and irrelevant by most city dwellers, given that the roots of the music are deeply entrenched in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal, and feature heavy elements of Zulu culture. Due to this, the music typically fails to connect with a wider audience and this is largely due to a lack of overall understanding of the genre, which subsequently leads to a lack of interest from listeners. Although the genre has been in existence for many years, after the 90's there seemed to be no real interest shown in the music by youths and young musicians. Due to the large influences by western and pop culture, these days most musicians choose to learn and perform western genres of music such as Hip-Hop, RnB and Turn up and the likes and this leads to the problem of having very few young Maskandi musicians to carry the genre forward, putting the future of the genre at risk. However Maskandi bands still exist with bands such as The Bunny Chows Carrots who are youth activists for the genre, and have dedicated their music to the preservation and appreciation of Maskandi music, as well as traditional forms of music as a whole. The band advocates for youth and future generations to learn from and co-innovate with their more experienced counterparts, in order to ensure the secrets and intricate nuances of Maskandi are properly and correctly preserved for future generations. Maskandi is well received and liked by the international community because of its originality, uniqueness and its difficulty to replicate. Between the 60s and early 90s Maskandi acts such as Johnston Zibokwakhe Mnyandu "Phuzekhemisi", Bhodloza Nzimande, Amatshitshi Amhlophe, Izingane Zoma, Bhekumuzi Luthuli (late) and Mfaz'Omnyama (late) contributed largely to exposing Maskandi to the international market. Started of as Kwaito back in the 90's. Most South African rappers were influenced by Tupac. Skwatta Kamp, H20, Pro were the first to be known nationally as Tsotsi Taal rappers, in 2006 F-eezy and Molly dropped their debut albums which made the youth listen to local hip hop a lot. We also had PRO's Red Button blow up. Kwesta also came by with Sharp Fede. Deep soweto also came with Siya Shezi, King flo, Emdee, Chaka dolla etc. The full clip on yfm gave a platform to many known kasi rappers such as Axe-Ray, Blaq P, Froz, MaseVen, Noks Matchbox, Sfilikwane etc. Rawkat Gqomu Gqom is a style of music that emerged