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ZIMDANCEHALL prodigy, Wallace Chirimuko, popularly known as Winky D has penned a part-two version of Mafira Kureva to ghetto youths in his latest-single ‘maGhetto.’
DiBigman or Ninja president as some prefer calling him catapulted to stardom in 2008 with his song Rokesheni that saw him bag his first gong at the National Arts Merit Awards.
His popularity grew as a ghetto fabulous chanter who talked about life in the ghetto, but in several of his tracks in his formative years like, “Ndiri Rasta”, “Godo”, “Mzii” to mention a few, he was heavily criticised to have been inciting violence and weed smoking among ghetto youths.
However, in 2013 as the Musarove Big-Man hit-maker matured in the industry and started getting corporate endorsement deals from several reputable organisations, he also started seeing society differently and sparked controversy when he penned the song Mafira Kureva that took a swipe on violence, smoking weed and other illicit drugs in the ghetto calling himself Mafira kureva (The one willing to die for telling the truth).
This provoked debate among his devoted followers who enjoyed his previous school-of-thought before he became ‘commercialised’ as they claimed.
Other artistes like Mbare chanter, Seh Calaz were quick to retaliate in songs like ‘Ghetto defender’ ridiculing Winky D calling him an ‘endorsement deal puppet.’
The impact since then has still hung over Winky D especially with last year when new ghetto fabulous chanters came in strong in the dancehall scene like Soul Jah Luv, Killer T, Toky Vibes and Shinsoman to mention a few, who all got countrywide recognition.
Nevertheless, DiBigman premiered maGhetto on Monday during the StarFM Breakfast Club show. The track is beyond doubt an unabated part-two version of Mafira Kureva preaching to ghetto youths to ‘clean up their act.’
In an interview with The Weekender on Monday, Winky D’s manager, Jonathan Banda, said the song was basically a message of hope to all ghetto youths hustling to earn a decent living trying to refrain from illicit drugs.
Here are some of the verses of the song:
“Biggy ndiBiggy X3…Paghetto pari kupisa fanika heater…Mhandara Primary veSondo ava vaenda nenyika. ChiBig Brother life ichi chamunoda imika…
“Horaiti paghetto handisi kuramba tiri kutambudzika. Let’s organise centralize tinotosvika. Pane kugara paBridge everyday tichisticker. Toti tine nhamo nhasi asi imwe yacho inobudika…
“Saka ndobigger ghetto youth ririkuda kusvika svika. Zvakaoma kudaro asi arikuda kuvhika vhika…”
“Hatina basa kuti ndiani tongotipira. Ukaita faira randaziva chete wapisira. Mumachechi dai mamira zvamuri kutiitira. Moti mune tsitsi asi mune moyo unenge waHitler…
“Kune vaisazviziva imi nhasi naBiggy maudzwa. Ndafirakureva saka imwe hari yaputswa. Bata mashoko angu haufe wakaputswa…
“Imwi vapfana vechidiki chibvumaiwo kuudzwa. Zvataona zvakawanda kwamoenda kwonyudza…
“Ndovimba maGhetto youths number iri varinzwa,” read some of the verses in the song.
Banda said Winky D was not an ‘endorsement puppet’, but an artiste whose music speaks of everyday experiences in the ghetto.
He said Winky D has over the years grown to understand how his music shaped society and now wants ghetto youths to snap out of the ‘ghetto syndrome.’
“Music entertains and educates. Yes, Winky D sang about experiences of smoking marijuana and violence by ghetto youths in past songs, but that is the music industry. It is a movement, a wave which changes with times and experiences. Winky D has decided is now encouraging progressive and positive minded thinking in ghetto youths during our harsh economic times and he is not ashamed of that. Regardless of all the criticism that has been coming his way since his U-turn with Mafira Kureva in 2013,” said Banda.
Online Reporter