Joseph Shabalala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo Founder, Dead at 78

I bet that niggerlover Paul Simon is weeping mightily.
Born Bhekizizwe Joseph Siphatimandla Mxoveni Mshengu Bigboy Shabalala in 1941, he grew up on a farm in Tugela, South Africa. Shabalala founded the group that would become Ladysmith Black Mambazo in 1959, according to Al Jazeera, and quickly became its leader and main composer, combining indigenous Zulu songs with the traditional a capella style of isicathamiya.

Their profile rose in the 1970s, with the Amabutho LP becoming Africa’s first gold-selling album. In 1986, they joined Paul Simon for Graceland and a subsequent world tour after Shabalala co-wrote “Homeless” with Simon. Simon went on to produce three of the group’s albums, including the Grammy-winning Shaka Zulu in 1987. They would win a further four Grammys, all in the Best World Music Album category.
https://pitchfork.com/news/joseph-sh...er-dead-at-78/

Diamonds on the bottom of his batwings awack awack wack wack-aaaaa wack!