HARARE – Multi-award winning Zimdancehall chanter Nutty O real name real name Carrington Chiwadzwa, has decided to try new things. This includes switching genres from Zimdancehall to Amapiano and Afrobeats.
Nutty O has partnered with South Africa’s top amapiano producers and artiste, Master KG, Mr Brown, and Lee Mckrazy in releasing the single ‘Ayidume’ due to be released next week on the 26th of September.
Speaking in an interview with Nehanda Radio, Nutty O’s manager, Don Ray said it was time Nutty O shows the world that his is talented in all genres and is a flexible artist.
“Amapiano is the in thing now, and this will go to show how talented Nutty O is and how flexible his talent is,” said Don.
Don also emphasized that this won’t be the first time Nutty O switches genres. “This is the beginning of, as you know, there is Afrobeats and other genres. People should expect to see Nutty O working with other artists from different genres,” he added.
Meanwhile, Nutty O is in South Africa working with house music legend DJ Tira. Nutty O posted a snippet of him and DJ Tira together with Spirit in the studio working on a yet to be named project.
“Well, all I can tell you right now is that Nutty O is working on something with him (DJ Tira) but nothing is finalised yet, the project is still under wraps,” said Don.
Currently, Nutty O took over Zimbabwean social media with his hit song ‘Too Much’ which has garnered over 1.8 million views on YouTube.
Nutty O joins global musicians such as Davido and Chris Brown, who also jumped on the Amapiano wagon with aims of appealing to a new global audience.
