The much-loved entertainer launched his official debut single titled ‘I’ll Be There’ on Wednesday evening before an intimate crowd at White lounge in Sunninghill, in collaboration with Bombay Sapphire made up of close friends and family (mother).
Nay Maps’ official foray into music has been highly anticipated by fans as he has been teasing fans with impromptu performance of well-known music remakes and at times playing the piano.
In case you didn’t know, Nay Maps comes from a musical family, his parents, an Apostle, Simeon Maphalala, who is now late, as well as his mother, Xoliswa Maphalala have always loved music and have been musicians their whole lives.
“As a boy growing up my parents would make me sing at events and push me to perform on stage as they saw the gift I possessed with Music and Storytelling,” he says.
While this marks official beginning of his solo music career, Nay Maps has come a long way from his early acting beginnings on Uzal. He has evolved since then, with back-to-back acting roles from the likes of Isibaya, Uzalo, Skeem Saam, Mbewu, 2021 Royalty Soapie award wining TV show The Queen and is currently preparing for season 2 of Umkhokha on Mzansi Magic & Showmax.