DJ Maphorisa encouraged his amapiano contemporaries to send Mdu Aka TRP money on X (formerly Twitter).
Although he seems too humble to own it himself, many credit South African artist Mdu Aka Trp for developing the log drum sound now popular in the amapiano genre. Some of them are now paying him more than lip service. Amapiano artists have come together, collectively pledging to donate 1 million rand (roughly $51,000) to the innovator.
Leading the charge was fellow South African DJ and producer DJ Maphorisa. “Thank You ‘Mdu AKA Trp’ for changing our lives with Dat LOG DRUM forever be grateful mfanaka,” he wrote on X…
