March 2017

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Amasixteen is Thabbz second single this year after a more chilled, composed and sexual - Sanctuary he released on Valentine’s Day.


The two artistes (Thabbz and Guluva Se7en) show their lyrical prowess on the hard hitting track which was produced by Harare based Kronik boi.

Amasixteen is all about the familiar 16 rap bars which the two Kasi/ghetto bred artistes execute.

The chorus goes like …‘Ngoba thina phela s’dume ngama 16, s’dume ngama 16/ Nxa hayi hayi hayi vele kuyafiwa” which simply translate to ‘We are well known for delivering 16 rap bars and on this track we killing it”.



This is the first collaboration by the two artistes who were nominated for best new comer at the Zim Hip Hop awards 2015. 


Download, listen, share and tell us what you think about the track!

Following the launch of Sauce Boys, a clothing line owned by a University of Zimbabwe student Kingstone Zimunya, Yung Nate and P Nash have come up with a new track endorsing the clothing line.



The track is simply titled Sauce Boys and was produced by Vic Enlisted and the China based Pro Sounds Mangoma, hence the EDM feel to the track.

The duo highlight their lyrical prowess with hard hitting 24 bars each.


Yung Nate went in first with an all English verse that is appealing to the typical hip hop lover while P Nash mixes vernacular and English to give a striking a balance to the track.



Yung Nate is currently working on his mixtape, Epiphanies of Nirvana which is set to be released in August this year. This is to be his first to date and it is to be recorded at Enlisted International Studios where he is currently signed.


Award winning choreographer and dancer John Cole and upcoming artist Paul Martin's work relationship is in limbo, after the latter allegedly breached an agreement that barred him from using video clips with the former’s dance routines to create a full-length music video.

John Cole
In an interview with The ZimTainment, Cole said that they had only agreed to do short clips, but was surprised when Martin decided to do a full-length video, which he had not paid for, behind the choreographer’s back.

“Since he is an upcoming artist, we had agreed to do a ‘three-minute snippet’ video, but suddenly he started talking of a full length video, which we had not agreed on and he had not paid for,” he said.

Cole said Martin was refusing to take down the footage, which he posted on YouTube, after he had requested him to do so.

Paul Martin
“Martin is refusing to take down the video and I feel he is making use of my intellectual property. He is going to make money out of this video and I am not going to get anything from it,” he said.

Although Martin had offered to pay more for the video, Cole said the issue was now beyond repair because Martin had insulted him.

“I do not want his money anymore, not after he insulted me,” he said, adding that the upstart was now trying to turn his dancers against him.

Martin, however, denied the claims saying he had agreed to take down the footage although he never used any of Cole’s dances.

He accused Cole of trying to damage his reputation over an undisclosed vendetta.

“He asked me to remove the footage that had his dancers on it and I did. I think he is trying to tarnish my image because of a grudge he has with me from the past, but which I am not even aware of,” Martin said.

Cole accused artists of taking dancers for granted because they felt they did not add value to their music.

“I have been choreographing for a number of artists. This is not my first time coming across such people and I realise that these artistes don’t take dancers seriously. They think they are more important than us,” he said.

So Friday the 17th of March might be one of the days to remember in the Zim Hip Hop fraternity and do you know why? Well let me break it down below and I'm obviously going to call a spade a spade.


So just like any other Fridays, I woke up and was craving to listen to an exclusive interview on Capital 26Free's Keep It Real Fridays because they were hosting the saucy Kikky Badass and her partner in crime Marcus Mafia

Well it was all good until Marcus started talking about why he pulled out of the #TehnOuttaTehnTour. 

First of all he started by calling Tehn a d*ck, and yes, he called him a dick. Below are verbatim excerpts from their interview on Keep It Real Fridays. 

Tehn is his boys were booed and manhandled off stage in Mutare except for Ammara.

Tehn Diamond pulled plugs and cut off Hubby when he was performing Mai vadhikondo.

Tehn bought Nando's for the people he had in his car and bought 'rolls' for every other guys.

No one knew Tehn Diamond when we went to Africa University and by that time I felt sorry for him.

Coco Master and his boys bankrolled the Mutare tour, bought food for everyone, put in fuel, Tehn went on radio and never credited anyone.

To cut the long story short please listen to their interview below and hear how mad Marcus is with how Tehn mistreated people in Mutare. 

Talking about consistency in Zim Hip Hop, young Scrip Mula has become a force to reckon with after dropping his latest video titled Maria Musande.

Scrip Mula
Ever since the young king dropped the video for Christopher Columbus, he has managed to keep his mojo and stayed relevant to the game.

With Maria Musande out now, there are some speculations in the streets that the kid is arguably the king of trap in Zim Hip Hop, and there is probably no one to argue that.

Maria Musande has already become an anthem and it's already on the charts on some local radio stations.

If you haven't watched the video for Maria Musande yet, you are missing out on some of the doppest visuals to be dropped in 2017.

Watch the video below and tell us what you think. Don't forget to share with your peers.



DO YOU AGREE THAT SCRIP MULA IS THE KING OF TRAP MUSIC IN ZIMBABWE?

United Kingdom-based sungura group, Kambo Boys, have released a catchy music video titled Sweet Larissa to mark their entry into the music circuit ahead of the release of their debut album later this month.



The outfit is made up of Tony Nembaware, Simba Mapfudze and Nigel Fungai.
  
Nembaware told The ZimTainment that the band name, Kambo, was derived from Swahili, meaning “song” to reflect the African feel of their music.

The forthcoming album was recorded and produced by legendary instrumentalist and producer, Clive Mono Mukundu although some of the recording was done at Hator Bros Entertainment Studios Ray B Studios and Kambo Studios.

The music trio is inspired by legends like Oliver Mtukudzi, Aleck Macheso, Khiama Boys as well as Sulumani Chimbetu and Jah Prayzah.

“Like social commentators, we write about what happens in day to day lives of people, drawing inspiration from such experiences our music covers themes from love, motivation, corruption and even diaspora life,” Nembaware said.


The group has previously been nominated for two Zimbabwe Music and Arts awards for their ground breaking single, Melo, which was nominated for best video while the group was nominated for Best Male group. Melo video also ranked number two on the Dstv channel, Zambezi Magic and it was also played on Trace Africa.

“We are still trying to perfect our act before any live performances but have done much for our video and audio productions,” Nembaware said.


“We will be announcing tour dates and concert dates in the next few months but currently we are working on our debut album which will be released later this year.”

UK: Saturday night was a big day for Birmingham-based Zimbabwe-born designer Hilton Mutariswa.
Mayweather and Mutariswa
“Last night was so beautiful; so rewarding, so magnificent so, empowering. I look forward building from it,” Mutariswa said afterwards.
Mega star and retired undefeated boxer, Floyd Mayweather, was in town.
“I was the only one chosen to gift him anything,” Mutariswa told NewZimbabwe.com on Monday.
He has just launched his own brand of high end shoes Billione Rikko and decided to present the US-based A-lister with two pairs of custom ostrich skin sneakers.
One pair of white trainers featured a 24-carat gold plated logo and were embellished with thousands of tiny Swarovski crystals, while an artist hand-painted the boxer’s signature on the other.

“On the black pair, I collaborated with a painter based in London whose works are sold at the likes of Harrods.
“For the white sneakers featuring crystals, I worked with a Birmingham based jeweller. The two pairs are a one-off, made specially for Mayweather,” said Mutariswa.

The shoe range will normally retail between £500 and £750 but Floyd’s style won’t be on sale.
And judging by the grin on his face as he received the gift, Mayweather was impressed.

Top Zimbabwean supermodel and rapper, Moe Makaya, who is based in the United Kingdom, was on Saturday rubbing shoulders with one of the most popular and richest sportspersons in the world, Floyd Mayweather, at a charity event in Birmingham.

Moe Makaya and Floyd Mayweather
The event, which took place in Birmingham at the ICC, was called The Floyd Mayweather Las Vegas Charity Ball and was hosted by Makaya’s modelling agency, Merrimaid.

In an interview with The ZimTainment, Makaya said she was overwhelmed to be in the presence of Mayweather, who pulled a long shadow over the world of sport.

“I had the pleasure of meeting him and he is an amazing person. He was very humble, motivating and polite. He also answered a lot of questions from the audience regarding his life career, which is equally inspiring,” she said.

The event was organised by a company called Fighter UK to raise money for charity, but guests were able to meet Mayweather.

“My team and I networked with many corporate people and millionaires, but also took care of Floyd and his team and helped with the auctioning on stage, raising a lot of money,” she said.

Remember those guys who always look sideways when you ask them for money to buy dash or ice blocks when you are having a drink up? And all they do is just drink and tell you rowdy stories until they are drunk.


Well hell has broke loose for them as T1 and Mile have dropped a brand new jam castigating every ish that these freeloaders do.

Apparently the track which is titled MaPoacher is T1's second single for 2017 and it was produced by Mclyne Beats working hand in glove with Vic Enlisted.

This is a dope jam and a must have on your playlist as both artists put in their all in making sure they drop a bomb.

As we wait for T1's album let us vibe to his latest song.


By the way, if these 'MaPoacher' ask you for the song, just give them no worries lol.

El Deeper, a rapper from the award winning group Yedu Entertainment has just dropped his first single for 2017 titled Red Mercury.


The song features 5 Point and was produced GNiK.

In the song, 5 Point delivers a dope mellow chorus which spiced up the new new joint which was complimented by El's verse.

The song is all about thanking the gods for taking care and fighting all the enemies who try to pull them down. 


Kudos to El Deeper for the joint, we'd really wanted to rate it but we are going to leave it up you to do the honours. 


Stream and download the song and tell us what you think about it. Don't forget to share.. 


After producing the music video for ExQ's 'Bhachura' (which was rumoured that he got $100) Vusa Blaqs became the most sought after guy with different artists from different genres lined up for his services.

Vusa Blaqs (Pic: Facebook)
After only a short stint which saw Vusa producing two fire videos (ExQ's Bhachura and Ammara's Watchu want) Vusa took to his Facebook page to announce that he was no longer shooting music videos.

Today I'm on my last shoot. No more music videos. My heart is heavy but it has to be done. Thanks to all the stars that gave me a chance to work with. It's been a truly electrifying experience. God bless you all, he said. 

There were mixed reactions among his supporters as some were touched by the news and others tried to comfort him so that he can keep doing what he does best.

Blaqs who is sometimes accused of not meeting deadlines is currently sitting on a number of unreleased projects which include those of Takura, Tehn Diamond, Fungisai, Killer T, Tammy and ExQ.

From the looks of it, it seems as if Blaqs is not benefiting much from his work besides the fame which he acquired.

We hope this is not the end of it all and Blaqs will be back again with some more wonderful works.



After dropping dope visuals for 'Boy Dab' - UK based rap queen Mami Dred is back with another hot  video for her track titled 'Dough'.


The colourful and artistic video was shot by BnG TV and fastly becoming people’s favourite as seen the thumbs up it is getting on digital media platforms such as YouTube.

Mami Dred on set
We are not going to dwell much on the video and we are going to let you watch, enjoy, judge and share with your friends. 

Local music producer - Verseless Philo is set to change the Hip Hop game and from the look of it, many people are expecting good serenading music this coming month. 



The versatile producer has roped in six talented artistes to come up with a group known as Veryus.

The name Veryus refers to ‘Various’ or ‘Very Us’.

'Veryus' is an eclectic collective of artists who have aligned their efforts as a cohesive unit to achieve a 'break' in the music industry and creating an art not bound by the borders of Zimbabwe.

The group comprises of 7 talented creatives that pour heart and soul into every musical offering they're committed to. Each individual takes on different genres and the perfection of the product cannot be denied.

With so many multi-faceted representatives, some of which are well renowned in their own right, each member seems to contribute to this musical mosaic in a way that will seamlessly usher in a new era of bold artistry that expands the soundscape we are all locally accustomed to.

The artists' names are as follows:

Chengeto Brown
Fluid
Marcques
Mile
Rue
uBu
Verseless

With a plethora of familiar names involved - who already have been establishing promising careers as individuals, it is needless to say that it should make things exceedingly interesting to see how they progress, working together.

'Veryus' will be serenading the masses with singles from each member from the 1st-7th of March 2017, all of which are produced by one of the group members and the producer spearheading this movement into its inevitable success, Verseless!!

This should make for an exciting year-defining moment in redefining musical excellence!


Will Veryus be the next ‘big thing’ in our vicinity? Let us wait and see.

Watch this space for all the seven tracks as we are going to give you as they drop.

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