Sbongakonke Mfundo Mchunu known as Tony Dayimane is a 22 year old multi platinum selling-artist, songwriter & performer born in Durban, Umlazi yet spent his teenage years in Pietermaritzburg because of his cricket scholarship. He started recording at the age of 15 greatly inspired by Okmalumkoolkat, Sjava , Young Thug Beautiful Thugger Girls mixtape. He built a fanbase from that day onwards in Durban and Pietermaritzburg and has grown to one of the country’s top creatives and his artistry being celebrated beyond the borders of South Africa. He is described as an astonishing musician and songwriter, a real trapstar or rather a gutter baby and has perfected his switch to AfroPop with his natural lover boy persona, known for his superb pen game and flow on different genres, his ear splitting voice, showing off his vocals on songs such as Lonke and Gemelli proves his versatility and marks him as one of the next alphas Mzansi or should i say part of the Big 3? with the release of his debut triple platinum selling Big Boy EP & debut album RED OCTOBER: INDUCTION doing a whooping 1 million streams on it’s first day and having the third largest debut album streams and being the youngest artist to reach 1m monthly listeners in South African history. he has proves to be highly influential amongst the youth which has led to millions of listeners and him receiving countless co-signs by the industries’ biggest stars, the likes of Sjava and Big Zulu just to name a few..

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