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Bruce Ndlovu
This week the attention has been on rapper Cal_vin after his set was one of the few mishaps to emerge from a largely successful Castle Lite Block Party.
a�?This is why Bulawayo cana��t have nice things,a�? the rapper was heard saying during his troubled set. This was after a few unruly elements had started to shower the stage with bottles and cans while he was in the middle of his set.
Ever since that showing, the rapper has been on social media putting out fires after scrutiny was trained on him by those that wanted to know how arguably the countrya��s biggest rapper failed to win the affection of his home crowd.
After a momentous few months which started with a good album release that was followed by a first ever visit to Germany, the rapper was on cloud nine.
So with all that riding behind him, did the Luveve boy deserve the wrath of the crowd on Saturday night?
Firstly, the bottle throwing few among the thousands who gathered on Saturday deserve more disdain than the rapper. Throwing objects on stage has become a sad feature of shows in Bulawayo, with revellers ready to turn to insults after little or no provocation.
Last yeara��s show ending crowd trouble during the Black Motion gig is an example of this, as the crowd went into a bottle throwing frenzy after a few gaffes by MC Babongile Sikhonjwa. During the Legends show featuring Winky D, Bucie and DJ Zinhle, there were a few isolated examples of this behaviour.
However, Cal_vin for his part totally misread the crowd as, instead of giving them songs that they are familiar with, he performed a slew of tracks from his latest album. It was telling that the troublemakers immediately came to their senses once he started Zkhuphana��, a song that they were familiar with and could sing along to.
This seems to be a common mistake by artistes, as they seem to crave to introduce new tracks to fans on the wrong occasion. Crowds at big concerts or shows mostly crave a taste of songs that they know.
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