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Organisers of the King of Dancehall contest set for December 6 at City Sports Centre in Harare have urged music fans to desist from violence that has recently characterised local dancehall shows. The King of Dancehall contest will bring together selected musicians from high-density suburbs in the country and multitudes of ghetto youths are expected to converge for the gig.
Tawanda Chingara of Red Rose Entertainment, organisers of the show, said the youths should come for a night of entertainment and excitement at the gig. He said the contest was meant to be peaceful and all should celebrate the winner of the day.
“We will be celebrating Zimbabwe’s talent in dancehall music. At recent shows ghetto youths have exhibited bad behaviour through some scenes of violence.
“We are strictly against violence and anyone that would be seen fanning violence will be reprimanded,” said Chingara.
“We are a peace-loving nation and we should show the world that we can celebrate our talent peacefully.”
At a recent dancehall show at Harare Gardens some music fans from Mbare caused chaos when they usurped the programme and dictated the performance line-up through violence.
They threw missiles on stage to intimidate artistes they did not like and demanded that their favourite musicians spend more time than designated on stage.
Since King of Dancehall gig have themed the gig as a contest to determine which ghetto rules the dancehall sector, contests among fans are also eminent and Chingara says every activity at the show should be peaceful.
The gig’s headline act is Jamaica’s Turbulence who recently, through a video clip on YouTube, confirmed his Zimbabwe tour and promised a big show.
A host of local artistes that include Guspy Warrior, Seh Calaz, Soul Jah Love, Shinsoman and Spiderman will contest for the crown at the show.
At stake for the winner of the show is R10 000, first runner-up gets R5 000 while second runner-up pockets R2 500.
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