Platoon teams up with GQ South Africa for the third consecutive music edition

Johannesburg, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 – Artist services company Platoon continues their exciting collaboration with GQ South Africa to celebrate Africa Month and Youth Month in South Africa. Previous cover stars from the Platoon family have been Sun-El Musician, Adekunle Gold, Ayra Starr, Bongeziwe Mabandla, Da Capo, Simphiwe Dana and Mandisi Dyantyis.

For this 2024 edition, multi-award winning pioneer Samthing Soweto and Nigerian music and style icon Aṣa were both selected as the cover stars. Readers can experience a unique and authentic side to both of these culture-blazing artists who embody style and grace.

Within the pages of this packed music edition, Platoon and GQ highlight DJ Lag, Tolibian, Zee Nxumalo, Derek Gripper and Ballaké Sissoko, Khaid, Azana and Teni, as well as twelve Africa albums which they believe played a role in shaping the African culture. They also share their exciting collaborations and development programmes for inclusivity and education, she Runs the Boards.
Within this edition, readers can also find a uniquely created playlist on Apple Music to share some recent music from the artists featured in the magazine.

“The Music Issue is one of my favourite issues of the year, and this year, as we turn 25, I am excited to bring the issue to the GQ family again in collaboration with Platoon. We have been on this journey together for three years, bringing the best of South African and African music together, and each year it gets more elevated,” explains GQ South Africa Editor-in-Chief Molife Kumona.
To celebrate the edition’s release on Africa Day, Platoon collaborated with GQ for an event in Johannesburg, which featured stellar performances from Mandisi Dynatyis, as well as Afro-Pop vocal star Aymos, Amapaino star on the rise Zee Nxumalo, and DJ and producer Ntokzin.