It may not feel like it, but 2024 marks a decade of Amapiano, the dance-focused subgenre that’s burst from South Africa’s party scene and into the mainstream.
Infiltrating charts, music festivals and club nights worldwide, the sound has amassed over 1.4 billion streams on
@Spotify alone, becoming completely unavoidable, thanks to its constant evolution.
Here, we meet 5 people pushing boundaries in the genre.
Photography:
Reba -
@dripvisuals_sa
Tuli -
@mini______aesthetic
Phiona -
@salimgarcia
Nasaa –
@thapelomabotja_za
Bontle -
@39picturess 
