![]() So we wanted to create a path in the middle of what people know. “It’s not as easy as it looks, and hip-hop and R&B artists have been struggling with it. Whereas there’s a whole culture behind it-the pockets that you need to sit in,” Shishiliza explains. “With amapiano, people just take it like, ‘It’s a sound and we just going to jump on it’. Venom & Shishiliza accomplish that here by pioneering a sound they’ve dubbed “Sondela”-a more slowed-down, soulful lane within the bounds of amapiano. I think that is the best way for us to carry on Riky’s legacy.” “We’re inspired by how Riky would open doors for a lot of young people. “Venom and I were both close with Riky, and he was one of the very few people who took us seriously,” Shishiliza explains. In many respects, LOVE IS PAIN-born out of a writing camp Venom and Shishiliza hosted to bring together pre-eminent and emerging talents-extends Riky Rick’s philosophy of opening doors for new artists. While “Sondela”, which featured Yumbs, Raspy, Blxckie, Riky Rick & Tshego, offered the first hints towards the duo’s joint sonic direction, the single took on even more meaning after the untimely death of producer, composer, rapper and collaborator Riky Rick in February of 2022, just two weeks after the song’s release. Le Paris, Deacolm & Tyler ICU), and their megahit collab, 2022’s “Sondela”, LOVE IS PAIN is the first full-length collaborative project that unites DJ Venom, the Zambian-South African hip-hop DJ, radio host, and entrepreneur, and Sebastian “Shishiliza” Jameson, the Zimbabwe-born, Botswana-raised multi-instrumentalist, producer, visual artist, and music-industry maven. "Following a behind-the-scenes partnership on Venom’s 2021 single, “U” (feat. ![]()
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