Prince Kaybee

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Kabelo Motsamai (born 15 June 1989), professionally known under the alias of Prince Kaybee, is a South African DJ and music producer.

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In September 2018, Kaybee won a role on the television show 1's and 2's, as resident judge for season 18. [1]

On 8 March 2019 he released a studio album Re Mmino, which was later certified Platinum in South Africa. [2]

On 31 January 2020 he released "Uwrongo" with guest appearances from Shimza, Black Motion and Ami Faku, [3] it debuted number 1 on the Radiomonitor Top 100 AirPlay Chart for 26 consecutive weeks. [4]

In early February 2021, Kaybee announced his fourth studio album via Instagram. [5] [6] [7] The 4th Republic was released on March 5, 2021.

Three singles, "Amaphiko Ezono", "Inkubulo" featuring Azana, and "Oh Boy" featuring Start Healer were released on June 4, 2023, in advance of his album Music Theory.

Discography

Achievements

South African Music Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2020 Re MminoMale Artist of the YearWon [8]

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References

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