Takura Comes Back With King Of Hearts Album
His latest Album
By Panashe Siziba
The Shona Prince, also known as Takura, released a new album this week titled King of Hearts. The artwork for the project, which was done by Black Sheep, was released in the last week of October. Some big names, such as Jah Prayzah, Jnr Brown, and Priddy Ugly, were featured on the project.
The Zim circles were shocked as Davido endorsed the project through an Instagram comment.
Takura was born and raised in Kingsdale, Bulawayo.
While living in Gweru in 2013, he formed the group, Soul Afrika with his best friend, Donald Mapholisa. Mapholisa left the grew after he got married because the music business was not paying much at the time. His exit prompted Takura to move to Harare taking his then manager, Tytan’s advice. In Harare, he was joined by Adrian Tate who was Cynthia Mare’s guitar player at the time.
The group released several hit songs including Zvinhu”, “Gule Kwete”, “Newe” and “Pauri”, which did well on radio and other platforms. They also released an album titled “Ndimi Dzerudo”. The project made them a certified duo in the music scene. The group disbanded after the release of their album.
Takura left to focus on a solo career. He switched from being an Afro pop artist, to a Hip Hop act. He later released the songs “Zino Irema” and “MaObama” which made him into a household name. In 2016, he released an EP called “Stripped” which features the songs “Mungandidi”, “Mari Hairambwe” and “Ndoda Kutaura Newe”. In less than a year, Takura became a well known solo artist in Zimbabwe.
In 2016, he was named one of the Top 10 African rappers by South African Hip Hop Magazine alongside top rappers, Kwesta, Nasty C, Emtee, Phyno, AKA and Casper Nyovest. In 2018, he released his debut album “SHTDi (Someone Had To Do It)”, and it also became a success.