Considering that Nathi Mankayi has one of the highest number of nominations for the Metro FM Awards, the musician honestly feels that he did see that his music would garner him success.
His album, Buyelaekhaya, has not only given him five Metro Music FM Awards nominations, but also went platinum last year and continues to sell well.
Speaking to Metro FM’s 1st Avenue, Nathi told the team that while he was in the process of producing the album, he was specific on how he wanted Buyelaekhaya to sound and knew he could achieve this by also allowing God to take control of his vision.
"When I did this album I just told myself that whatever happens I’m going to leave it all up to God. I also really wanted to create this album in my own specific way, I did not want other people to tell me how they thought the album should sound like.
"So yes, I knew this album would bring me great success, but there are certain things that hindered my success but I didn’t allow them to completely stop me from moving forward," the Nomvula hitmaker said.
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Nathi will be performing at the Durban Jazz Festival alongside the likes of Don Laka, Simphiwe Dana, and Ringo Madlingozi. He mentioned that performing alongside such names has shown him that he definitely has grown, not only as a person, but also as a musician.
"I won’t lie, I didn’t think things would turn out this way, but they did and I see myself alongside such musicians, it shows that I’ve really grown with my craft. These are the people I look up to so I see myself quite big."
Nathi was also asked if he was feeling the pressure of creating his next album and it seems like he is not fazed at all.
"I’ll first say that when someone says something, you take what you think is beneficial to you and leave the rest because I’ve come to understand that when you’re successful, not everyone will be happy for you. So no I'm not pressurised," he explained.
We're sure his next project will be a great success.
Watch what Nathi, Zahara, and Fifi Cooper had to say about the Metro FM Awards' grand prize of R100,000 right here:
Image Credit: Instagram @nathi_mankayi
