Winky D ‘upstages’ Jamaica’s Mavado

This article was written by Our reporter on 30 January, at 00 : 50 AM

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Winky D and Ninja Lipsy perform at the HICC during the Mavado concert

ZIMBABWE’S dancehall star Winky D upstaged visiting Jamaican star Mavado last Friday at the Harare International Conference.

The Zimbabwean star, now known as the ‘Ninja President’ had a live band and, according to concert goers, performed much better than Mavado.

There was a full house at the Harare International Conference Centre on Friday and Mavado, whose real name is David Brooks, delivered a rather subdued performance using backtracks, unlike Winky D now who had a live band.

From the outset, Winky D’s high-energy whipped fans into a frenzy as he belted out tune after tune. Throughout his act, Winky D had the over 5 000 crowd on its feet and received rapturous cheers whenever he finished a track.

This, however, did not go down well with not only Sniper, another artiste who was part of the bill, who felt Winky D was “eating” into his time.

Mavado’s manager was also not happy. He felt that Winky D had literally stolen the show from the main act. In a fit of rage, Sniper (Donald Chirisa) lurched onto the stage towards the end of Winky D’s set and grabbed the microphone from him.

“Mupfana uyu amisa vanhu vese. Ikozvino Mavado akamira backstage for more than 30 minutes, (your time is up everyone including Mavado is waiting backstage), get off the stage now, I’m the general here,” he shouted before the promoter of the gig Clint Robinson of C&A Entertainment intervened.

Incensed by Sniper’s move, the crowd went haywire and chaos broke out with some of them throwing missiles from all corners of the auditorium. But the “Ninja president” stood aloof before he was whisked away by bouncers.

Not to be outclassed was Guspy Warrior who gave a memorable performance and left fans screaming for more.

The moment most dancehall fans were waiting for came as Mavado took to the stage after Winky D’s exhilarating performance.

The so-called “Gully Gaad” made a grand entrance while the overly excited Dj cheered on the crowd.

Lyrically, Mavado enchanted the crowd but performance wise, his act left a lot to be desired.

If promoters want to cut costs, one way of doing it without compromising quality is to assemble a band made up of Zimbabwe’s sought after session musicians to back the foreign artistes. If Clint had done this, Mavado could have delivered a good show.

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jam2, 3 months ago Reply

Your reporting is of very poor quality and it is utterly biased, misleading and disgusting. This shows why some little Zimbabwean media companies never grow. Using Mavado’s show to try and prop up an artist that you favour or who probably pays you is completely out of taste. By the way Winky-D messed up and brought chaos to a good show through his protracted performance. He was not the headline of the show and was not suppose to perform for over his allocated period. Your headline says that “Winky D ‘upstages’ Jamaica’s Mavado” and there is nothing in your story that suggest that, this actually did happen. You only went on to hype up your artist without proving the point of your headline. Mavado has enough money to sue every penny out of you and subsequently drive your website into obscurity, but he will not, because he is a good man and a superstar with no time for your pathetic journalism. He is a superstar musician, movie star and Jamaican leader. He has many hits, more than 300 of which cannot be beaten by a Winky D song, and he still going places. If you want to hype your artists, just do it by simply asking the Mavado to collaborate with him and not create enemies with the wrong people. Misrepresenting facts about people may cost you in the future, becareful who you step on as you try to climb the ladder. Our team has noticed a trend where by little media companiessuch as yours are fabricating stories on behalf of their artists after each show by an international artist, but not this time. Mavado came, he saw and he conquered. Ask established media like the Daily News. You had some advice for Clint, but I have some advise for you and it’s up to you to take it or leave it. If you want your media business to grow, stick to factual reporting and not sensationalisation of stories. Also, your advice for Clint is totally impractical because superstars like Mavado have a preference on who plays their in their band and will not just do a big show with any Tom, Dick and Harry band. Mavado’s band is full of superstar artists who in themselves deserve a big pay, because of the perfection of their work, and in this case the promoter brought Mavado to Zimbabwe at a price that would allow ordinary people to attend the show. If the band had been present, the show would have been much more expensive.
chifengu, 3 months ago Reply

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