Philani Mzila
Two years ago, he traded the mic for the pulpit but now Msawawa is ready for a return to the stage.
He is now working on a comeback Amapiano song with his lifelong friend, Vukani Khoza.
Msawawa, real name Sboniso Dlamini, told Scrolla.Africa he was excited to make a comeback, after he last released a song with Mzambiya in 2018.
He took a break from music to focus on his religious calling, which saw him being promoted to bishop in his Nomandla Kingdom Church.
He said he will never give up music.
“Music is my first love,” he said.
“This is a gift given to me by God. Music has been part of me since I was dancing as a boy to being a full artist.”
Msawawa has always tried to balance his time between his love for music and his faith. In the past, this has meant taking extended periods to focus on one of them.
But this is no longer the case.
“I am a devoted Zion Christian and a Bishop with my own church but that does not mean I must abandon my God-given gift,” he said.
“I decided to team up with Vukani since we have known each other from way back in Durban. They introduced me to the music industry when I was still dancing with them.”
Msawawa and his crew have already shot the music video and it is ready to be released.
“It is an Amapiano jam and people are going to dance to it.”
He said going back to the music doesn’t mean he has gone back to his old ways.
As a born-again Christian, he says there are words he can no longer use in his songs.
Msawawa shot to fame in the 1990s as a teenager. His career quickly surpassed other legendary kwaito artists like Mshoza, Trompies, Mzambiya and Mdu Masilela.
