HARARE – Zimdancehall star Winky D’s hit ‘Disappear’-produced by Oskid at KeNako Muzik- has made it into the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Radio 1Extra Destination Africa Top 5. The track, off the Ninja president’s 10-track latest album ‘Gafa Life,’ which was arguably the most played song during the just-ended festive season, debuted on number five…
HARARE – Recent claims that local music star Jah Prayzah plagiarised the concept of Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz’s ‘Mdogo Mdogo’ on his ‘Jerusarema’ video has put Zimbabwean music in the dock. While the Tsviriyo singer was only one viciously attacked in the court of public opinion, the Daily News on Sunday has established that the plagiarising…
BULAWAYO – Actress Musawenkosi Sibanda (22) is the odd one out in a family dominated by white-collar professionals. Despite having no family role mode to look up to, Sibanda, the last-born child in a family of four, has become a firm favourite of playwrights and directors in Bulawayo’s blossoming theatre sector. “I never had acting…
HARARE – Rapper Tapiwa ‘BigTee’ Sekete is happy with the success registered by the Ghetto Gospel Movement that he formed late last year to promote upcoming hip hop talent in the ghettoes. BigTee launched the Ghetto Gospel Movement in November 2015 at Mushandira Pamwe Hotel in Highfield with help from his brother, businessman Fungai Sekete….
HARARE – Award-winning performance poet Linda Gabriel has been selected for six-week artist-in-residency at AfricAvenir in Berlin, Germany. Gabriel’s residency, at the Berlin-based non-governmental and non-profit organisation that promotes political and cultural education from an African perspective, will run from February 1 to March 12. The talented performance poet told the Daily News that she…
HARARE – Dubai looks set to become a popular destination for local gospel music stars thanks to a music promotion called Shotey Entertainment run by Zimbabweans based in United Arab Emirates’ most populous city. Shotey Entertainment, formed by husband and wife team, Shorai and Tendai Karimatsenga, hosted rising gospel star Takesure Zamar Ncube on Christmas…
HARARE – Afro-fusion artiste Tariro neGitare is among several local artistes who have done their own covers of Zimdancehall icon Winky D’s hit Disappear. The track, off the Ninja President’s 10-track latest album Gafa Life, was arguably the most played song during the just-ended festive season and it is not surprising that artistes are trooping…
LOS ANGELES – Danai Gurira has been cast as Tupac Shakur’s mother in the upcoming biopic about the rapper, according to Deadline. The 37-year-old will play Afeni Shakur, who had a major influence on her son and his path to superstardom before his tragic death at just 25. The 69-year-old, who is a political activist…
HARARE – Music star Jah Prayzah demonstrated at Extra Mile Leisure on Sunday that the so-called January disease is for lesser mortals. The high-riding Jerusarema singer attracted hundreds of music fans to the family show held at the entertainment venue located near Boka Tobacco Auction Floors. Most artistes, including sungura icon Alick Macheso, have taken…
HARARE – Dendera music star Suluman “Sulu” Chimbetu, whose popularity has been boosted by the three singles he released during the just-ended festive season, will kick-start his weekend programme tonight at Inner Café located at the corner of Nelson Mandela and Mbuya Nehanda in Harare.The inner Café gig has been dubbed “Pachimambo Mambo”. Tomorrow the…
