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What (who) is kwaito - definition
SUBGENRE OF HOUSE MUSIC FROM SOUTH AFRICA
South African kwaito; Namibian kwaito
kwaito
['kw??t??]
¦ noun S. African a style of popular music similar to hip hop, featuring vocals recited over an instrumental backing with strong bass lines.
Origin
1990s: named after the Amakwaito, a group of 1950s gangsters, from Afrik. kwaai 'angry, vicious'.
Wikipedia
Kwaito
Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, during the 1990s. It is a variant of house music that features the use of African sounds and samples. Kwaito songs occur at a slower tempo range than other styles of house music and Kwaito often contains catchy melodic and percussive loop samples, deep bass lines, and vocals. Despite its similarities to hip hop music, Kwaito has a distinctive manner in which the lyrics are sung, rapped and shouted.
Examples of use of kwaito
1. The DJ was pumping kwaito – South African rap – tunes.
2. A huge sound system is pumping out "kwaito" tunes – the dance music of the black townships.
3. His brash, pounding music – a homegrown South African genre called Kwaito – permeates the soundtrack.
4. Rappers and kwaito singers, hugely popular in the black townships and in white suburbs, convey loveLife messages in their lyrics.
5. The film‘s intense action is driven by the pounding "kwaito" music of the black townships, similar to American hip–hop.'4; South Africa‘s rising kwaito star Zola performed many of the songs for the soundtrack and appears as a gangster in the film.