On Friday morning, December 9, IOL Entertainment had a one-on-one exclusive interview with American singer Kelly Rowland at one of the tallest buildings in South Africa, The Leonardo, in Africa’s richest square mile, Sandton.
Rowland, in the country for the second time this year, had only nice things to say about South Africa.
Although her visit is about her brand alignment with Brutal Fruit Spritzer, the singer said some of the things she enjoys the most about SA are its people and, of course, the food.
As a musician herself, Rowland said her favourite South African artist is Cassper Nyovest, who is known not only for filling up stadiums, but offers his fans killer performances.
“There was an artist when I came a couple of years back, and he put on a killer performance. It was incredible, Cassper nailed that performance. And I remember we all saw the monitor behind the stage, and we were like ‘we want to go out there’.
“He had all of this personality and possessed, and I was like, ‘Who is this guy?’ He’s not good, he is a great performer.”
Eyo @casspernyovest you have a fan in Kelly Rowland. Akusho Mina, kusho yena. #YouBelong pic.twitter.com/tbXWM7L73S
— Thobile Mazibuko (@thobie4me) December 9, 2022
Now, if you’ve seen Nyovest perform, you will agree with the “Motivation” hit singer that ‘Mr Fill Up’ is indeed one of the best performers in Mzansi.
The performance that Rowland was referring to, which blew her away, was the Global Citizens one in 2018, where Kelly’s best friend Beyoncé also performed.
Do you think i will top this Global citizen performance from last year when i hit the stage this Sunday at #FillUpRoyalBafokeng ? pic.twitter.com/hCqfyC794A
— Don Billiato (@casspernyovest) December 9, 2019
Jay Z saw me performing at Global citizen and asked his bodyguard if that’s Jeezy on stage... hahaha. The chiskop and beard is too gangster!!! At least I got Hov’s attention.
— Don Billiato (@casspernyovest) December 6, 2018
Nyovest recently pulled another hot performance at his latest Fill Up event at his hometown in Mmabatho Stadium, Mahikeng.