Usimamane and Jacquees released My Baby on Friday, November 6, 2026, through gamma. Africa. The usimamane my baby single is the lead release ahead of his album Tai Lung, scheduled for November 20, 2026.
The record runs 3:46 and was produced by Wns Beats. An official music video premiered alongside the single on Usimamane’s own YouTube channel, where it passed 100,000 views within its first day.
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How My Baby Came Together In Durban
My Baby did not start in a label boardroom or over a file sent across the ocean. It started in person, in Durban, during Jacquees’ visit to South Africa in February 2026. The two artists connected while Jacquees was in the country, and the session that followed became the foundation of the single that arrived in November. That in-person origin matters, because the record sounds like two artists in the same room rather than a remote feature assembled after the fact, and the video makes the chemistry plain, with both artists sharing the frame from the opening scenes.
Durban is a fitting birthplace for the collaboration. The coastal city has long been one of South Africa’s most important music centers, and Usimamane is part of a South African rap generation that has pushed its sound well beyond its home borders. The nine months between the February visit and the November release suggest a record shaped with care rather than rushed out to chase a moment.
Wns Beats Sets The Sound
Wns Beats builds the track around a smooth, unhurried groove that leaves space for Usimamane’s rap verses and Jacquees’ melodic hooks to sit side by side without crowding each other. The 3:46 runtime is generous by current single standards, and it lets the song develop instead of cutting off just as it finds its rhythm. The single is listed on Apple Music as Hip-Hop/Rap under the 2026 gamma. Africa copyright, and the cover art shows both artists together in black and white beneath bright pink My Baby lettering.
A Lead Single With A Job To Do
Every lead single carries a job, and this one has to introduce Tai Lung, due November 20, exactly two weeks after the single. Leading an album with a collaboration of this scale is a statement of intent. Jacquees arrives with a Billboard-tested resume: his albums 4275 and King of R&B both charted on the Billboard 200, his single B.E.D. charted on the Hot 100, and he has stayed busy through 2026, releasing the Lick Back (Remix) with Lil Baby on October 23 after his album MOOD 2 arrived July 31.
For Usimamane, opening the campaign with an American R&B star signals that Tai Lung is aimed at an international audience, while the Durban origin keeps the record rooted at home. My Baby is warm, replayable and confident, and it sets the tone for November 20.
