Hillzy's Nharo Continues to Dominate both Radio and Streaming Charts
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Song Title: NHARO
Artist: Hillzy
Producer: Smok3y
Label: Point Black
ISRC: ZA-56E-22-01371
January 30, 2023
3 months after its release Hillzy’s Nharo is set to become his biggest release as the song continues to dominate both the radio and streaming charts in Zimbabwe. Currently, both Nharo and Hillzy’s In The Building have climbed back to the top of the Audiomack charts in Zimbabwe. This renewed interest is in part to a big media week in which a clip of Hillzy performing Nharo at Zimbabwe’s biggest festival to an ecstatic crowd went viral on social media. The clip was reposted by Mr Eazi on his Instagram page as well as countless media pages including Chop Daily - a UK-based Afrobeats page with 1.4 million followers.
Hillzy’s Nharo is at the No.1 Hip Hop Song in Zimbabwe on Audiomack as of January 29, 2023
Hillzy’s IN The Building is at the No.1 Hip Hop album in Zimbabwe on Audiomack as of January 29, 2023
The media attention Hillzy garnered was capped with a massive feature on him by the BBC. Hillzy was featured on BBC’s This Is Africa Radio show on January 27 as well as an interview with the Afroboss himself DJ Edu that appeared on the BBC Africa website’s homepage.
Hillzy on the BBC Africa homepage
Radio Dominance
Nharo has also proven to be a fan favourite on the radio as it has topped all the chats on all the major radio stations. The biggest radio station in the country ZiFM Stereo recently released its list of the 50 biggest songs of 2023. Despite Nharo only having months of radio spins before the numbers were tallied the song finished as the 8th biggest song for the year. Nharo has also peaked at number 2 on the StarFm hitlist chart. Currently, the song is sitting at number 4 on the PowerFM radio chart
Awards
In the 3 months since its release Nharo has already bagged 2 Awards from the Zim Hip Hop Awards where Hillzy won for Best Video and Video of The Year
Social Media
Nharo is also a favourite on social media with the song’s sound being used thousands of times and generating millions of views on TikTok and Instagram Reels. The song’s message and uptempo drill sound have made it a favourite for use in Workout videos.
Tik Tok Videos using NHARO
Press Coverage
Hillzy On Social Media
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About Hillzy
Hillzy (born Hilary Chipunza) is one of Zimbabwe’s most promising and exciting upcoming Contemporary Urban Music acts who has already built a dedicated following across the globe using his unique voice, poignant lyrics and captivating vulnerability.
Hillzy’s music straddles the fine line between Hip Hop’s brazen braggadocio and R&B’s melancholy melodies. He first broke onto the scene with his T.U.T.OR. Mixtape that featured a blend of uptempo Hip Hop tracks with Hillzy’s long-time collaborator H3nry. Aptly titled, the project was released while both artists were still studying at the University of Cape Town. It was at UCT where Hillzy developed his skills as a producer, engineer and multi-genre artist.
During this time, Hillzy managed to build his following and secured collaborations with Cassper Nyovest and Jeremy Loops. He also had appearances on SABC 3’s Morning Expresso and SABC 2’s Hectic 9. Collaborations with Huawei, Castle Lite and Uber soon followed.
In 2017 Hillzy had a breakout year when he released Muroora - an impassioned and stripped-down love ballad that dominated radio and streaming platforms. To date, the song is known as one of Zimbabwe’s quintessential wedding songs. In the same year, he won the Best Diaspora Award at the Zimbabwean Hip Hop Awards, secured an Adidas brand deal, and was named one of Hype Magazine’s Freshmen of The Year.
Hillzy then returned to Zimbabwe where he undertook the most daring campus tour since the early 2000s. The Legacy Tour featured Hillzy and Garry Mapanzure as the only billed headliners who performed at sold-out shows across every major university and college in Zimbabwe in the summer of 2019. The tour is still regarded as one of the most successful tours in the country.
More success followed as Hillzy caught the eye of Afrobeats superstar and mogul - Mr Eazi. Hillzy then collaborated with Mr Eazi on You Are Enough which was released via Mr Eazi’s Empawa label.
After that Hillzy’s work and accolades got the attention of American superstar producer and engineer - Dakari (G-Eazy, Halsey, Charlie Puth, E-40). Dakari signed Hillzy to his Cider Music imprint and the two then began work on Hillzy’s critically and commercially acclaimed Chisikana EP. The project featured chart-topping collaborations with Sha Sha, Gemma Griffiths and Garry Mapanzure.
As a talented vocalist Hillzy is also widely known for his song covers which have generated a great deal of interest in their own right. His cover for Big Sean’s Jumping Out The Window was featured in the 2017 MTV Music Video Awards telecast, and his covers have received stamps of approval from artists like Kehlani and P. Diddy himself.
After the success of Chisikana, Hillzy branched out to found his own imprint, Masinh Productions - a portmanteau of Massive In House Productions and a play on words of the word’s Shona slang homonym (ma-scene)
In 2022 Hillzy and Masinh Productions partnered with Point Black Entertainment to further his career and release his upcoming EP - In The Building.