Zameka

DrumQueen90s (born Zameka Nkumanda) is a self-thought singer-songwriter wrote her very first song at the tender age of 11 and had her first professional music studio recording experience at the age of 13. to her fans was born and raised in Soshanguve.

Growing up in a “shebeen” accelerated her music knowlage and was bound to fall in love with the art form by virtue of growing up at a place where music was the order of the day and being exposed to the jukebox era at her parents business.

In her teens, joined forces with a close friend and neighbor (Thandi) to start their very own band named (Souls Deformed), the group released a single titled “Sunday Afternoon”, which quickly became a favorite in their immediate circles and neighborhood at large, helped them create a niche in Soshanguve and neighboring areas.

Unfortunately, due to personal growth, the group split, taking different career paths, leaving Zameka devastated but not defeated as she continued in pursuit of a music career, following her calling to entertain through song.

Zameka managed to carve her way into the South African mainstream industry when she scored her first feature on a professional body of work on Prince Kaybee’s sought after debut album where she featured on a song titled “Storyteller” a song that signaled the beginning of greater things for then rising star; as this brought her much attention from music producers across the country.

Her most significant collaboration was with hit making production duo, Trademark who produced her most well received solo debut single titled (Kiki Riki) in 2017. Sunday Sun called her a “Rising Star” when they interviewed her the same year and the song caught traction on social media whilst enjoying airplay on urban, commercial and community radio stations.

One of Zameka’s notable highlights of 2017 was when DJ FRESH compiled her song Kiki Riki on his FRESH HOUSE FLAVA VOLUME 9. The recognition further proved that she’s on the right musical path.

Shot by the credible Pilot Films; her first ever music video for the title (Kiki (Kiki Riki) continues to accumulate publicity for the songbird, as the visuals remain a favorite across music channels to date.

In 2017, Zameka showed diversity to her brand by releasing a mellow, meaningful jam titled Guqa Ft Afrikan Roots who also produced the song. Guqa enjoyed play listing on radio and brought Zameka closer to the people, through print and radio interviews where she was granted an opportunity to promote the single on Power FM, Massive Metro, True FM, Lephalaphala FM and Legwalagwala FM to name but a few of the radio stations she visited.

In 2018 she collaborated with Gqom supreme Dj/Producers, Rude Boyz on a unexpected summer smash hit, titled “Let It Flow”, the song charted at number 30 on the Metro FM Top 40 chart on its first week of release. It stayed on the chart for a full month and continues to...