“John Vuli Gate” by Mapara A Jazz Feat. Ntosh Gazi & Colano is the highest new entry into the Shazam Global Chart this week at No. 46.
Shazam activity over the past week became South Africa national anthem, where the track has quickly reached No. 1 on the national chart.
After having their song blow up thanks to a viral video taken by bogirl on their way to monateng aka party everyone heartand ears were stolen. As if that wasn’t enough, the song’s title was also chosen as the campaign slogan for interim DA leader John Steenhuisen’s campaign to turn his current position into a permanent gig.
The track has spawned a viral dance challenge.
“We are so pleased to have our song “John Vuli Gate” become a major trend in South Africa. To have people Shazam our song around the world is a dream come true for us. People all over are taking part in the dance challenge of ‘John Vuli Gate’ and loving the song. We are very happy to debut in Shazam’s charts and reach the Global Top 50. It shows people are really loving our music and want to stream it,” commented the artists.
Amapiano duo Mapara a Jazz, are rumored to plan to have a reshoot the music video for their hit song John Vuli Gate featuring artists Ntosh Gaz and Colano with a slight change; it is alleged that they will now include the young group of women who caused the song to go viral.
Although bomogirl are not the ones who started the challenge, their video is what made the song go viral last week.If you’ve seen the video,you will understand.
The honour of starting the challenge belongs to a group of young men who made their way out of a minibus taxi at a filling station while performing the John Vuli Gate dance challenge in a Tik Tok video.
