Gaba Cannal

Gaba Cannal: The Godfather of Amapiano “Heala, heala, nhliziyo yam...” If these lyrics make you sing out loud or want to get up Born and bred in the east of Joburg, Khaka Yena became Gaba Cannal when he helped birth one of the biggest music genres in the world. Peeping the game early into his career, Gaba set up his record label, Gaba Cannal Music. A move uncommon to the Piano fraternity at the time. This made him the first official stable in the Amapiano industry, signing producers like De Mthuda, Kwiish SA, Da Muziqal Chef and El’kaydee to name a few; not forgetting frequent collaborator and fellow pioneer, Master Jay. But it wasn’t his status as a label boss that gained him his notoriety in the music scene, it