Rapper Reason Changes His Stage Name Ahead of Amapiano Release
- Highly-respected hip hop star Reason has changed his stage name ahead of releasing an Amapiano single
- The Johannesburg rapper has been dropping the new performance name on his social media for several weeks
- Reason also confirmed that his upcoming new single will be produced by Amapiano supremo DJ Maphorisa
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Reason will now be called Sizwe Alakine. The rapper revealed on Instagram and Twitter that he has officially rebranded into an Amapiano artist, including a new look, crew and language of rapping.
Source: Instagram
Reason's name change is nothing new to local hip hop or the international game. Puff Daddy switched to P Diddy, Tumi to Stogie T, Easy Mac to Mac Miller and ProKid to Pro.
As reported by ZALebs, Sizwe Alakine posted a video of an Amapiano beat while he laid a verse on it, including his new name in the caption on Instagram.
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"@djmaphorisa ⚔️ Sizwe (Alakine)."
The post drew a couple of brief comments from industry musicians such as PH, KidX and Kyl Deutsch.
@IamPH said
"This is fire."
@kidxsa said:
"Yerrrrrrr!!!"
@kyle_deutsch said:
"Action figure."
Sizwe responded to KidX to say:
"@kidxsa Me and Pawry were just talking about how you are the guy for this vibe yo!!! You needa pull up."
Whose said reply went as:
"@reasonhd_ say less, I’mma hit you."
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As far as the music style change to Amapiano, Reason isn't the first mover. Popular Tshwana rapper Focalistic made a notable change to Amapiano with an album, and of course Cassper Nyovest who dropped his album on 30 June.
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