Stunner losing the plot

water can do without the fish”.
You see, during the Chinese Revolution, the guerrillas relied on the villagers. So it was like the fish (the guerrillas) couldn’t do without the water (the villagers) but the villagers could do without the guerrillas.
The guerrillas knew that they couldn’t survive annihilation without the villagers and so treated them with utmost respect – and the formulae worked to the extent that the ideology was copied by many movements even our own liberation struggle.
I was a bit concerned when I read about Stunner’s unkind words and disses to the Bulawayo community, whom he accused of disrespect during his performance there sometime ago.
The rocking king of local hip-hop was in the City of Kings for a show alongside South African DJ, The Professor, when he was booed off the stage due to a perceived lacklustre performance.
The crowd didn’t like the way Stunner was treating them and they made their objections known very loud and clear.
Stunner went on to disown the Bulawayo crowd and vowed he would rather perform in the cold lands of England than the City of Kings.
That’s where I think Stunner lost the plot, as no matter how much a musician has been wronged by his fans during a show he shouldn’t turn against them that way.
I have enough respect for Stunner as I think he is one hell of a good rapper and really he is putting that genre on a bigger picture.
Stunner is the fish and the crowd is the water and I really don’t think he can make it if his fans were to turn against him.
Stunner or any artiste cannot make it if their fans were to turn against them but the fans can go on with or without the artistes.
Our man Stunner should not try to hide his rudeness behind a finger, as I don’t think the Bulawayo crowd hates him as such, but the truth is he might have shortchanged them with a lackadaisical performance.
He even agrees that he was a bit shoddy but he blames it all on the equipment that was availed to him at the said show.
Well, that sounds like that carpenter who always blames his tools whenever he does a below par job. If Stunner is really that professional then why did he agree to perform when he was not satisfied with the set-up?
Our artistes should learn to treasure their fans and not take them for granted, as these are the people who are making them what they are at the moment. It reminds me of this great footballer of yesteryear who, whenever his fans greeted him he would greet back with the rather rude statement “Ndeipi supporter”.
Artistes and fans go hand-in-hand and there should be mutual respect. The fans are what make the musicians and if they turn their backs on the musicians this might spell doom.
The fans are the owners of music as I believe they are the people who buy records, pay their hard-earned money to attend shows and to be disrespectful to them is a big diss to music in general.
Well, I met this dude of mine sometime last week, Ronald Mabika aka Tress, who was one of the pioneers of MC battles at the Mannenberg known as The Circle.
The Circle was a platform that was used by aspiring rappers to showcase their talents and was such a big success that it was a must attend to many hip-hop aficionados like me.
Then when it was at its peak it abruptly stopped but I am happy that it will be back on the scene soon as my man Tress assured me.
Tress says this time around it will be much hyper, better and he hopes to unleash a number of rappers to the public.
Good luck!
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