Solyd the Plug

BIO

The Plug (born Martin Chikomba on 19 August 1983) is a US-based Zimbabwean businessman, record producer and amapiano artist.

He is the founder of Oak Media Group which is a record label. He is one of the co-founders of Mashroom Media. Solyd The Plug is well known for his single Bella Ciao which is a remix of the popular song off the Netflix series Money Heist.

Despite being born in Zimbabwe Solyd the Plug spent most of his childhood in South Africa. He is based in Canada, after moving from Texas in United States of America.

In 2006, Solyd the Plug who was an events manager at Brass Monkey Night Club in Bulawayo started DJaying. At the time, Brass Monkey was regarded as one of the premier and exclusive night spots in the city, which catered to huge audiences because of it was large.

In 2007, he moved to South Africa where he doubled as a club DJ and music promoter. He also featured on Channel O, MTV, and TRACE events as well as at the Durban July.

Solyd the Plug and his business partner Themba Davids founded music publishing company Oak Media Group in 2010. The company is based in South Africa and the United States. Oak Media Group has distributed over 800 music videos, to music channels such as Trace TV, Channel O and MTV.
In 2016, Solyd The Plug entered into a partnership with Zimbabwean musician ExQ and music producer DJ Tamuka and launched recording studio Mashroom Media. Mashroom Media signed a number of upcoming talented Zimbabwean artists who include Nutty O, Novi Keys, Shamisozw, Yoca and Spits Loui. In 2020, Mashroom Media underwent a transformation and was relaunched with a new recording studio. Following the disbanding of Jah Prayzah's Military Touch Movement , Jah Prayzah endorsed the studio saying that he was looking forward to recording his first song at Mashroom Media.

Musical career
His first single Bella Ciao was released in April 2020. It is a remix of the theme song of television series Money Heist. Solyd's remix is done in South Africa's Amapiano style. The song had over 2 million streams across different platforms.

His second single Press Play was released in June 2020 and featured South African music producer Tboy Daflame, famous for producing Sho Madjozi's hit song John Cena.[12] In July 2020, Solyd released his third single August. He followed this up with another single Surrender in August. On Surrender, Solyd the Plug worked with Tboy Daflame again. His fifth single, Pirates of Mzansi was released in August 2020 and he has been unstoppable ever since.
He continues working on his music and is planning to release his first album in August 2021.