Nothende on OOH, LoveLight, Rebirth, Lulo Cafe, Politics, Blacklisting, Anger, Financial Struggles +

On Long Story Short, we feature South African singer, songwriter and producer Nothende Madumo. In 2003, she recorded her chart-topping debut song OOH for the Gaz’lam Soundtrack produced by the prolific Kaybee. She has released two albums Love Light & Rebirth, and featured on some of the biggest South African hip hop songs. She also explored house music with her hit single Remember Love and her feature on Lulo Cafe’s hit song I Wanna Love You. 1:20 Growing up on a farm in Mahikeng, North West 2:10 Her introduction to music and Jazz influences 3:16 Writing her first song 3:57 Her first break winning a singing competition on YFM 6:15 Meeting producer Kaybee and recording her first song OOH 7:08 Hearing the song and Khuli Chana for the first time 8:00 Working with Amu, Mr Selwyn, Wikid, PRO kid, Proverb, Hidden Force, Tuks and Morafe 9:10 Finding herself and her voice 10:11 Working on her debut album LoveLight 11:11 Working on her sophomore album Rebirth 12:48 Her hit song Remember Love 14:55 Writing and recording I Wanna Love You 16:28 Song splits, ownership, publishing and artist agreements 17:53 Not getting royalty payments for I Wanna Love You 19:24 Artist exploitation and music industry politics 20:58 Getting blacklisted on radio and print media 22:31 Giving up the fight, anger, depression and financial struggles. 24:55 Founding Heart 2 Art Academy and getting into mentorship 27:36 The End Music: Itamar Gross - Dancing Leaf, Unknown - Unphased, African Jazz Pioneers - Way Back Fifties, Jonas Gwangwa - Temporary Inconvenience, Miles Davis - So What, Nothende Ft Khuli Chana - Ooh, Nothende - Celebrate, Nothende - Dance To This, Nothende - Remember Love, Lulo Cafe Ft Nothende - I Wanna Love You, Ghostrifter - Devyzed Downtown Glow, Ghostrifter - Ethereal, Madirfan - I Wish I Could Sleep, Daddy’s Music - Price of Freedom, Serge Pavkin Music - Touching Moment, Phillip Meyer - Gaz’Lam Theme Song Footage: John Player Music Special, African Jazz Pioneers Live, SABC Ordinary People, SABC News, SABC Expresso, SABC 1 Mzansi Insider, Skyroom Live, Afro Cafe, Live Amp, Gaz’lam Season 1, YFM, Nothende - Celebrate, Nothende - Dance To This, Nothende - Remember Love, Lulo Cafe Ft Nothende - I Wanna Love You, Cliff Central, SABC News. Credits  Producer & Director: Eric Says  DOP: Motheo Mphahlele  Sound: Tshepo Mdluli  Editor: Samuel Jason Oppelt