Music Feature: Gift Official Gives Mzansi a taste of an Urban UK sound.


By Phumzile Mavimbela

Singer, songwriter, rapper, producer born Gift Zuma, better known as Gift Official is a creative that sees no limits in creating his craft. Gift Official was born in South Africa but has spent much of his life in the United Kingdom.

Gift Official gives blends of South African music he was previously exposed to as well as the unique Manchester influence that embodies his current environment. “Too Many Man” was originally planned to be released in 2018, “The song was slightly
ahead of its time” the young artist explains. In 2019 with the entire world in complete chaos; including diasporas from Africa , Iran and even Europe. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to release a song that could do some much needed healing.

“Seems bad things often happen in 3’s, because that's when the world pandemic COVID-19 hit”. 

Once again the release was put on hold. 2020 saw a new opportunity for the release of “Too Many Man”.

With emotions fleuring high, and human solidarity at its peak, “Too Many Man” could very well be the soothing comfort the world is in desperate need of. The lyrics personify the culture of shaming our friends and people in our circles for their success. We are often made to feel bad for our accomplishments by our counterparts. The aim of “Too Many Man” is to evolve the culture of “hate” into “love”.

“Each of us have a role to play toward a much better tomorrow”- Gift Official

Too Many Man will be available on various digital stores on 13 Nov
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