{"id":17247,"date":"2025-12-10T10:16:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/?p=17247"},"modified":"2025-12-10T10:17:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:17:05","slug":"shimza-shuts-down-critics-as-spotify-lists-him-among-africas-top-5-djs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/shimza-shuts-down-critics-as-spotify-lists-him-among-africas-top-5-djs\/","title":{"rendered":"Shimza Shuts Down Critics as Spotify Lists Him Among Africa&#8217;s Top 5 DJs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" id=\"attachment_186676\" style=\"width:610px\"><img class=\"wp-image-186676 size-full\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186676\" src=\"https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Shimza.jpg\" alt=\"Shimza Shuts Down Critics as Spotify Lists Him Among Africa's Top 5 DJs\" width=\"600\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Shimza.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Shimza-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" id=\"caption-attachment-186676\">Shimza responds to trending list of leading African DJs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>South African DJ Shimza has addressed his inclusion among Spotify&#8217;s top 5 DJs after being subjected to years of criticism online.<\/p>\n<p>The talented producer has been a prominent figure in the African music industry and was recently featured on a popular list showcasing the continent&#8217;s DJs with the highest number of monthly Spotify listeners.<\/p>\n<p>With 2.8 million monthly listeners, Shimza secured the fourth position, surpassing well-known artists such as Black Coffee, Tyler ICU, Spinall, and Major League DJz.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the positive recognition, some users on social media took the opportunity to criticize Shimza, claiming unfamiliarity with his music.<\/p>\n<p>In his typical laid-back manner, the DJ reacted by sharing a humorous meme with the caption, \u201cWe don\u2019t even know Shimza\u2019s Music,\u201d which was in response to the disparaging comments.<\/p>\n<p>The dialogue soon expanded, with fans and critics voicing their opinions.<\/p>\n<p>One commenter candidly remarked, \u201cAnd to be quite honest I don\u2019t know a single song from you,\u201d while another user posted a meme with laughter stating, \u201cMina I\u2019ll be honest bhuti, I\u2019ve never heard ngisho neyodwa ingoma yakho.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A third individual added: \u201cI literally can\u2019t name any song from your catalog. But I hear people say you\u2019re a good DJ.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cWe don\u2019t even know <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QJAB60xAhx\" title=\"Shimza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shimza<\/a>\u2019s Music\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QJAB60xAhx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/QJAB60xAhx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uGF5KwT1pK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/uGF5KwT1pK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QJAB60xAhx\" title=\"SHIMZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QJAB60xAhx\" title=\"SHIMZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SHIMZA<\/a> (@Shimza01) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shimza01\/status\/1998449695627063629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">December 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wedod-2919329010\" class=\"wedod-after-content wedod-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1458300956780583\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1458300956780583\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shimza responds to trending list of leading African DJs South African DJ Shimza has addressed his inclusion among<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[110,4,105,6537],"tags":[7331,7813,10539,7780,10540,8354,9698,6870,10538,1420,7588],"class_list":["post-17247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebs","category-entertainment","category-featured-celebs","category-life-style","tag-africas","tag-among","tag-critics","tag-djs","tag-lists","tag-related-topics","tag-related-topicsshimza","tag-shimza","tag-shuts","tag-spotify","tag-top"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shimza Responds to Critics: Top 5 DJ on Spotify Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shimza silences critics after Spotify ranks him among Africa&#039;s top 5 DJs. 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