In Popular Culture
In 1998, Benni McCarthy collaborated with South African kwaito music group TKZee in "Shibobo". The song released in the run-up to the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France samples greatly on "The Final Countdown" by Europe and features Benni McCarthy rapping part of the lyrics. He also appears in the football-themed music video for the song. Sales of the single topped the 100,000 mark in just over a month in South Africa, making "Shibobo" the fastest and biggest selling CD single by TKZee or other South African recording artists. The song was also a hit in other African music charts. The song is enjoying a comeback in a re-release in 2010–2011.
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