Hailing from Lenasia, born Genesis Gabriella Tina Manney, Gigi Lamayne is certainly the lady of the hour. Making headlines of late with her upcoming album, her ambition to star in Marvel’s Black Panther movie, attending a “national” date with Mr Smeg (influencer Michael Bucwa) to being selected to be part of Rihanna’s beauty range Family with the Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skincare roll out to Africa, it is evident that Gigi is destined for greater things, and nothing can stand in her way!
The award-winning rapper/influencer is set to release her 7th studio album ‘Set in Stone’ on the 20th of May via Hart Roc Entertainment and gave her excited fans teasers of what to expect by dropping another two singles from the album. Gigi feels that her 7th album is the one she feels most proud of as the number 7 represents completeness or fullness, and that is how Gigi feels about this project.
The album consists of 10 tracks with three singles released thus far. The first single released on the 18th March titled ‘Mashonisa’ features Busiswa and Makhadzi followed by two more drops on the 12th May, that being ‘Empini’ which features Big Zulu & Anzo as well as ‘Wer U R’, featuring Vugar M Beats.
The rappers upcoming ‘Set in Stone’ album features well-known names such as Big Zulu, MusiholiQ, and Phantom Steeze to mention a few and we anticipate nothing but rave reviews from her latest work.
Gigi revealed late last year that the SA Hip-hop scene had been draining her and hindering her spiritual journey, leaving her feeling out of control in her environment. She also expressed that though she will continue to rap, she will not be on hip-hop songs as much due to the control and toxicity prevalent in the genre, so this album is surely a blessing of note to her adoring fans!
Gigi Lamayne’s ‘Set in Stone’ album is available to pre-save on apple music, Deezer and Spotify HERE
Tracklist : Set in Stone
- Oh My Gin – Gigi Lamayne
- George Goch – Gigi Lamayne, MusiholiQ, Majorsteez
- iLotto – Gigi Lamyne,Kid X, Aux Cable, Phantom Steeze
- Good Good – Gigi Lamayne, Don Cayla
- Fabiani – Gigi Lamayne, Alfa Kat, Naethebae
- Empini – Gig Lamayne, Big Zulu, Anzo
- Wer U R – Gigi Lamayne, Vugar M Beats
- Radio – Gigi Lamayne
- B Day – Gigi Lamayne
- Mashonisa – Gigi Lamayne, Busiswa, Makhadzi
About Gigi
The 27-year-old star has been making waves in the music industry for over a decade and in this time, she has received numerous accolades to her name.
She won Best Rap category at the DCS showdown East District in 2011 while still in High School. She won ‘Best Newcomer’ in 2013 as well as ‘Best Mixtape’ of the year at SA Hip-Hop awards.
In 2014 she won ‘Best Female’ at SA Hip Hop Awards. In the same year she won the Jack Daniels Music Scouts competition out of 50 000 contestants. In 2016 Gigi won the Rising Star award for the category –‘Women: Real Architects of society awards’, and scooped ‘Mixtape of the year’ again at SA Hip Hop Awards. In 2019 she won ‘Best female’ at SA HipHop awards and participated as advocate for the ‘First for Women” Stand up campaign.
Gigi was also the first female to arrange and execute a show in front of 5000 people at Elkah stadium in Soweto for her ‘Gigi Gang Show’. She also proudly represented SA at the international Music Conference in Amsterdam as honorary guest and performer.
In 2020 Gigi joined ‘Africa one Campaign’ raising awareness about Covid-19 to keep people safe. She was voted Top 10 most influential women of 2020 by Brandwatch during the pandemic. In 2021 Gigi was an official ambassador for Silapha artists programme to assist with artists suffering from mental illness drug abuse and financial struggles.
Enter 2022, Gigi is awarded the opportunity to represent international superstar, Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty and Skincare range which is headed to our shores on 27th May 2022. We are excited to see what the Rap Queen’s next move will be as she fiercely claims her Queendom!
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