Priddy Ugly Hits Another Streaming Milestone, Hints at New Music: "Salute to My Listeners"
- South African rapper Priddy Ugly celebrated a major career milestone after his album DUST surpassed 11 million streams
- In his celebratory post, the rapper expressed gratitude to his fans and teased upcoming material
- Fans praised Priddy Ugly for putting out an exceptional body of work, with others giving MashBeatz his flowers for producing one of the standout tracks on the album
- Priddy Ugly spoke to Briefly News about what the milestone means to him and what fans can expect next
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A year after its release, Priddy Ugly’s album DUST continues to hit major career milestones for the talented rapper. Originally intended to be a curtain call on a career spanning nearly two decades, the album has taken a life of its own.
Priddy Ugly hits new streaming milestone
Priddy Ugly is on cloud nine after his album DUST reached a streaming milestone. Taking to his X account on Thursday, 10 April, an overjoyed Priddy Ugly shared that his critically acclaimed body of work has officially surpassed 11 million on Apple and Spotify.
The Come To My Kasi hitmaker posted a brief but heartfelt message to his fans for their unwavering support. Priddy Ugly also hinted at new music. The post was captioned:
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“11 MILLION + Streams 🏆 Salute to my Spotify & Apple Music LISTENERS, thank you. 🙏🏽🫶🏽 More Music!”
The post left fans on social media buzzing, not only in celebration, but at the possibility of new music from the rapper, born Ricardo Moloi.
Fans celebrate Priddy Ugly's milestone
Fans celebrated the milestone with Priddy Ugly, with some giving MashBeatz his flowers for producing Ntja'ka, one of the album's standout songs. Here are some of the comments:
@CAVODA1 suggested:
“😭🫴We need to give @MashBeatz_ his flowers while his Still Alive. Mashimbili uyi TopDawg🤳🤳”
@MadocMckenzie said:
“One of the best to ever do it!”
@DjZanD responded:
“Amazing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥”
@Noga_Yaha_Gnimb pleaded:
“My hond, more music please 🙏”
@heisac_remarked:
“My hundreds of streams are there too🔥🔥”
@dgee_reigns said:
“Salute to you👑The music is undeniably good; we can't help it.”
Priddy Ugly reveals
Speaking to Briefly News, Priddy Ugly revealed what the streaming record means to him. He emphasised that while he creates music for the love of the craft and not for numbers or awards, he's grateful that people are connecting with DUST.
"I’ve never been someone who focuses on metrics and does things for accolades. I’ve just always wanted to put out quality work and the fact that people are resonating and streaming the music is humbling. I appreciate every single person who listens to my music," Priddy Ugly said.
He also believes that true support goes beyond streaming and includes things like buying merch and voting during the awards season.
"At the same time, though, streaming isn’t the only and best way to support our favourite artists, we need to request their music on the radio and tv stations, support them when they have shows, buy tickets, buy the merch, vote when their nominated etc," he explained.
When asked about new music, Priddy Ugly said he's working on new collaborations with international artists.
"You can definitely expect more music from me, I’d really just like to give people exciting colabs, bridge the gap between pan-African and international artists, while showcasing our work to the world," he said.
He revealed that he's stepping into music production for himself and TV shows. Priddy Ugly recently created the title sequence for Adulting on Showmax and hinted at more deals.
"My aim right now is to provide high-quality music and experiences for our people, this will come in the form of collaborations, features, writing and executive producing on other people's work. As well as writing and producing music for shows and music. I just recently did the title sequence for Showmax’s Adulting, and working on a few more sync deals - stay tuned," Priddy Ugly said.
What you should know about DUST
After a career spanning nearly a decade and having produced three albums, three mix tapes and five EPs, and featuring on 500 songs, Priddy Ugly announced in October 2023 that he was hanging up the microphone and that DUST would be his final album.
But the album has proved too good to be just a send-off. Not only has it set streaming milestones for Priddy Ugly, but it went on to win the Best Hip Hop Album gong at the 30th annual South African Music Awards (Samas).
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The win seemingly reignited his love for music. Speaking to TshisaLive in December 2024, Priddy Ugly announced that he would be releasing Dust Deluxe Edition.
Priddy Ugly celebrates his song Ntja'ka
Priddy Ugly's song Ntja'ka, featuring MashBeatz and Maglera Doe Boy, is one of the standouts on DUST. Briefly News reported that the song reached three million streams on Spotify, marking a significant career milestone.
Taking to his Instagram stories, the award-winning rapper celebrated reaching the milestone. He also spoke with the publication about his music career and how long it took him to get the recognition he has today.
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Source: Briefly News
