Anathi Bhongo Mnyango (born 8 January 1993), known professionally as Anatii, is a South African rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. Anatii began his professional musical journey at the age of 14 when he received his first major South African placement with L-Tido, for the song “When It Rains”.
His debut studio album Artiifact was released on 9 September 2016. The album features South African acts AKA, Cassper Nyovest, Nasty C and Uhuru, as well as Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage, Somali-Canadian electronic duo Faarrow and American singer Omarion.
In August 2017, Anatii was selected as The Young Independents influencer of the year
October 2017 saw Anatii being selected by GQ South Africa as one of the best dressed men in South Africa
In November 2017, Anatii, was selected to be a high level influencer for the LuQuLuQu project set up by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. The official launch in South Africa for the project took place on 29 November 2017 at the Four Seasons Westcliff hotel in Johannesburg.
2018 saw Anatii, listed in the Forbes Africa’s 30 under 30 creatives list
No. 4. Proper feat. Tiwa Savage: Off His Debut Studio Album and Released in 2016, the song features NIgeria’s A List female Artist “Tiwa Savage” and was produced by Anatii himself. It’s Video has 1.6k Views on youtube.
Anatii was part of the creative team that worked on writing “Brown Skin Girl” from Beyonce’s album Lion King: The Gift. According to TimesLIVE, Anatii was elated to be part of the team that exhibited “pure energy” and were open to cultural shift. Beyonce’s songs and videography have since caused a huge wave of success with the album which celebrates Blackness in all its forms. The Black Is King album also saw a few other South Africans featured; house music artist Busiswa and Moonchild Sanelly featured on the heavy bass track “My Power” while Nandi Madida played the famous character of Nala from the movie The Lion King.
No. 3. Thixo Onofefe: Produced by Big Les For Real and Anatii himself, The song was released on his birthday in 2018 and is off the Ïyeza” Album. Its Official Video has over 593k views on youtube and the Audio has 224k plays on youtube.
No. 2. Ntloni: With 363k views on youtube the song Ntloni fuses a lot of records together and we won’t be surprised if it becomes a single in the nearest future.
Albums:
Artiifact
Released: 9 September 2016
Label: YAL Entertainment
Formats: CD, Digital download
Be Careful What You Wish For (with AKA)
Released: 28 July 2017
Label: YAL Entertainment / Beam Group
Formats: CD, Digital download
Iyeza
Released: 5 October 2018
Label: YAL Entertainment
Formats: CD, Digital download
No. 1. The Saga” (featuring AKA): Off the “Be Careful What You Wish For”Album with AKA released in 2017. It has 1.3 Million Views on Youtube and was produced by Big Les For Real. The Album is a debut collaborative studio album by South African recording artists AKA and Anatii. It was released on July 28, 2017 by Beam Group and YAL Entertainment, under exclusive licence to Universal Music South Africa.
