AKA SHINES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Rapist artist AKA has shown the whole South Africa that he is one of the greatest artist in the country after receiving a total of eleven nominations including collaborations.
hip hop raper AKA |
His real name is kiernen Fornen. he was born in Cape Town on 1988. He started out in a a group with his schoolmates called entity,
who had minor hit with touch n go. From there, AKA's stock has been increasingly on the rise, featuring on material from artist such as Loyiso Bala. Rapist AKA
Aka is now a well-established solo artist with hits such as
mistake, in my walk, do it as well as congratulate. His awards he won are the
South African Music Award for best male and best hip hop on year 2012, Metro FM
Award for Best pop single on year 2013, as well as a Kora nomination. What is surprising
about him is that he has opened for touring stars such as Kanye West, Snoop
dogg and Andric Lamar.more info.
AKA shows the country that he is the best rapper in south Africa the time he got 11 nominees in metro music award. although he didn't won them all but he shows many people that he shines in South Africa.
above AKA |
HE IS A person who like to sing with other artists. He did that the time featured by Duncan with Professor and Mampitsha. He also like to see other artists developing. He already established relationship with another developing shining rapper in this country, Cassper Nyovest.
both them were nominated on metro music awards. Cassper won three awards and AKA won two including best collaboration. many people believe that if they can work together they can come up with a hit song. AKA also believes that Cassper is a good rapper in South Africa. He also believes that in few years to come he will be known to the whole continent.
Is advertising in traditional media still effective in the digital age?
Although digital media is dominating in the digital age but traditional media sill has a chance to advertise effectively. People still believe on traditional even today. just look how many newspaper sold per day. billboards , newspapers, radios and TVs still used by many people. AKA was mentioned in an advertisement on radios,different TV channels and on newspapers as well about his nominees he got. he got many votes because of those advertisement took place on traditional media.
actually media is still important all over the world, doesn't matter traditional or digital media. we are nothing without media. it is our daily bread.
The power of social media campaign
our celebrities in this time are active on social media. whether you have a question or comment you want to add onyour favourite artist, it easy to get them on social networks such as twitter, facebook, linkedIN and so on. AKA also is available on twitter, facebook and on instagram. so it is easy to talk to him.
do we need journalist in the age of social media?
journalist have an experiences to be journalist. they able to adopt the situation. even though social media exist but journalist able to do their job.
above:journalists doing their work |
Journalists are used to promoting their work on social media. But there’s also lots of scope for journalists to use social media as a reporting tool — to find stories, for news gathering, research, finding interviewees and more.more info
actually journalists have a combination with the social media, so it is a risk to separate them.
social media with the journalist have an impact on our artist reputation. AKA is one of the artist usually apear on social media.