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Keep Hope Alive

3M streams

3,038,712

Lagos to Jozi

2.9M streams

2,886,206

Ngizimisele

1.8M streams

1,813,784

Okokgcina

1.8M streams

1,809,105

Akhiwe

1.5M streams

1,472,404

50 Degrees

1.2M streams

1,237,680

Listen to the Kids

1.2M streams

1,187,368

Ngizimisele (Radio Edit)

1.1M streams

1,106,578

Tsa Mandebele

562.2K streams

562,181

Legend Live (LIve)

546.6K streams

546,610

Biography

Oscar Sibonginkosi Mdlongwa, popularly known as Oskido, is a South African co-founder and director of Kalawa Jazmee Records, the legendary indie label that has been in the game for over 25 years. In this time, Oskido has been a foundational member of group of people who shaped South African Urban music, initially through kwaito, a post 1994 genre that was the backdrop to South Africa’s coming of age as a free nation. With an incredible penchant to spot talent, he has, over the years, been instrumental in the growth of some of the biggest names in South African music including Mafikizolo, Bongo Maffin, Black Motion, Black Coffee, DJ Zinhle and one of the leaders of the amapiano movement DJ Maphorisa. In a sense, Oskido is the proverbial leitmotief spanning across the various South African music genres including kwaito, house, Afropop and lately amapiano. Internationally he has collaborated with the likes of Masters at Work’s Louie Vega, Davido and Niniola to name but a few. 
 Beyond his managerial role, Oskido is an artist in his own right, as a member of the iconic Brothers of Peace group, a DJ, Radio host and entrepreneur. Oskido has received multiple awards as a towering giant of South African music and in 2021, was appointed onto Creative Africa Africa Nexus, an august continental body established by AfreximBank to promote the growth of creative industries across Africa.He owns one of the top Japanese restaurants in Johannesburg Daruma by Oskido.