Muzi's meteoric rise

FIXER: MUSICAL CLOUT SAW HIM WORK WITH ILLUSIONIST BLAINE

- Hein Kaiser

He's collaborated with some of music's biggest stars, played festivals around the world and Muzi's growing musical clout, artistry and popularity keep nudging his career to superstardom.

Never in his wildest dreams did he think his career would take a quick segue as fixer and guide to David Blaine, illusionist and endurance artist extraordinaire.

One minute Muzi was in the recording studio, the next he was hanging out with Blaine as he prepared to hang out with a pit of black mambas.

"I used to watch David Blaine on DStv and SABC3, back in the day," Muzi said.

Blaine's new David Blaine: Do Not Attempt, is six episodes of daredevil meets documentary that's on National Geographic and Disney+.

Shot in Brazil, Japan, the Arctic and, of course, South Africa, the show takes viewers into extreme rituals, physical endurance feats and near-supernatural moments of human ability.

And in the South African episode, it's Muzi's hand on the wheel.

"The producers were fans of my music," he said.

"So, when they were planning to shoot here, we started talking. I ended up suggesting places they could film, and next thing, I'm part of the team."