Controversial AI amapiano hit rocks SA charts but netizens are divided on the sound – The Citizen

A person wearing a white sweatshirt and a hat stands indoors under ceiling lights, with a stone pillar and musical equipment—suggesting an AI amapiano session or feature—visible in the background.

A new AI-created amapiano track is topping charts but splitting opinions across social media.

A first-of-its-kind South African artificial intelligence (AI)-generated amapiano song is making waves online, and not just for its chart success.

According to posts trending on X, Rea Gopane’s Suka!, released in December 2025, has climbed as high as number 10 on the Apple Music South Africa Top 100 with over 1.2 million streams. Meanwhile, the artist’s Spotify listener count hovers around 700 000.

Yet the buzz isn’t all praise,…