DJ Lag's Beyoncé collab was a big deal, but not a career breakthrough

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Beyoncé's team tracked him down after the megastar used a snippet of his song, Trip to New York, during her appearance at the Global Citizen concert in Johannesburg.

was released was a turning point for black trans-Atlantic relations, for the gqom sound that DJ Lag had been championing since 2012, and for the popularisation of the genre — although, what does one call a sound produced by a gqom purveyor and international jazz figure that eventually lands up on a world-charting pop record?

He recounts the experience:"They told me that Beyoncé was working on an album. I gave them six instrumentals to choose from and they picked two. They didn't reveal much else."In June, Gwala went to Los Angeles to work on the music with Beyoncé. He was presented with her verse, and with Busiswa's part of the song .nod is a big deal for the young producer, but he doesn't feel that it symbolises a breakthrough.

 

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