Blaq Diamond reveals DJ Maphorisa believed in them before they got signed to a label

Blaq Diamond expresses gratitude to DJ Maphorisa for believing in them.

The musical duo announced a collaboration with the OG and shared moments when they were working on the song in the studio.

Taking to Instagram, the former Ambitiouz signees revealed that Phori was one of the few people who believed in them before they got signed to a label.

“@djmaphorisa was one of the first few people to believe in us before we were even signed.. after all this time we’re finally dropping something with our OG,” they wrote.

Blaq Diamond wins third case against Ambitiouz Entertainment

Controversial record label Ambitiouz Entertainment suffered yet another legal blow after losing a court appeal against music duo Blaq Diamond on Friday. The label was also ordered to pay costs of the court application by the Johannesburg High Court. Even though the loss marks a third court defeat conceded by the record label in a fight to release the talented duo from its stable, it remains to be seen if Blaq Diamond will be able to publish their music on their YouTube channel going forward.

In July, Blaq Diamond successfully interdicted Ambitiouz Entertainment and YouTube from removing their music on the video sharing site and other digital platforms. After seeing victory in court, the group could not release new music after their previous record label appealed the ruling. The appeal was heard in court on Friday, with the duo being represented by legal eagle advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi.
The appeal judgment read: “The application for leave to appeal is dismissed. The applicant is to pay the costs of the application for leave to appeal.”

The duo’s lawyer Jade Naidoo said: “Congratulations to my client Blaq Diamond for winning against Ambitiouz Entertainment for the third time! Ambitiouz’s leave to appeal is dismissed with costs! Round three in the bag.”

Ambitiouz Entertainment was exposed by a number of its former musicians, including Malome Vector, Fifi Cooper, Intaba Yase Dubai, and Blaq Diamond, for being exploitive and frustrating them after leaving the label by removing their music from streaming sites and claiming copyright of their songs.

Blaq Diamond, which is made up of Siphelele Dunywa and Ndumiso Mdletshe, filed an urgent court application at the court in October last year after the record label removed their hit song Qoma, featuring Big Zulu, from YouTube, claiming copyright of the song.

In court papers filed in response, Ambitiouz Entertainment boss Kgosi Mahumapelo said the musicians created a problem when they breached the agreement they signed with his stable. He said the sensations, which were relatively obscure, signed a record deal with his stable in 2017.

He said the label had dedicated time, energy, resources and substantial amount of capital to initiate the group’s launch with the expectation of receiving a return on investment when they released three albums.
“The applicants, Blaq Diamond, did not fulfil their obligations to release these albums. Instead they terminated their agreements with the second respondents in an unlawful manner. Furthermore, without waiting for the court ruling confirming the valid termination of the agreement, they proceeded to enter into a new agreement with a different record label,” the court papers read.

Blaq Diamond’s Sphelele speaks on starting their own record label

Siphelele Dunywa has revealed he and his bandmate Ndumiso Mdletshe are set to launch a record label. After Blaq Diamond recently won their case to interdict Ambitiouz Entertainment from removing their music from YouTube and all digital streaming platforms (DSPs), they are now gearing up to unveil their entity called, uMuthi Othithi.

During the duo’s sit-down on Podcast and Chill, the Summer Yomuthi hitmakers said they parted ways with the record label in December 2021 to grow a bigger market.

“It feels great to be independent. I’m in love with the challenges because I’m learning a lot, how to run my schedule daily, and how to separate music from business. I’m thankful that we met Ambitiouz [Entertainment], now we are lucky to be independent and move forward,” Siphelele told TshisaLIVE.

Siphelele said they had a wide range of fresh artists they were signing under their record label and wanted to make sure they empowered them so they were ready to grow as artists.

“We have different artists from high school, different cities … I just can’t wait for people to hear the new talent. We need to teach one another, that this is generational, you take one person and build them — and once they are successful, they will build another artist.

“More than anything, I want to see the people that we are signing right now start their record labels one day and sign themselves because as an artist you need freedom, to do whatever you want.”

In May singer Sbahle took to her timeline airing grievances about Blaq Diamond, saying they promised to assist with her music career but failed to keep their end of the bargain.

Speaking on their relationship now, Siphelele said they were now on good terms.

“She is an active woman, a hard worker, and we are still on good terms. She is now doing her own thing. It’s always love when we meet her.”

Siphelele said fans had a lot to expect from the Afro-pop duo as they were planning to release new music on September 22.

“Right now we are working on an album, we have so many artists we want to introduce. Whatever music we do, we heal the people.”

Blaq Diamond star Ndu Browns’ ex-girlfriend spills the beans

Mzansi influencer and businesswoman Angel Ndlela has spoken candidly about her relationship with Blaq Diamond singer, Ndumiso “Ndu Browns” Mdletshe.

The socialite had a sit-down conversation with Lungelo KM on his YouTube podcast show called Engineer Your life and she used it as an opportunity to respond to the “trolls” who claim she used the Summer Yomuthi hitmaker to gain followers and become famous.

“When he dated me, he was a nobody. And if we’re being honest, he dated me because I was me,” she said about Ndu Browns.

She, however, clarified that he did not date her in order to advance or boost his music career as it was already taking off when they were an item.

“I don’t want to speak badly about him because he is such an amazing person and I don’t want this to come back again and become something negative.

When asked if she and Ndu Browns are in a good space or at least cordial with each other, Angel replied: “I don’t know that man… who’s that?… an ex is an ex. If you can treat me like I’m nothing when we’re together, how much more now?”

Angel — who has over 210 000 Instagram followers — is also a musician. She has a hit song titlef Uzongkhumbula featuring TNS and Mpumi.

She recalled a time when he reached out to her to celebrate her performance and when she went to his house, she said she remembered why she doesn’t speak to him anymore. She claimed he told her “you will never be anything without me.”

The proud “original baddie” also claimed that she is one of the first South Africans become popular on Instagram.

She, however, expressed that she has been struggling to date because as an established businesswoman she can’t seem to find a man who will meet her standards.

Angela said that, although she is lonely and is going out on dates, she realised that she is the problem because she doesn’t know what she wants.

The 29-year-old also said that men become more and more dishonest the older one gets.

Blaq Diamond in legal war against former record label, Ambitiouz

Blaq Diamond in legal war against former record label, Ambitiouz Entertainment

Blaq Diamond lost to their former record label, Ambitiouz Entertainment after the high court in Johannesburg dismissed an application for an urgent court interdict to stop the label from taking down their music videos on YouTube.

The record label claimed ownership of the copyright of the music videos, saying the artists had no right to submit them to YouTube without its permission or consent. The SA duo claim that the deletion of the videos from the streaming platform will affect their monthly income, which is a minimum of R30 000.

“The unlawful takedown infringes upon the applicants’ rights,” read the papers.

“After having read the papers filed on record and after having listened to counsel, an order in the following terms is made. The matter is struck off the court roll for lack of urgency. Each party to pay their own costs,” reads the judgment.

Blaq Diamond’s legal representative Michael Matlapeng confirmed that the court has struck their application off the roll. “We will enrol the matter on the normal court roll for a judicial termination of the three contracts,” said Matlapeng.

It was also revealed by their legal representatives that the duo haven’t received royalties since 2017.

Blaq Diamond appreciates Davido for listening to their music

South African musical duo, Blaq Diamond expressed gratitude to Davido for listening to their hit single, Summer YoMuthi.

The duo shared a video of the Nigerian singer cruising in his car with a friend; then the song was played in the car.

“Shout out to our bro @davido for bumping our music,” they wrote.

The hit song was released two years ago, and it was a huge success, though the duo were signed under the Ambitiouz Entertainment record label then.

On YouTube, it did over 18 million views, topped different music charts, even in other countries.

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Hard times hit Blaq Diamond as they allegedly fail to pay their bill at a nightclub

Pop duo, Blaq Diamond has been accused of allegedly failing to settling their bill at The Pavilion Lounge last night.

The news was made known by blogger Musa Khawula stating that the duo felt a little short when it was time to pay off their bill.

However, they had a good time at the lounge but things did not go well for them at the end.

Blaq Diamond were accused of failing to settle their bill of all the booze they were drinking at this club last night.

A copy of a receipt from of the bill from last night at The Pavilion Lounge clearly shows that when it was time for the pair to settle their bill, they felt under.

An amount of R8500 00 was due to be paid by Blaq Diamond, however, the pair failed to pay the full account as the credit card details shows on the receipt that the funds were insufficient.

“Black Diamond visits The Pavillion Lounge and fail to settled their bill a lil over R8500” wrote Musa Khawula.

Black Diamond visits The Pavillion Lounge and fail to settled their bill a lil over R8500. pic.twitter.com/Ezfw5HlGIv

— Musa Khawula (@MusaKhawula) September 12, 2022

Blaq Diamond leave Ambitiouz Entertainment record label

South African Pop duo, Blaq Diamond has announced their departure from the Ambitiouz Entertainment record label.

Ambitiouz Entertainment for years has been a label that has nurtured and brought out great talents and also managed top-tier artists like Amanda Black, Emtee, Sjava, A-Reece, Priddy Ugly, and more.

Unfortunately, their past relationship with other artists and the scandals surrounding their split has left the label with some bad tags which are either financial concerns or some form of issues.

In a recent episode of “Podcast And Chill” with Mac G, the “Summer Yo Muthi” hitmakers revealed they’ve parted ways with Ambitiouz Entertainment and are now fully independent.

According to the duo, their split with Ambitiouz Entertainment was clean without any issues, they further revealed they’ve been away from the label since December 2021 and the move to part ways with the label was inspired by their decision to grow.

According to them, they wanted to break into the African market

“It was between sticking with the label or choosing growth. We wanted growth more than anything because we wanted to tap into the African market. There was a clear disconnect between our vision and theirs. It no longer aligned. It was nice working with them. We just want to go shoot to the other side,” Sphelele said.

The Sama-winning music duo said they signed to the label within 48-hours after award-winning singer Sjava played the song for Ambitiouz Entertainment around the same time A-Reece and other artists were leaving the label.

Blaq Diamond said they are on good terms with the label and would be open to working with them.

“We always made sure we had lawyers around. Even with us leaving Ambitiouz, we had to get lawyers to clear everything up,” they said.

Inside Blaq Diamond’s love life

Mzansi Afro-pop music duo, Blaq Diamond is composed of Ndumiso Mdleteshe (Ndu) and Sphelele Dunywa (Danya). The most common Blaq Diamond albums are Inqola and Umuthi. The music duo seems much more disciplined when it comes to matters ladies.

Unlike other superstars, they tend to keep their hands off ladies; at least in public. Questions even arose if the two were in a relationship. So what exactly is their deal?

They met in 2010 on a school trip where they took part in a back-to-back rap cypher on the school bus. They began spending more time together and participating in school functions which grew their fame locally. They then decided to move to Johannesburg to grow their brand.

Not knowing anyone there at first, they did odd jobs but later made it in the industry. The band first went viral for their single “Ibhanoyi” and won “SAMA Record of the year 2019”.Their second studio album Umuthi (2020) produced two platinum-selling songs: “Ibhanoyi” and “Love Letter”.

Ndumiso Mdletshe’s girlfriend

Ndu Browns is aware people are watching so he has been notoriously private about his personal life. However, a word from an inside source suggests he that the dashing young star is currently single. In September 2021, nonetheless, there were rumours that he was dating the social media sensation and influencer Cyan Boujee.

Her birth name is Honour Zuma. The two never officially ended their relationship. Fans doubt that the two are still together because after Cyan posted a video of them together on Instagram on Ndu’s birthday he ignored her completely.

At one time, Mdletshe tried to find love in Jozi after he went live on Instagram and asked that all the local ladies DM him their contact details. No one knows how that went but given he is still single, not so well.

Danya Devs’ girlfriend
No one has come out yet to claim the title of Danya Devs’ girlfriend or wife. Seems like Danya is on the market to ladies! Earlier on, he was rumoured to be dating Kamo Mhela who is a dancer and musician since last year.

However, the two have not made their speculated relationship official. Like Ndu, Danya prefers to keep his private life personal. It is not clear either whether Sphelele Dunywa has a child as he has not openly admitted to being the father.

After thorough research, it looks like the names of Blaq diamond’s current girlfriends are not officially provided. Upon reaching them for comment, they withheld information and refused to confirm the speculations.

Ndumiso Mdleteshe and Sphelele Dunywa are really private celebrities and have since not confirmed whether they are in a relationship or not. From the look of things, however, Sphelele Dunywa seems to be romantically involved with Kamo Mhela and Ndumiso Mdletshe was or is possibly still dating Cyan Boujee.

Blaq Diamond music is available on YouTube, Spotify, Google Play Music, and Deezer.

Blaq Diamond and Jay Z collabo on the way

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Ambitiouz Entertainment record label announced that their artists, Blaq Diamond has a collaboration with American rap star, Jay Z.

Taking to Twitter, the label said, “Blaq Diamond ft Jay-Z……. Loading,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,”

The tweet has garnered lots of attention as lots of followers believed the label is just chasing clout with the legend.

Few persons believed the news, while others mocked the label, saying they probably meant Jacob Zuma and not Jay Z.

This isn’t the first time a big international artist is collaborating with SA musicians, but this recent news feels like a dream to most of their fans.

However, the music artists are yet to react to the news announced by the South African record label.

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— The Notorious Cellular® (@Cellular_Jnr) June 18, 2021

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— Ambitiouz Ent (@Ambitiouz_Ent) June 18, 2021

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— Ambitiouz Ent (@Ambitiouz_Ent) June 18, 2021