{"id":41498,"date":"2025-11-12T09:22:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T09:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=41498"},"modified":"2025-11-12T09:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T09:22:41","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigni-never-took-a-break-donald-shuts-down-claims-that-hes-no-longer-active-in-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/12\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigni-never-took-a-break-donald-shuts-down-claims-that-hes-no-longer-active-in-music\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI never took a break\u201d &#8211; Donald shuts down claims that he\u2019s no longer active in music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187346\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187346\" class=\"wp-image-187346 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/I-never-took-a-break-Donald-shuts-down-claims.jpg?resize=600%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/I-never-took-a-break-Donald-shuts-down-claims.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Donald-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald says he\u2019s still working hard despite fans thinking he disappeared<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>South African singer Donald has spoken out after fans began questioning his presence in the music scene, assuring everyone that he\u2019s still active and working despite the changing dynamics of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>The Over the Moon hitmaker took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his thoughts, saying that the current digital landscape has made it harder for people to see what artists are doing unless the algorithm favors them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been seeing so many comments of \u2018What happened to Donald,\u2019 and I realized just how some people have not fully grasped how different the industry is now,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe algorithm is a new thing. The fact that you don\u2019t see much of what I\u2019m doing doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m not doing anything. If you\u2019re interested in what I\u2019m doing, feel free to check out my pages and get in tune. PS: I have never taken a break. I\u2019m a working artist and continue to do that every day of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019ve been seeing so many comments of \u201cWhat happened to Donald\u201d and I realized just how some people have not fully grasped how different the industry is now, the Algorithm is a new thing, the fact that you don\u2019t see much of what I\u2019m doing doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m not doing anything. If\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DONITO (@DonaldInDenial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldInDenial\/status\/1988334260848386283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In response to a fan who encouraged him to \u201chop into amapiano,\u201d Donald revealed that he already has a collaboration with Kabza De Small waiting to drop and that he\u2019s hoping to work with Sam Deep and Soa Mattrix soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a song with Kabza, I don\u2019t know when it will drop. I wish to do one with Sam Deep or Soa Matrix in the near future. I hope this puts your heart at ease,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n<p>Donald also took time to express empathy toward fans who may be projecting their frustrations online, saying he tries to understand where people\u2019s comments come from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI chose this career knowing very well what it comes with,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try by all means to understand people and their train of thought so that I can comprehend better why they say the things they do. People are going through a lot, man, and I try to at least understand that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#break #Donald #shuts #claims #hes #longer #active #music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Donald says he\u2019s still working hard despite fans thinking he disappeared South African singer Donald has spoken out after&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41500,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41498\/revisions\/41500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}