It has been reported that Master KG and Nkosazana Daughter reworked the song “Celebrate,” originally owned by the Dalom Kids. According to Sunday World, two of the three members of the Dalom Kids who were involved in recording the song are currently experiencing financial difficulty. The original Dalom Kids, formed in the 1980s by Magdeline Zungu, Jacqueline Rotwana, and Petronella Rampou (who passed away in 2001), claimed to have written the song. They were shocked to hear their song being remixed without their permission.

Zungu, 55, revealed in a recent interview that the group was started in 1987 by the late renowned musician and producer Dan Tshanda. The Dalom Kids were managed by Dan’s widow, Sylvia, who died in 2009. Zungu claimed that Sylvia had taken control of the group’s finances and was the reason behind the creation of the new Dalom Kids, who went to events and sang songs from the previous band.

The original Dalom Kids did not give anyone permission to remix their song or consent to Master KG to remake the song with sultry Nkosazana Daughter featured on vocals. Zungu expressed her disappointment, saying, “This hurts me so much because we were never consulted, and I hear my song on the radio and television all the time. It hurts because my kids always want to celebrate when they hear that song, but I cannot let them because, really, what is there to celebrate? It hurts me.”

Rotwana and Zungu have initiated legal proceedings by conferring with their respective lawyers to address the issue. They just want to be credited and paid for their work.

Master KG had no idea there were other members of the Dalom Kids when he called Sylvia to rework the song. He said in an interview with Sunday World on Thursday, “I got in touch with Sylvia, the late Dan Tshanda’s wife, since I heard that she was in charge of the late musician’s work. We made arrangements to do the studio session. We reworked the song after she arrived at the studio with three women who went by the name of Dalom Kids. According to me, everything was done through Sylvia. I had no idea that there were other people involved because we had Dalom Kids in the studio.”

Master KG and the new Dalom Kids have been touring the nation, and in two weeks, they are scheduled to play at his birthday concert.