It has been a beautiful year for the South African DJ and record producer Austin Kulani Baloyi, professionally known as Tyler ICU, as he bagged himself multiple plaques.
The beloved amapiano sensation has been releasing new songs since the beginning of the year which had many people dancing.
One of his songs that made it to the top charts this year is Mnike, which features DJ Maphorisa and Nandipha. The song, which is one of the most loved songs in Mzansi, gained a lot of international recognition through TikTok and is now sitting on 31 million views on Youtube.
He received a certified gold award for Amabillion, a 7 times multi-platinum award for Izolo, a 7 times multi-platinum award for Banyana and 8 times platinum award for Mnike.
Taking to Instagram, the musician shared a post and captioned it:
“The whole team winningπ ππ#shroomvillage. Multi-platinum n*gga.”
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Social media users and industry friends shared their congratulatory messages.
One person wrote, “The winning team congratulations ICU ππ₯π«‘.”
Another social media user wrote,”NAMANJE π₯π₯π₯uyazi sisukaphi pressa kakhulu (Even now you know where we are coming from push harder) than before. GOD BLESS YOU.”
Another said that he deserves the award as he has worked hard:
“Well done my brother you deserve this you put in so much work and crafted your material with incredible perfection, indeed you are a true definition of an artist and the world is yours to conquer. More blessings to Don π₯π₯π₯π₯ππ@tylericu.”
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