{"id":117824,"date":"2019-11-19T19:23:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T16:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=117824"},"modified":"2020-05-05T01:41:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T22:41:21","slug":"kwesta-has-linked-up-with-rich-homie-quan-on-run-it-up-and-its-a-massive-hit-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/kwesta-has-linked-up-with-rich-homie-quan-on-run-it-up-and-its-a-massive-hit-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwesta has linked up with Rich Homie Quan on &#8216;Run It Up&#8217; and it&#8217;s a massive hit (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Talented South African rapper Senzo Mfundo Vilakazi, popularly known as Kwesta, has released a new jam with Rich Homie Quan and we are really feeling it.<\/p>\n<p>The song title <em>Run It Up <\/em>is a masterpiece because it offers different styles and elements off rapping, I&#8217;m sure you will agree with me on this after listening to it.<\/p>\n<p>Rich Homie Quan dominates the first half of this song with melodic raps and a catchy hook before Kwesta delivers a verse that reps his hood and reminisces of his upbringing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_117828\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117828\" style=\"width: 627px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-117828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/rhq61515.jpg\" alt=\"Rich Homie Quan\" width=\"627\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/rhq61515.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/rhq61515-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/rhq61515-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/rhq61515-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/rhq61515-690x460.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-117828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rich Homie Quan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Maybe it is just me but the fact that Kwesta&#8217;s verse was in Zulu really spiced up this jam. It brought a lot of life and is the main reason why I&#8217;ve have had this song on replay since I first heard it.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Kwesta&#8217;s previous releases like <em>Ngud<\/em>, <em>Spirit<\/em> and <em>Vur Vai<\/em>, this jam wasn&#8217;t influenced by the Kwaito sound but that does not mean that it&#8217;s not dope. Actually, this departure is commendable since he nailed it.<\/p>\n<p>I totally love the video concept for<em> Run It Up<\/em>, it shows them in the hood performing before various backgrounds that include rooftops and an excited audience of ordinary community members.<\/p>\n<p>Watch <em>Run It Up<\/em> below and tell us what you think.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kwesta - Run It Up (Official Music Video) ft. Rich Homie Quan\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C7hlzH-0OzU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talented South African rapper Senzo Mfundo Vilakazi, popularly known as Kwesta, has released a new jam with Rich Homie Quan and we are really feeling it. The song title Run It Up is a masterpiece because it offers different styles and elements off rapping, I&#8217;m sure you will agree with me on this after listening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6062,"featured_media":117827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[113574,113576,113575,113577],"class_list":["post-117824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-kwesta-news","tag-rich-homie-quan-news","tag-run-it-up-news","tag-senzo-mfundo-vilakazi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6062"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117829,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117824\/revisions\/117829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}