Multi-award-winning musician and producer, Prince Kaybee has broken records and surpassed expectations by going platinum on four of his hit singles, namely; Fetch Your Life, Club Controller, Banomoya and Gugulethu!
The news was confirmed by Universal Music South Africa who posted snaps of the musician with his platinum accolades and captioned the image: “Congratulations to the Hit-Maker @Princekaybee on receiving Platinum Plaque for not one, but four of his now platinum certified singles from his 3rd studio album #ReMmino.”
Congratulations to the Hit-Maker @Princekaybee on receiving Platinum Plaques for not one, but four of his now platinum-certified singles from his 3rd studio album #ReMminopic.twitter.com/IAvzhyTqBN
All the platinum status songs are from his third album, Re Mmino, which was released in 2019.
The humble musician also posted a pic of himself standing behind a wall with all his gold and platinum plaques and captioned the image: “Today is the day the lord has made. Celebrating my success, stay tuned for more amazing news”
This news didn’t surprise his fans though as the award-winning DJ Prince also got a nod from US publication, Time for his song, Uwrongo, where he featured musicians such as Shimza, Black Motion and Ami Faku.
The magazine featured Kaybee's hit song on its “10 Best Songs of 2020” list and made him a happy man last year. The hit-song which took ninth spot was the only African song on the list.
Prince Kaybee reacted on Twitter: “Really tired of these wins and don't get celebrated enough.” He also ended 2020 on a high note when former US president, Barack Obama tweeted his playlist which included the hitmaker’s hit song, Uwrongo.
Kaybee who couldn’t hide his excitement tweeted: “I cannot breathe. I just got offstage in Zambia and found out that Barack Obama listens to #Uwrongo. First of all shout out to the team, Ami Faku, Shimza and Black Motion. This just made my year.”
He also thanked Shimza, Black Motion and Ami Faku for coming together to make the hit song which was approved by Time magazine and Barack Obama.
Singer, Donald also congratulated for going 6x platinum for his song #FetchYourLife. Donald tweeted: “Congratulations my boi @PrinceKaybee_SA for going 6x Platinum with #FetchYourLife”
Here were some reactions from his fans:
"Eish that Mjondolo track fvcking goes in. I was listening to your album Hay shuuuu. Ndyavuma!!! You dope."
"What's up with the glove u have been rockin it for a min now Are we expecting some stunts or something."
