{"id":44567,"date":"2025-12-09T20:15:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=44567"},"modified":"2025-12-09T20:15:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:15:34","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignshimza-proves-trolls-wrong-after-being-named-one-of-africas-top-5-djs-on-spotify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/09\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignshimza-proves-trolls-wrong-after-being-named-one-of-africas-top-5-djs-on-spotify\/","title":{"rendered":"Shimza proves trolls wrong after being named one of Africa\u2019s top 5 DJs on Spotify"},"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_186676\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186676\" class=\"wp-image-186676 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Shimza-calls-for-action-as-pickpocketing-rises-at-South-African.jpg?resize=600%2C460&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Shimza-calls-for-action-as-pickpocketing-rises-at-South-African.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Shimza-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-186676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shimza reacts to viral list of top African DJs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>South African DJ Shimza reacts to being among the top 5 DJs on Spotify following years of online trolling.<\/p>\n<p>The award-winning producer, who has consistently been a key player in the African music scene, recently appeared on a viral list of the continent\u2019s DJs with the highest monthly Spotify listeners.<\/p>\n<p>Shimza landed at No. 4 with 2.8 million monthly listeners, putting him ahead of other big names like Black Coffee, Tyler ICU, Spinall, and Major League DJz.<\/p>\n<p>While the list was widely celebrated, some social media users couldn\u2019t resist poking fun at Shimza, claiming they didn\u2019t know any of his songs.<\/p>\n<p>True to his unbothered style, the DJ responded with a hilarious meme captioned, \u201cWe don\u2019t even know Shimza\u2019s Music,\u201d poking fun at the trolls.<\/p>\n<p>Fans and critics quickly joined the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>One user admitted, \u201cAnd to be quite honest I don\u2019t know a single song from you,\u201d while another shared a laughing meme saying, \u201cMina I\u2019ll be honest bhuti, I\u2019ve never heard ngisho neyodwa ingoma yakho.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A third chimed in: \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 Shimza\u2019s Music\u201d  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uGF5KwT1pK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/uGF5KwT1pK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SHIMZA (@Shimza01) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shimza01\/status\/1998449695627063629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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#Shimza #proves #trolls #wrong #named #Africas #top #DJs #Spotify<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Shimza reacts to viral list of top African DJs South African DJ Shimza reacts to being among the top&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44567","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\/44567","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=44567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44568,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44567\/revisions\/44568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}