Collaborations are the driving force behind South Africa’s dance music scene. For “Hade Boss,” DJ Lag responded to a collaboration request from Mr Nation Thingz, the rising vocalist whose music predominantly leans into amapiano and who had previously scored a breakout hit with “Tholakele.”
After winning the Best Gqom Album at last year’s SAMAs for Meeting With the King, DJ Lag experimented with amapiano — teasing the possibility of fusing his gqom core and ‘piano to come up with a veritable, signature sound. “Hade Boss,” the…