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Jazmee Records

Trompies-linked kwaito label that merged with Kalawa Records in 1994/95 to form Kalawa Jazmee Records.

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Associated with members of the Soweto kwaito group Trompies, per the Sowetan; Discogs' Kalawa Jazmee label history also credits the merger to 'Trompie's label Jazmee'.

Jazmee Records was a Johannesburg-area kwaito label linked to the Soweto group Trompies. In 1994 or 1995 (sources differ), it merged with Kalawa Records, the label founded by Christos Katsaitis, Don Laka and Oskido, to form Kalawa Jazmee Records, which went on to become one of South Africa’s best-known kwaito labels.

Jazmee Records ceased to exist as a standalone entity on the merger. Its founders and exact founding date, independent of the merged company, are not established.

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