Stream: https://vmgafrica.lnk.to/UmakotiAr
Teejay Mokoena offers his second single of the year, the highly anticipated modern day wedding song ‘Umakoti’ which features Sony Music chart topping artist, Mia and record producer Tr!x_thykingdom. Dubbed as the modern day wedding song by the artist, has all the qualities to be the new anthem at South African Weddings.
‘Umakoti’ which was started in the third quarter of 2022, while Teejay Mokoena was finishing off his last year in University underwent a lot of changes and contributors, from being created in a Student Res room to travelling to Nelspruit, where the artist is from in which included additional background vocals from TND and Kray ATM, was then delivered to Tr!x_thykingdom to co-produce. The single was intensified with the rich and authentic Saxophone piece that Jaz played over the vocals, as well the keys that Blaq Note played during a SOL Distro studio camp in Sandton. Upon Mia’s release of her debut single, ‘What Is Love?’ The two connected over social media, which ultimately led to the great vocal performance on the song by the artist. She fulfilled her purpose of depicting the love and emotion one should have when listening to the song with her voice.
Teejay Mokoena sing-raps about a love he has felt about a girl who wishes to make a wife, and how through the uncertainty of love he wants to be with her forever to the point that his family would love to meet her. The chorus encapsulates the traditional ‘Umakoti ngowethu’ which has been sung for decades at South African weddings and lobola negotiations, making this an authentic South African love story. Mia further ties the song, as if she is replying to what Teejay was saying, expressing her feelings to a partner on how she felt from the moment they met.
Teejay, further displayed his creativeness with the rollout plan announcing the single with a wedding invitation idea and encouraging viewers to RSVP (in place of Pre-saving/Pre-addding) the song. He further, gave credit to all the contributors of the song from a production point of view, where he shared their images and introduced them as his groomsmen and uncles.
The song has also been released in Dolby Atmos on Apple Music, an immersive experience which makes you feel as if you are part of the song and known as Spatial Audio for the Apple listeners. For those without Dolby Atmos home setups, can experience this partially through the use of headphones and activating the Dolby Atmos settings, in their Apple Music setting.
‘Umakoti’ is out now Stream/Listen: https://vmgafrica.lnk.to/UmakotiAr
ABOUT TEEJAY MOKEONA
Neo Mack Thabiso Mokeona Jr. is a South African artist, songwriter, executive producer and entrepreneur. He has been the CEO/President of independent record label, Evolving Music Group. Born on the 19th of December, The inspiration to write music began in 2008, due to the likes of Lil Wayne, Usher, Eminem and his late big brother, Sifiso Terrance Mthembu (who, at the time, was a rapper). He officially became a writer/aspiring rapper in 2009. He graduated from the University of Johannesburg, in which he did a 3-year degree.
His journey really began in 2012, from a school ‘Create a Jingle Contest’ at Klipspringer Primary School, where students needed to create a jingle/rap talking about how littering was bad as part of a ‘Don’t litter’ campaign.
In 2016, he moved from aspiring rapper, to semi-pro rapper because the business started being taken off, such as much being released on streaming platforms, charging a performance fee and being featured on media outlets, such as his interview on Cliff Central on his 16th birthday. The single he was interviewed for is titled, ‘Ride or Die’ which featured Moz Kidd (Former Mabala Noise Artist) & Chelsy Popz.
He made his ‘TV Debut’ with a Massive Music News announcement by Anele Zondo to the release of his single, ‘Teenage Fever’. The Evolving partners created a clothing line which later became a record label backing Teejay Mokoena, as well as opening the opportunity for them to get into events. Whilst working on his Extended Play, ‘L2TK’ (short for Listen 2 The Kidd), his business partners were hard at work putting together the L2TK Tour (A self- funded mini concert tour created to help boost his popularity). They had two stops, Polokwane on 6 October 2018 and Nelspruit on 30 November 2018.
He began his studies at University of Johannesburg, and during COVID in August, he met up with Yanga Chief after meeting through Instagram to create DJ Speedsta’s ‘Chosen One’ which features him and Yanga Chief. The single was released on October 16, 2020 and opened up a lot of opportunities for him. In 2021, he released the radio charting single ‘Move’ as well as ‘Manyora’ (A song released on 12 November, the day of his brother’s burial).
In 2022, Teejay officially became the CEO/ President of the label he co-owns with his childhood friends, and one of the first decisions he made in charge was to sign Oxii Moron, an artist who has charted multiple times in different countries, making him one of the biggest R&B artists in South Africa, numbers wise.
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