epic Records has signed South African rap sensation Sho Madjozi. The critically lauded artist first came on the scene in 2017 garnering instant attention for her unique delivery of Xitsonga lyrics and colorful fashion that mixes traditional African dress with a modern aesthetic. 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