Man Singing at Traffic Lights in Joburg Goes Viral After Heartfelt Performance of UB40 Classic

Man Singing at Traffic Lights in Joburg Goes Viral After Heartfelt Performance of UB40 Classic

  • A South African man blew people away with his rendition of UB40's three-decade-old Kingston Town
  • The gent decided to use a public road to show off his talent by singing a reggae classic to demonstrate his vocals
  • Many people found his determination inspiring and left comments praising his bravery for taking the risk

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One guy is taking his music career into his own hands. The guy took to the streets to support his talent and used a hit song by UB40.

Man singing at Joburg traffic lights
One guy sang his heart out on a Johannesburg public road as traffic passed by. Image:@pmcafrica/Getty Images/Merten Snijders
Source: UGC

People flooded the comments for the young singer. People had nothing but raving reviews of his singing video.

Man's performance of decade-old song goes viral

A video by @pmcafrica on Twitter shows a guy taking to Johannesburg streets to spread his singing ability. The man took on UB40's Kingston Town and delivered an amazing show.

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According to Secodnhand Songs the song was released and popularised by the world-famous group, UB40, in 1989 after the original in 1970 by Lord Creator. Watch the video of the South African man's rendition below:

South Africans compliment young singer

Online users were completely in awe of his brave stunt to perform publically. Some who are aspiring musicians also commented that they want to try busking.

@Waltersonboy commented:

"Gosh, guy is singing my old school favourites."

@JoshuaMusapelo commented:

"Talented."

@QueWealth commented:

"Love to see such performances on NYC subways, they always make my day. This guy should be in a place where he can get a crowd. I always see full $ buckets out here, those guys make a good living."

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@KSilomo commented:

"I'm considering doing this as well sometime in the future with my sax. Just for money to increase my petty-cash flow."

@_senz_y commented:

"Heard he was on Rivonia road."

@sharconiaS1 commented:

"He deserves a breakthrough."

"Blue cap is wife material": Man dances with life-size puppets and blows SA away

Briefly News previously reported that one man was dancing and had three puppets join him. The performer put on an interesting show in the streets for all to see.

People were singing his praises over his unique talent in the comment section and remarked that it was an ingenious way to entertain others.

A street performer danced with two puppets and people were impressed by his clip on Facebook. The man made it look like he is dancing with two life-size puppets.

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