Gunna's Love for South Africa Shines at Milk + Cookies Festival Performance in Videos

Gunna's Love for South Africa Shines at Milk + Cookies Festival Performance in Videos

  • Gunna’s headline act at Milk + Cookies brought together South Africans at Nasrec Expo Centre on 11 January 2025
  • The American rapper showed South Africa love with the accessory he wore on stage and his heart-warming interaction with fans
  • Briefly News reported live from the Milk + Cookies festival and captured an inside look at Gunna’s performance in Johannesburg

Gunna’s Milk + Cookies performance was all about showing his South African supporters love. The American rapper’s fans welcomed the headline act with passion and endless cheers.

Gunna's shows in Johannesburg impresses South Africa
Gunna's show in Johannesburg was his final stop in South Africa. Image: @gunna /Instagram / Briefly News
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Gunna’s Milk + Cookies show kicked off with a suspenseful six-minute wait that built anticipation from passionate fans. Supporters chanted “Gunna we wanna party “, a plea for their fave to finally take to the stage. The US rapper stormed onto the stage wearing South African regalia as an accessory. His flared pants look was completed with a South African flag as a hairband.

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Crowd at Milk + Cookies Festival before and after Gunna
Crowd at Milk + Cookies Festival before and during Gunna's performance. Image: Briefly News
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Gunna kicked off the show with Just Say Dat and took his fans on a journey. Gunna performed massive hits, including GWFU, One of Wun, and Jump, which he released with Tyla. The rapper also delivered a performance of the song he found success with, Hot. Fans erupted in cheers as they chanted “Gunnna”. Gunna showed South Africa love, saying, "Yo, we in South Africa, Johannesburg make some noise. He addressed the crowd later in his show, saying, “I feel blessed to be here on stage, I swear to God." Watch content creator @bheeposh's video of Gunna’s performance at the Milk + Cookies Festival below:

Gunna wears South African flag at Milk + Cookies Festival
Gunna wears the South African flag at Milk + Cookies Festival. Image: Milk + Cookies
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Gunna fan makes it to Milk + Cookies concert

Briefly News reported on a Gunna super fan who desperately wanted to see her favourite rapper. The young lady is such a big fan that she changed her username on TikTok to Thembi and Gunna. She went viral after following Gunna at his Gunna Wunna 5k run in a TikTok video. She celebrated scoring VVIP tickets to see Gunna and shared her wholesome perspective of the concert. Watch her clip at the show below:

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USA acts at Milk + Cookies

International appearances that made it to the festival included singer Majid Jordan. Briefly News caught his performance and Milk Cookies. See the photos of Majid below:

Majid Jordan performed in South Africa
Majid Jordan performed in South Africa at Milk + Cookies. Image: Supplied
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Read South Africans' reactions to international acts at Milk + Cookies below:

@tsogangradebe said:

"Milk + Cookies? S/O for Gunna.

@simplytumeigh wrote:

"Just got home, voice is gone. Yo Gunna you owe me nothing. Milk & Cookies did the things. Good morning thle bathong."

@Jordz_the_only exclaimed:

"@1GunnaGunna unforgettable! Thank you! Milk + Cookies Johannesburg killed it!! Gunna was mad real!"

@justwellington added:

"Majid Jordan & Gunna ? Y’all did a big one."

Focalistic and US rapper Gunna visit Joburg mall

Briefly News previously reported that award-winning US rapper Gunna was in the Mother Land, and he went on a shopping spree with Amapiano rapper Focalistic.

Fukumean hitmaker Gunna arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa and was spotted at the OR Tambo International Airport. The rapper headlined the Heineken® House — Ultimate Music, Art, and Social Scene Explosion event on Saturday, 25 January.

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Also performing at the event were DBN Gogo, Murdah Bongz, Maglera Doe Boy, Dee Koala and many others.

Source: Briefly News

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Rutendo Masasi (Weekend Entertainment and Human Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 3 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za