South African musician, politician, and television personality Penny Penny is Tsonga disco's biggest star. With his 1994 debut, Shaka Bundu, he established an updated version of traditional Tsonga music, fusing slow house beats and electronic steel drums with call-and-response vocals sung in Xishangana. His boisterous personality and unique fashion sense made him stand out, and the album became a double-platinum smash, as Penny Penny performed in stadiums throughout Africa. He enjoyed success for the remainder of the decade and continued releasing records throughout the 2000s, but after the public's taste changed, he abandoned music and took up politics. His debut album was reissued to worldwide acclaim in 2013, and as a result of his renewed and expanded popularity, he began performing and recording again, switching up to an intense sound he called "heavy gum" with 2018's Ganda Ganda, and producing material influenced by gqom and amapiano on 2019's Silima Watolovela.