Arthur Mafokate

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Arthur Mafokate is a South African kwaito musician and producer. He rose to fame with the song "Kaffir," titled after a derogatory term previously used by the apartheid government and white Afrikaners in general to refer to black people. His song was defying an Afrikaner employer (termed "baas" for boss) who was shouting at him for not washing his car, calling him a lazy "kaffir". In return he spoke English to the Afrikaner "baas," telling him not to call him "kaffir" because the "baas" would not like it if he were to be called a "bobbejaan," or baboon.

Mafokate is labelled the King of Kwaito with the accreditation of being the first initiator and introducer of the genre in South Africa. He is the founder of the 999 Music Record Label, a privately owned company which now produces upcoming artists mostly in the kwaito genre. Some of his recent productions are Ishamel, Mshoza and Stitch. As of 2005, he was the sole owner of the label.