Ahead of the sophomore release of Patoranking’s brand new album, the award-winning artist has finally released a track list and pre-order for his latest offering “Wilmer.”
It drops on the 24th of May 2019 and is dedicated to his daughter who is the title track of the project and is also on the album artwork.
The 12-track project includes features from Kenyan artist Nyashinski, South African queen of dance Busiswa, French artist Dadju, UK artist Donae’O, Georgian Superstar Bera and fellow Nigerian artist Davido to name a few.
The pre-order comes with two outstanding singles “Lenge Lenge” and Confirm featuring Davido, both videos have over 4 million views combined.
Patoranking has dominated the charts with the release of his debut album God over Everything that featured top Afrobeats artists such as Wizkid, Olamide, Phyno, and more.
Just 11 days after the release of his album, the debut reached number 4 on the Billboard charts making him the first Nigerian artist to make Billboard‘s Reggae Album Chart.
Album art for Wilmer
Shortly after, Patoranking won MTV Africa‘s Song of the Year award for his hit single “My Woman, My Everything” featuring Wande Coal.
His unique blend of Dancehall, Reggae and Afrobeats has allowed to create a distinct sound recognized by many.
With his vocal command and Patois flair, Patoranking has managed to collaborate with some of Africa‘s most respected artists such as Tiwa Savage, Ghanaian favourites Sarkodie and Bisa Kdei, as well as one of Africa‘s top dancehall artists Timaya.
Leading financial institution, ZB Bank has been unveiled as the sponsors of the inaugural Unlocked Gospel Music Competition.
The competition is being run by CSBC Zimbabwe, a registered Christian based organisation.
Unlocked Gospel Music Competition is an interdenominational music competition that seeks to unify churches through praise and worship revival by putting church choirs, gospel music bands and artists on one platform.
The competition will go through five stages, over a period of six months, with results being published at the end of each round. Round one kicks off on Saturday 1 June 2019 at Harare Gardens, main stage where the event is scheduled to start at 1200hrs.
Speaking at the launch Tuesday morning, Nobert Mavunga, the Group Chief Executive Officer of CSBC Zimbabwe said the competition seeks to unite people through music.
“Unlocked Musical competition is an interdenominational gospel music competition, and this day, marks the launch to celebrate vocals and acoustics of Unlocked Musical 2019. This competition was mooted in response to the socio-economic situation prevailing in our country and the need to unite the body of Christ through music,” he said.
“Anyone who is talented in music is free to join on the understanding that this is a gospel music platform. Therefore, only gospel music performances are acceptable,” Mavunga said.
ZB Financial Holdings Acting Group CEO S K Chiganze (left) and Nobert Mavunga, the Group Chief Executive Officer of CSBC Zimbabwe
ZB Financial Holdings Acting Group CEO S K Chiganze said, “As ZB Financial Holdings, we have people at heart because we know fully well that we exist and continuously thrive because of people.
As such we love to be part and parcel of the communities that we serve. For that reason, ZB sponsors a lot of community activities, including competitions as a way of giving back to the communities.
We sponsor high school business innovation competitions; in particular Emergination Africa Business Case.
I am making particular reference to this because we believe in our own local talent and would like to assist our youth to be entrepreneurial and “Achieve financial freedom, hence our pay-off line; GO BIG – Achieve your financial freedom’ which we are fulfilling by sponsoring the Unlocked Gospel Competition.”
Here is how you can enter
Those interested in taking part in the competition can register on the Unlocked Gospel Music competition’s website: www.unlockedmusical.com or ZB Website www.zb.co.zw and complete the online registration form and upload their video performance.
Registration is free and it starts on the 21st of May 2019 and closes at 12 pm on the 31st of May 2019. Registration forms are available on the Unlocked Music website or can be requested via WhatsApp on +263 772 150 777.
The first round of the Unlocked 2019 will kick-off at Harare Garden’s main stage on 1 June 2019 starting at 1200-1800 hours.
Gate tickets are RTGS$10.00 per person (standard) and RTGS$50.00 for VIPs. Each live performance will be captured on video and uploaded on the unlocked website (www.unlockedmusical.com) or www.zb.co.zw and the Unlocked social media handles that include our YouTube channel (Unlocked Musical), Facebook (@unlocked musical) and Instagram as well as the ZB Social media handles Youtube, Instagram, facebook @ZBBank.
Judging Process
With the exception of round one, where the judges get to decide which performances go through to the next round, in all the other subsequent stages, members of the public will decide who will go to the next round by voting on social media platforms and voting through text messages.
To vote, members of the public will simply like the video performance of their choice. At the end of a voting period in each round, the video entry with the highest number of likes and votes, goes to the next round.
With SMS votes, members must text the entry number assigned to the preferred video performance to SMS shortcode that will be provided. The entry numbers will also be labelled on different social media platforms.
At the end of a voting period in each round, the video entry with the highest number of likes and votes gets to be the round’s winner.
Winners’ Prizes
There is over RTGS $15,000 cash prizes to be won at the various stages of the competition. The winner of the first round will pocket RTGS $1000.
In the second and third round, winners will walk away with RTGS$2000 and RTGS$3000 each, respectively.
The fourth round will see the winner taking home RTGS $4000 while the grand finale winner will be awarded RTGS $5000 and a recording contract. ZB Bank is the Master key Sponsor of Unlocked 2019 Gospel Music Competition.
We have already had incredible Showbiz moments, but nothing is as exciting as welcoming the newest additions to Zimbabwe’s favourite Celebrity families!
Singer Tocky Vibes yesterday shared a cute pic of his newborn son, wrapped up in a white romper deep in sleep in the hands of his father.
Said Tocky on Instagram; “You are going to change this world my son #MWARImakatendeka mbiri yenyu ngaikudzwe.”
And the baby comes with some ‘political history’ after Tocky’s wife who was pregnant then got caught up in the army crackdowns in January and was believed to have been teargassed by soldiers.
Welcome young Shumba. Picture/Instagram
An angry Tocky Vibes then released a charged up song titled ‘Zviri Nani’ in which he attacked the soldiers for their brutality.
“My wife is pregnant and she could not run away from the military attacks last week. She called me to come and pick her up where she was but I could not come because I had no fuel. I was hurt,” lamented Tocky in January.
His pregnant wife was coming from church when the incident happened
“The song is not political and is non-partisan. I’m not politically aligned to any party but for soldiers to beat up innocent people they come across is not good. Soldiers are supposed to fight for us not fight against us,” he said.
Wheaton College Thunder basketball team from Illinois, USA are in town for a 10 day Tour of Zimbabwe.
The 3rd division champions have been rampant throughout their tour and Saturday night was no different at all as they managed to register another win, demolishing Zimbabwe national team 83-63 in front of a great crowd at the City Sports Centre.
Zimbuzz caught up with Wheaton Thunder gaffer Mike Schauer; “for us as a team it’s a lifetime experience to play a national team in this famous Arena (city sports ) we know the history of this place, we know the likes of Andrea Aggasi, Pete Sampras all played in this Arena against Zimbabwe in the Davis cup, coming from the United States also playing here it means a lot,” he said.
Schauer was also impressed with the crowd enthusiasm for the game ” I have never witnessed such a crowd when Zimbabwe dunked the next possession we dunked and the crowd erupted, they ran on the floor have never seen such “
Wheaton College Thunder vs Zimbabwe National Team. Picture/Alexandra Maseko
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Board has banned all Zimbabwe’s national teams from using the National Sports Stadium following the death of a fan at the venue.
The sanction arises in terms of CAF Statutes & Regulations and Articles 82, 83.1 & 151 of the CAF Disciplinary Code.
Here is the full statement from ZIFA
CAF SANCTIONS ZIFA OVER INCIDENTS AT THE NSS ON 24 MARCH 2019
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Board, in terms of CAF Statutes & Regulations and Articles 82, 83.1 & 151 of the CAF Disciplinary Code, has resolved to ban our national teams from using the National Sports Stadium for the next two CAF sanctioned matches.
The sanction arises from the crowd trouble which transpired at the National Sports Stadium on 24 March 2019 prior to the match between Zimbabwe and Congo.
One match from the sanction is suspended in the event that a similar incident does not occur at our matches in the next twelve months.
The next national team match under the auspices of CAF will be played at another homologated stadium.
NADIA NAKAI is letting a lot of issues off her chest in her new single, “IMMA BOSS”, where she goes in with clear, hard-hitting verses reminding everyone that yes, she is securing endorsement deals and collecting these bags – showing exactly why SHE IS A BOSS and a RAPPER first.
Becoming the new ambassador of Courvoisier Cognac; Flexing her creative designer/ fashion curator skills with her multi Sportscene X Redbat clothing range;
Showing off her diversity and versatility as the new co-host for the international TV show YO! MTV Raps and now getting ready to drop her long-awaited debut album, NADIA NAKED.
We can all agree that she is the BOSS.
Nadia Nakai Picture/Instagram
The surprise drop comes after fans have been pleading with her to release new music – the more pressing request being for her to drop a full body of work.
These calls have not fallen on deaf ears; the release date for Nadia’s debut album, Nadia Naked, is FRIDAY, 28 JUNE 2019.
Sports TV and Radio presenter Robert Marawa was Thursday night fired from his SuperSport job via an SMS.
Marawa got dismissed less than two hours before the show that bears his name ‘Thursday Night Live with Marawa’ went live on air.
He posted a message on Twitter saying that he had been told not to come to the studio for his show which broadcasts on SS4 at 8.30pm.
I received a text around 18H50 tonight informing me that I should not bother coming to Studio for Thursday Night Live with Marawa Show on @SuperSportTV… I would like to thank all those who have supported my journey as a Sportscaster & those I've worked with at Supersport! ✌?✌?
“I received a text around 18H50 tonight informing me that I should not bother coming to Studio for Thursday Night Live with Marawa Show on @SuperSportTV … I would like to thank all those who have supported my journey as a Sportscaster & those I’ve worked with at Supersport!” Marawa wrote.
Marawa was previously fired from the SABC in July 2017 and later rehired, and he was previously also fired from SoccerZone on SABC1.
In another tweet Marawa insinuated that he was fired for speaking against sexual harassment happening at SuperSport.
Working and reflecting….Imagine paying for a service where people who r guilty of sexual harassment r employed and encouraged to work!! Lovely hey….
In a statement, the channel said: “SuperSport is in the process of an exciting refresh of its local presenter line-up, which will be unveiled as part of our new football season campaign.
“This restructure includes us not pursuing our contractual relationship with Robert Marawa.
“Robert was personally advised of our decision earlier this week.
“We are grateful for his contribution over the years, and wish him great success in his future endeavours.”
Coke Studio Africa just released the music video of “Switch It Up”, performed and written by fierce fast-rising Namibian femcee Lioness, South African media personality and rapper Boity and legendary Kenyan femcee Nazizi.
The video carries through the theme of the season finale of Coke Studio Africa, which was to blaze a new trail for women in music, and place talented females behind the scenes and in front of the cameras and mics.
It’s an all female original composition produced by Kenyan producer Viola Karuri with the video directed by Thandi Lottering.
Over the years Nazizi had to balance another kind of challenge: “I was trying to think back to my day, and if I had anybody to inspire me as an African female rapper.”
Her step back in time drew zero memories of such: “I started rapping in 1998, so that’s 20 years of rap, being the only female.
“She frequently wonders, “So who am I inspiring?” She got to see on Coke Studio Africa when she met up with other Femcees. “It’s nice for me to sit back and watch and see other female MC’s coming up. You can really tell how different we are on Switch it up,” noted Nazizi.
Nazizi is a Kenyan veteran of 20 years who added Swahili spice to her bars, Setswana flexing Boity is a South African cover girl celeb who had only been in the game for months when this song was recorded and Lioness is surely the only Doctor and MC known in hip hop.
Lioness not only managed this balancing act, she flourished, making serious waves that she was invited to be on Coke Studio Africa. She says, “We can do what we want, we can choose what we want to do.”
For her this made the whole experience even more dreamlike, “I had to be in studio and in the hospital, it was really hard for me to balance a lot of my life.”
Though as Boity said of their banger, “This track is based around women and female empowerment,” Boity found it “Fantastic” that African artists now have the freedom to show off their skills regardless of their gender, “At the core we are doing this without having to be ‘female MC’s, we are just being rappers.”
And every rapper wants to kill it says Nazizi, so “It’s very important to stop making that distinction, that she’s a female MC and he’s a male MC – we are rappers full stop.”
He joins the elite list of great crowd pullers like Winky D, Judgment Yard and Alick Macheso who also made a second coming after thrilling the crowd again last year.
Enzo who came dressed elegantly proved that not only is he a year older, he is a year wiser and a year better as he managed to thrill the thousands at the Borrowdale Racecourse last Saturday.
It didn’t matter which of his songs he belted out, old or new the love for the new dancehall find was clear with the way the fans responded.
One would think the crowd at the Castle Tankard must have milked all of Enzo Ishall’s energy but reports from the City Sports centre where he was performing at this Birthday gig suggests a different story.
Meanwhile, four-year-old gelding Peggson by Jay Peg won the RTGS100 000 at the Castle Tankard (GR1) run over 2000m.
Peggson – Picture/Andrew Philip Equine Photography
Peggson is trained by Bridget Stidolph, who has saddled the Tankard winner two years in succession and was ridden by local jockey Brendon McNaughton.
Saturday was the 57th running of the 2000m Castle Tankard (GR1) in a race that can be said to have been conceived in 1959, born in 1960 and came of age in 1967.
The race has proceeded from strength to strength and has never lost its glamour or appeal throughout its history.
A good deal of hip hop discography speaks and has always spoken openly and in depth about aspects of urban poverty, particularly the grip that street culture has on many young people from indigent communities and that of their counterparts in the affluent suburbs.
The historical outcast-ed genre, Tricia Rose observed, gives a ground-level view (though not the only view, or a comprehensive view) of what it might mean to live under what are nearly forlorn conditions in communities that face a myriad of daunting circumstances.
Sometimes, rap lyrics really do offer gripping tales of loss, sorrow, exploitation, rage, confinement, hopelessness, and despair about conditions that are denied in the larger society.
It is important to admit that these powerful stories far too often uncritically reflect attitudes and beliefs that many would consider destructive in achieving a socially just environment.
But it is also true that society at large only sporadically pays attention to the extraordinarily despair-producing conditions in which young people attempt to survive.
The ability to telescope such tales, however, is an earmark of fewer rappers. Some try it, others try to try it, while only a batch can really do it.
In Zimbabwe, one such rapper who has consistently managed to deliver “astronomical high-powered prolific lyrical miracle molecules through ya stereo” bars about the state of the nation is The Prince of Puns, Prince Butawo, landmarked-ly known as Noble Stylz.
When he’s not online catching you up on the trendiest spiels and dropping massive creative industry wisdom colleges and universities don’t teach, he’s either sipping his favourite Jameson somewhere or kicking it in the studio.
Veiny, earlier this week Noble released his latest single Kanyika Kanaka, where he uses hip hop as a springboard for a larger discussion about the urgent social and political issues affecting Zimbabwe.
A translation of the title could suggest that ‘all is well’ in the country, although some would beg to differ, saying it is a pathetic reference to “this Country”.
With Fun F handling production and the chorus, the Masofa panze wordsmith employs caricature to expose the shortcomings of the current administration where he laments over everything, from the high rate of unemployment, the rise in cases of depression, incessant price hikes and the rise of the standard of living.
In between rhymes, Noble cut through the divisiveness nature among politicians and emphasised the need for unity and corporations among citizen in rebuilding the country, reinforcing it with the anecdote, Rome was not built in a day.
With Kanyika Kanaka, Noble delivers dagger-sharp verses that will rank among the best hip-hop verses of this decade. Overall, the song could be a culmination of everything Noble or Fun F had done before.
It gets us excited for what is to come from their collaborations.
It’s bigger than hip hop and dude is a standout in an era when most rappers his age de-emphasize lyrics. It also appears that fans have a zeitgeisty catchphrase from the title.
The song is available on the link below. Listen and reflect:
