South Africa has become one of the biggest contributing countries to most social media trends that we are seeing on social media platforms. We had so many people over the past few months go viral because of something that they have done or, because of a video that they have posted on the app Tik Tok, which has become one of the biggest platforms for content creators around the world.
Speaking of trending and going viral, there is a young man who has taken South African social media and Tik Tok by storm, the young man is now being called Matenas despite his name being said to be Martinus, the name was given to him after a video of him dancing after class went viral.
In the video, Matenas was seen sitting in class and being filmed by a friend of his, asking him to dance, but matenas can be heard saying he’ll dance after class and after class, he is seen doing just that.
A lot of people saw the video of Matenas dancing, and just a few days later he has become one of the most talked about people in the whole country. Currently on Twitter Matenas is ranked number 1 in the most trending in South Africa, and it seems that a lot of people have to love the young man.
Twitter celebrities such as Chris Excel and the record label Ambitiouz Entertainment have tweeted about him and it seems this might even be the beginning for Matenas, as big names in the music industry such as Focalistic are also talking about him and shouting him out.
I’m sure at this point we are all asking ourselves the same thing, which is how long will the popularity last for Matenas? Is he going to be forgotten within the next few weeks or will it be different for him?