''DaKAR II'' is the third

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by South African hip hop recording artist and poet

Kwesta Senzo Brikka Vilakazi (born 11 August 1988) known professionally as Kwesta, is a South African people, South African rapper and songwriter. Born in Katlehong, Gauteng, a township also known as "K1". In 2003, at the age of 15, he and his friend ...

. The album was released on 26 February 2016, by Urbantainment, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment Africa. The album was certified diamond and became South Africa's best selling hip-hop album of all time.

Background and recording

Kwesta started working on DaKar II in 2014 after a commercial success of the first DakAR which was released at the beginning of 2014.

Commercial Performance

''DaKAR II'' was certified 7× Platinum by

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, and "Ngyaz'fela Ngawe" has been certified 119× platinum which makes it 11× diamond certified. ''DaKAR II'' won two awards for Best Album of the Year and Male Artist of the Year at the 23rd ceremony of

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. , - , rowspan="2", , rowspan="2", ''DaKAR II'' , Best Album of the Year , , - , Male Artist of the Year ,

Singles

In July 2015 "Nomayini" was released as the album's first official single. It topped most of the country's charts and would go on to be one of the smash jams played in the festive season. At the beginning of 2016 Kwesta released a second single, "

Ngud' "Ngud'" is a song from South African rapper Kwesta's third studio album ''DaKAR II'' (2016). The song features a guest appearance from Cassper Nyovest. The song was produced by DJ Maphorisa Themba Sonnyboy Sekowe (born ), known professiona ...

", which features

Cassper Nyovest Refiloe Maele Phoolo (born 16 December 1990), professionally known as Cassper Nyovest, is a South African rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, record producer and amateur boxer. Born and raised in Mahikeng, North West, he is regarded as one of the ...

and

DJ Maphorisa Themba Sonnyboy Sekowe (born ), known professionally as DJ Maphorisa, is a South African DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. As a record producer with a blend of house music, amapiano and afropop, he has worked with and has received p ...

as a producer. Ngud' has gone on to be Kwesta's most successful hit single to date, it was on summer 2016 SABC's top 10. Other singles released from the album were "Day One", "Mayibabo" and "Ngiyaz'fela ngawe" as the latest.

Track listing

References

External links

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