News that SbuNoah was leaving Joyous Celebration shook fans. According to the reports, he is said to have parted ways with the group to focus on his solo career.
Joyous Celebration co-founder Jabu Hlongwane has however come out shutting down the claims. He says Sbu remains an important part of Joyous Celebration.
“The claims are not true. He is still with us and we are recording in Cape Town in December.”
He went on to say even if the reports were true, it would not be out of the ordinary.
“How we work is we get young people, we get them on Joyous and we let them go after a certain period of time. It is never about an individual artists because we are not a group, we are like a school. They join us, they do practicals and they leave after a few years. There are people who have left before.”
Sbu is recording a solo album but would be with the group the week following its release.
“We encourage artists to explore their music, even away from Joyous. A lot of our artists have released singles this year. They record while on Joyous. He is releasing his album but the next week we are recording Joyous Celebration 23.”
