Major League DJz Become First South African Amapiano Artists to use NFTs

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By Kinyua Mwangi

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As a way of celebrating their recent travels, Major League DJz announced on social media that they will be making the first-ever amapiano NFT (non-fungible tokens).

An ad for their Miami Art Basel event was accompanied by a video of their digital art creation.

Artist Maxhosa created the artwork that depicted the DJs' faces and CDJs, a sound system and their unique flair.

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“The first Amapiano NFT and our NFT is now available for purchase tomorrow! We are showcasing at Miami Art Basel,” they tweeted.

Due to the overwhelming demand, they had to change the distribution date in a bid to produce even more NFTs. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which serve as virtual signatures, have taken popularity in the last year around the world.

Major League DJz said NFTs was a big deal for them. They told IOL that it was a value addition to their career.

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"NFTs are like investing in us as a currency. We could make you money by holding our NFT as we gain in 'value' in our career, alongside benefits for the NFT holder like an exclusive song of ours only for you, a DJ session with us, invite to a balcony mix, and meet and greet concert tickets,” they said.

For original artworks and their owners, NFTs are built on block chain technology, which operates as a digital record of sorts.

Digital artists, who have previously had difficulty with their work being cloned and indefinitely duplicated, have taken a special liking to NFTs.

Lethabo Huma, a digital artist says NFTs always have a certificate of authenticity issued. As a result, you can now verify the authenticity of original digital artwork, raising the value of digital art to the same level as that of traditional art.