{"id":75572,"date":"2019-03-14T08:43:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T06:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=75572"},"modified":"2019-03-14T08:43:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T06:43:13","slug":"south-africa-record-label-signs-khillaz-champian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/03\/14\/south-africa-record-label-signs-khillaz-champian\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa record label signs Khillaz Champian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Fatsani Kalonda:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_75576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75576\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/khillaz-champain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/khillaz-champain-281x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/khillaz-champain-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/khillaz-champain.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CHAMPIAN\u2014I am different from the rest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>South Africa-based reggae dancehall artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malawi-music.com\/K\/729-khillaz\/3997-ma-champain\">Khillaz Champian<\/a> has been signed to one of Cape Town\u2019s most influential record labels, DVERSCT Records.<\/p>\n<p>According to Champian, real name Ronald Makweya, the deal marks a milestone in his music career as DVERSCT is a big record label comprising international artists from Africa and Europe.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI am confident and strongly believe this deal will open doors and connect me to the rest of the world. This is a big step I have taken since I started my music journey,\u201d<\/em> the 25-year-old artist said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>DVERSCT records is home to household artists such as DaFaith, Nik DaFrik, Tamcelynn and Lord Harmony.<\/p>\n<p>Champian has, meanwhile, called for support as he plans to release more songs under the new label.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He said: <em>\u201cI urge Malawians both in Malawi and those living in the diaspora to keep on supporting me, even more than they did in the past because I am now starting to pluck the fruits of my labour. With their support, another Malawian artist can make it big in South Africa and Africa as a whole or even to the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To conquer the world, Champian said he does music in three genres and two styles.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI do reggae, trap fused reggae and trap fused dancehall. I also do pure conscious reggae for those who are not used to modern styles of singing and I fuse reggae and dancehall with trap for the new generation,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The artist grew up around friends and relatives who loved hip hop and dancehall. He started as a hip hop artist and later switched to reggae and dancehall.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Champian released \u2018Far from Dem\u2019 which was produced by DJ Sley and featured Positive Yut.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Champian\u2019s single \u2019Ma champian\u2019 featuring Blakaad topped Malawi Reggae Dancehall Circuit chat for four consecutive weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Some of his other songs include \u2018Tisapite ku Ntchito\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The artist has collaborated with reggae dancehall artists such as Desert Eagle, Mad General of Mad Character Crew, Ishan Capital and Awiri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fatsani Kalonda: South Africa-based reggae dancehall artist Khillaz Champian has been signed to one of Cape Town\u2019s most influential record labels, DVERSCT Records. According to Champian, real name Ronald Makweya, the deal marks a milestone in his music career as DVERSCT is a big record label comprising international artists from Africa and Europe. \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75577,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75572\/revisions\/75577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}