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...reality," says Ebenezer, a waiter. "He sings what has happened and what will." Critics insist the reality might be different if Mtukudzi tackled politics. "He's like everyone else - afraid," says one. He could exploit his popularity to make a statement. "But at what price?" asks John Matinde, a DJ at SW Radio Africa. "He could come out with a killer of an album - and spend the rest of his life in jail." Tuku knows there's power in what he does and the way he does it. "A musician is not a politician. He is there to entertain...
...years ago, Gerry Jackson was sitting in her Harare home "going mad. I just wanted to know what was going on in my own country," recalls the ex-DJ with state-run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. "I wanted news." But since all broadcast media in Zimbabwe are controlled by the government, there was no reliable source. She tried setting up a station, Capital Radio, in Harare, but Robert Mugabe shut it down six days after it went on air. So she went into exile, to London, where she and a team of seven now run SW (Short- Wave) Radio Africa, beaming...
...Bears performance, Yarah Bravo gave voice to DJ Vadeem’s ideas. Songs like “Overexpose,” “The Pacifist” and “Your Revolution” speak not to “money, bitches and hoes,” but to social issues that generally escape mainstream American...
...DJ Vadim says that in the end, it’s all about combining diverse elements to create good music that will last through time...
...making an album like DJ Clue or DJ Envy—not an album with just 12 beats and 12 collaborative emcees that people will just forget,” he says. “I’m not trying to make beats; I’m trying to make songs, stuff that you can listen to not once or twice, but hopefully many times, each time discovering new things, new sounds within the structure...