DaKAR II
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| Recorded | 2014–2015 | |||
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DaKAR II is the third studio album by South African hip hop recording artist and poet Kwesta.[1][2] 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.
Kwesta started working on DaKar II in 2014 after a commercial success of the first DakAR which was released at the beginning of 2014.
Kwesta said, in relation to the album, "My first album, Special Rekwest, was introducing Kwesta as a rapper. On the first DaKAR I got personal, told stories of my life and of the people I grew up with. This album (DaKAR II) I'm enjoying myself as an artist, it is different from the first two, as the second was from the first."
Commercial performance
DaKAR II was certified 7× Platinum by RISA,[4] and "Ngyaz'fela Ngawe" has been certified 119× platinum which makes it 11× diamond certified.[5][6]
DaKAR II won two awards for Best Album of the Year and Male Artist of the Year at the 23rd ceremony of South African Music Awards.[7]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| DaKAR II | Best Album of the Year | Won | |
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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'", which features Cassper Nyovest and DJ Maphorisa 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.