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Maritawana
drops her debut single, plus interview
GOspel musician
CHIEDZA
Meet Chiyedza Chipiro, a gospel
singer from Harare, Zimbabwe. Chiyedza is currently an Infant teacher and doubles up as a gospel musician. Born to parents who were both teachers and the second of three siblings. Chiyedza Chipiro is a gospel singer by calling. She is a member of the Reformed Church In Zimbabwe. She recorded her debut album entitled Havakundikani Jesu in 2018 and was produced by (Psaltz) Prince Munondo at Goldmint in Chitungwiza. In 2020 she recorded a single Itsika Yavo Mwari which has a studio video. This year 2021
she released a single Mutsvene which was produced by Pastor Ishmael Zingapeta at Zing Legacy Studios. The single features her siblings and did well on radio charts.She sings to bring hope to the heartbroken and weary. God and daily life situations inspire her.Chiyedza holds a diploma in education with Morgan Zintec College (Braeside) and is studying for a degree-Honours in English and Communication Skills with Zimbabwe Open University ( Mashwest Region. Contact Information.. Cell :+263 77 766 3062
Email:cchipiro2@gmail.com Social Media Handles: Facebook :Chiyedza Chipiro's Music Youtube: Chiyedza Chipiro Background..
MODEL
PreciousEmmanuel
Meet our model of the issue, the gorgeous
model, Precious Emmanuel. She is 21 years old and is a fashion, runway and editorial model. In this issues we featured her shoot which exhibits her many talents as a model. Below is her model information
Age: 21 Height: 5:11 Hair color: Black Skin color: Caramel Eyes: light brown Type of model: Fashion model, Runway, Editorial,video vixen, Social handles: @Official_emmanuel_precious @Unusual_precious
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PreciousEmmanuel
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PreciousEmmanuel
Interview
J More Music with a message
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My music is meant to Motivate, Uplift and encourage all on a positive level
J
More born Edmore Jakachira is Hip Hop artist from Harare, Zimbabwe. What makes his music special is the approach he takes on his art. Listening to his music, one can easily tell from the lyric construction how he has taken his time to write about things which affect us day in day out. In other songs he takes subliminal shots at the gatekeepers of Zimbabwean music whilst trying to address the state of the entertainment industry. You can classify him as a gospel musician or as a motivational singer but all in all his music has something special to gain from it. We had the opportunity to interview him and find out more . This is how the interview went.
J More where did the name originate from? The name J More comes from my actual name which is Edmore Jakachira. J coming from my surname and More from the last four letters of my name. Back then i used to call myself with different names then arrived on J More. As i grew older i wanted a more professional sense to my name attached to really who i am as a person. Tell us a bit about your journey into music, how it all came about and what you seek to achieve? Just like any musician out there, the journey started way back then, as early as primary school i was in the percusion band on the drums. Then as time went on, i was more involved in the drama club all arts related. At secondary school i was part of the choir. As i speak about my journey i can say music was something inside from wayback. I can say i hung around artists in high school mainly hip hop artists. Back then we did not have much of technolo-
gy as far as cellphones are concerned. We huddled up in groups and used school desks to make beats to rap on. In form 6 i met theses guys who did hip hop music on a different level than us. They had a big influence on me. In university is when i recorded my first official professionally done song titled Dzimba avamabwe. Back in 2015 or 2016 it was more of a political project party influenced by my Science and Political studies back then. It was then in university where i beagn to see the appreciation for my art. My influence in deep lyrics came from popular artists like Kendrick Lamar and the likes. Mwari Pindirai was my second track. How is it balancing between family, work and music. Is music a full time thing to you? Music to me is more of an all time thing than a full time thing, hoping people will understand what am saying. At any given time or moment as the opportunity arises i do it. ofcourse i do balance between work and family. With family or not around them i can write a song. I
Subliminal shots worth the time and money.. The interview with J More reveals a lot.
tend to juggle between music and family well. I manage my time. How many albums do you have now, can you say it gets better with time as far as challenges to release your music are concerned? I have 3 EP’s to date. 2017 i released my first song titled Wenera, i had a few more singles i released which i then compiled to make an EP titled Ressurecting Real Rap KJV. It formed the base for music with a message. Then i was working on building Hopeville Records simply meaning music that restores hope. That Ep contained songs like Jobho Muranda which hit good on local radio stations. My second EP was titled Music with a message with 3 songs. It became better with time judging from the responses i got. Are you married, would you marry an artist, seeing the rate of divorce, what can you say is a good recipe for a lasting marriage? I’m not married, but i would personally marry an artist as much as any other person. If you love them then its fine. It would be awesome if the one i marry is an artist considering that they understand the life of an artist. Looking at the rate of divorce i think people really need to think and decide what they want and who they want in their lives and always remember the next person is also human. Its a matter of submission
and compromise. Are you a perfoming artist, where and when, which show had the greatest impact in your musical career that you took part in so far? No and Yes, i haven’t perfomed on any major platform so its a No but a Yes in terms of who i see myself as. We loved your track Chauya Chibaba, what inspired you to write that track? what is greatest inspiration when writing tracks? Chauya Chibaba had mixed thoughts in it. It follows in the line of most my songs where i tackle multi dimensional issues affecting through lyrics. In such lyrics you will see i am directing messages to different
people but its all real and true. I am inspired by things that happen daily to us and mainly to me. In Africa and beyond who would you like to collaborate with and why? I would say J Cole, he has been an inspiration to my music, i am always reminded how music can be used to encourage, uplift and motivate positivity. Are you signed to any record labels, whats your take on it? I am not signed to any record label, i do my music from a personal capacity assisted by my manager Mr Tashinga Chikanda based in S.A. I am working on my record label Hopeville Records. In as far as signing artists, in Zimbabwe i havent seen any established record label that can bring an artist to stardom, so i am sceptical about it all. Rather sign a deal for a project not to be signed to a stable. Whats next for J More after Chauya Chibaba, album mixtape single? After Chauya Chibaba there came the remix to that song. As of now i have intentions of dropping a gospel rap E.P later on this year 2022. It may either come as singles or the E.P nonetheless expect new musisc coming soon.
akai mpk mini: midi keyboard
AKAI MPK MINI
If you are a fan of music
Best for a producer rig on the go!
Making Music Easier
production and have been following popular music production tutorials say on Instagram, you may have seen this beautiful little baby in action. Small as it seems, it is very captivating to see it in use and very fun to use by yourself. Akai products are now widespread so much that in almost every studio you will find one either the renowned Akai Mpc or the portable big shot of the industry Akai Mpk Mini. Whether you are a professional or a noob, its one easy piece of equipment to connect to your Daw and start making beats. With 8 pads, 25 Keys and 8 assignable knobs, it gives you enough control power. Instagram is filled with some of the amazing producers in the world making beats on the AKAI Mpk Mini. Available in black, red and white, its the perfect companion for an on the go music producer, hobbyist or full
time producer. It seemlessy connects to your FL Studio and a few clicks away from producing something spectecular. Though it is a plug and play instrument it does have some it fair share of challenges. It is a small keyboard hance not ideal to do major scoring or playing your favourite piano synth. it does feel light and the keys are small so expect some finger tripping and spilling to then next key. Overlook all this you have a perfectly functional piece of hardware. We loved the bundled Akai MPC software which has so many expansion packs available online. Seamless integration into many Daws and its smal size to fit practically anywhere makes it a nifty must have gadget.
MARITAWANA
Bio
Maritawana is an Actress, TV Presenter, Vocalist
and Writer. She has always had a passion for film and television and studied Bachelor of Arts degree at AFDA (The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance) in Live Performance. She then went on to do her second degree in special honours degree in Theatre Arts at the University of Zimbabwe.
Maritawana has starred in quite a number of productions such as the series Working Wives which is now airing on the South African online platform, Showmax. As well as performed in theatre productions;under Almasi, and another project under Patsime Trust performed at Jason Mpepho Little Theatre. She has done a few skits for Magamba TV and once worked for an online radio station titled After 5 radio. She also featured in a short film called All Female Parliament from BustopTV. And took parting the Shoko Festival by participating
She worked as a DJ/Presenter at Heart and Soul Broadcasting Service. And is working on a theatre project called Poixon with Thespian Creative and Stand Up Comedian, Edgar Langeveldt. She is also a judge on an upcoming reality talent competition show called 'Zollywood's Finest' that scouts for aspiring actors at the university of Zimbabwe. She is currently a news presenter for The African Diaspora News Channel that airs on YouTube with over 1.2 million subscribers. And is also yet to publish her non fiction book, The Simp Repellant: A Guide For The Modern Day Woman. At the moment, she is recording music tracks for an album she is working on with an independent and established music producer. She has a debut single, 'Killing Me', which one can find on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal etc. She is a cast member of 'Tangled', which is airing right now on 3ktv; playing the role of Nyasha.
MARITAWANA She Never Dissapoints
THE INTERVIEW We are more than excited and expectant of the new single from you Maritawana. How did the song come about, what inspired its existence? The song Killing Me is based on long distance relationships. Now am sure many people would assume from the title that its something personal. Was i in a long distance relationship, maybe. Am i in one, maybe. But the song is all about a woman in a long relationship, and its killing her not literally but emotional making her feel like she wanna see her lover but the distance is just tearing her apart. The song is also saying you should’nt allow the opinions of others about long distance relationships stop you from being with the one you love. You will eventually meet up and you will be together. People have a negative perception about long distance relationships. In Zimbabwe there aren’t that many songs which address
this. The song also stems from personal experince. You are a person of many talents, and singing has proved to be one of them, is this your first? Yes this my first published single, i do have another unpublished song and another i featured on. This one is my first commercial track. When can we expect visuals for the song? You can expect the visuals before the end of May. it supposed to come out as a surprise, i’m not going to get much into teh details all i can say is it will be the end of May. We are going to review the song, but for those who havent heard it, where can they expect to find it? How can one get it touch with you or your management say for
shows, etc? You can find it on Spotify, Deezer, Tidal and many more. The song was released on my birthday April 27th. To book Maritawana one can email maritawanabookings@gmail.com Have you ever thought of taking up a career in music, investing in albums, etc? I have always thought of taking it up. Litte story behind it is, i was in the choir at primary school. In secondary school i dropped out of the choir, i did not like the songs they were singing. The funny thing is i participated in the drama club and the school plays. People loved it, commended my acting and ecnouraged me. I realised then i wanted to do acting hence i ended up in AFDA. But then i realised i still have a talent for singing. When i got back to
Zimbabwe, I joined Harare Youth Choir and i was there for a long time. I then had to leave for other personal committments. People would come to me and say you should sing. Encouragement from all over. So yah i have thought about it and i am doing it now. Talking about investing in your talent, can you say such investments are worth it considering how big our industry is, Can you tell us a rough figure, how much it cost to make such a beautiful song? Is our local music industry big is a question i always ask myself. Internationally yes but locally its a bit tricky. I am yet to see how much it pays me just from going to shows and perfoming, and if Zimbabweans will like my music. I am still discovering myself as a musician, even with this
song, i am yet to see where best i fit in terms of genre, how it works and how i can make money out of it. It also depends on the economy and the people you work with, all this will determine the return on your investment. As for a rough figure, from pre-production up to the final publishing i can say about 530 US dollars. I’ll tell you am proud because i have never spent so much money like that on myself, money that i have worked for on myself. I feel the track deserved that much of monetary attention. At the end of the day i believe the song would takae me places. We also seeing you in Tangled a telenovela showing on 3Ktv and Dstv, what role do you play there? I play Nyasha, a maid who in the film catches her boss Zviko having an affair with her husband’s nephew inturn blackmailing her. Zviko her boss tries to get Nyasha fired to protect her secret. Acting is something you have been fond of, how did you land such a role.Can your credit some of your posts on youtube as part of the reason for getting the role? I landed the role mainly through connections, some of the people on the producion liked the fact that i went to AFDA, South African school of Motion Picture, Medium and Live Perfomance which is like the best Film school in the whole of southern Africa. I was qualified for it which basically landed me the role. So qualifications do pay at the end of the day. On my Youtube channel i posted content from the show i used to do called the Relatebles, which we used to talk about social issues like child marriages, premarital sex, polygammy,etc. It was like an unfiltered show. I also joined the African Diaspora News channel founded by a black american who visited the country and desided to do a news channel.
There is this mystery around the value of acting a role in a film, The industry being a lucrative one, are you free to say hw much such a role is worth? just an idea ? Is it lucrative? Thats the question in Zimbabwe. To me its still a community not an industry, i feel if we do not get financial support from the government it is not an industry. You churn out a lot of confidence during acting, is there a routine you do which prepares you for the camera? The unfortunate thing is the things i learnt at school i have tried to apply them in the productions i have been in, the people in production do not really help you prepare, you’d have to them on your own, sometimes you won’t have the time because of production schedules. The confidence was always there even before i went to school in South Africa. The routine i usually do is distance myself from the casting crew, to go over my lines and meditate and do breathing exercises if i feel nervous but because its screen i never feel nervous, if it was theatre or stage acting then i would do those kind of exercises, infact with theatre thats when the exercises are done as a group. With screen there is nothing like that, actors can do it on their own. I dont usually use a routine when it comes to screen but for stage acting, where i do focus exercises with others.
REGGAE DANCEHALL musician
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DEDRECOLEMAN
Rising High
We had an interview with Dadre and this is how it went.
Dedre Coleman is a rising Reggae
Dancehall artist from Jamaica who although is residing in the USA has managed to raise her country’s flag high. She may as well be part of the new breed of crop from the dancehall arena who are doing great things. She currently has a new record out titled Lat Night and of late Dedre has been consistantly releasing music which can be found on her youtube account and many music distribution platforms. What makes her perculiar is her music style and her construction of lyrics. The designer whine songstress is not stopping, judging from her previous released music, we are bound to see and hear her for a long time. She afforded us an interview and we must say she has a bubbly character and has set her ducks in a row. Very impressive and fun to talk to.
Thank you for the interview, tell us a bit about your music? I have a single that will be released September 3, it’s a Dj Treasure music production and it is entitled Last Night by Dadre and PipeLyne. We listened to your tracks and have a keen fascination towards how you write your songs, what inspires you to write? I’m inspired to write music by the real life experiences by myself and others. With all that’s happening around the world how do you balance between music and family? I am able to make my music life work for me because I always put my family first. Are you signed to any record labels? I am not signed to any specific labels right now, I’m a free agent that do work with different producers. What is your discography like? I have three albums, Breaking loose, Purpose, and Portland Sky. I have also released many singles. My breakout song was Designer
Whine. So tell us where is Dedre Coleman originally from? I am from Portland, Jamaica but I now reside in the USA. If you were given an opprtunity to do a song with any artist who would it be? The world is a big stage, and I believe that I hold it up for myself. I have much love and respect for so many artist but I am a go-getter and a very strong motivated individual. I am willing to do a collaboration with any talented artist so I do not believe I have a personal preference. Where can your music be found? My music is available on many digital platforms. Readers and fans can check-out my youtube account. I have loads of videos to check out. Have you ever been to Africa, and which country would you say you would love to visit? I have never been to Africa but I have aspirations that one day I will get there. I’ve had a few opportunities where I could’ve travelled there for music purposes but obstacles got in the way. I would love to visit any country in Africa. It is a beautiful continent with rich culture and music. Of all of your songs which would you encourage someone to listen to? All mysongs are good songs, but given the choice of one, Of all my songs I would advise people to take a listen to Designer Whine. Because it defines who I am as a true Dancehall artist. Whate else do you do besides being a musician?
I love music, it is my life but besides music, I am a hairdresser. What would you like people to know about you that many don’t know? I would like people to know that I am a very loving, caring, selfless, hard-working, determined and motivated individual. I have a sweet tooth for music, i love life and this me, no shades. Thank you Dadre for giving us this interview. For many who are interested in her music or bookings, we encourage to head over to her youtube account and check out more.
MODEL
Adelowo Hannah Oluwabusayo
Adelowo Hannah Oluwabusayo is a
professional model signed to Kaydavmodels agency in 2018. Some people do not really know who Hannah is but when you hear her trade mark Blackqueen, it rings a deep bell because Blackqueen has grown to be a strong household name in the modeling industry.
Blackqueen has been in the modeling industry since 2015 but gained limelight 2018 when she graced her first high fashion runway amongst many models and named the best female model in Ogun State. She has campaigned for many fashion designers
and worked with some great photographers both local and international. She has featured in many musical videos and a couple of movies making her a sought after video vixen in Nigeria Example is Efunsetan Aniwura the Untold and Zakunta. She has been the brand face for some companies including a website company called Nextlinet media. In 2018 to 2019, Blackqueen won Nigeria model of the year. She contested for a beauty pageant (Next Nigeria international model) where she took 7th position among 600 contestants in October 2020. On the 9th of April 2021, she won Miss OGIC and stood tall among many beautiful contestants that auditioned. Blackqueen do hope to be an international and work more with international models and companies
He is Amosun Owolabi by name and popularly known as Hoblow. He is a fitness model and also a high fashion model. Height 5.7ft Chest 47 Band 35 He gained his popularity and name when he was fortunate enough to participate in High Fashion Runway amongst many models and also emerged as the first runner up of Nigerian Model of the year 2019 contest. In 2020 he became the second runner up of Nigerian Model of the year 2020 contest. He is a Fitness Enthusiast and a lover of bodybuilding, due to his physical appearance he has done a lot of commercial branding for prominent fashion designers in Ogun...
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Oseni HammedKayode My name is Oseni Hammed Kayode but popularly called "Kaydav" the god of models. I am the CEO/DIRECTOR of kaydavmodels agency which the modeling company started in 2017 and the official host of one of the biggest fashion show in Nigeria known as "Ogun State Fashion Show". Kaydav is also the publisher of "Fashion Business Magazine" which is one of the major fashion industry magazine in Nigeria.
Zeenia Ajaar MODEL
My name is Zeenia Ajaar and my a professional model of kaydavmodels agency but am actually in Pakistan where I live. I have passion for modeling that's why I got placement in kaydavmodels and within a year I have partake in catwalking as high fashion model for many fashion shows which includes Pakistan Fashion Week, Karachi fashion week, #sitraye Pakistan award , Youth fashion show and many other. I have done many fashion campaigns for designers like Dainners, bonanza, popular, exclusive, Gul Ahmad, miraal, exclusive, UDC, UZee, saffron j . , outfiter, and many other. Have been featured in "Fashion Business Magazine" as an editorial model. Likewise have participated in many prominent pageant in Pakistan such as Miss Pakistan, Miss super international model 2021, Miss charming model of the year. Achievements Miss charming model of the year . Miss super top 10
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Heal�h Corner
Ginger & Lemon Tea The famous Ginger and Lemon Tea which has been around for many years is avery beneficial beverage. Uknown to many, it has a calming effect. Made from Ginger roots and freshly squizzed lemon juice, the ginger infused drink carries many benefits especially for those who desire to lose weight, suffering from an upset stomach, nauseas and suffering from anxiety hence the calming effect. The tea is easy to make, Combine fresh ginger, lemon, and water in a small saucepan and allow it to simmer. One can add a sweetener of their choice but many prefer honey. As an entertainer, the soothing effect of Lemon and Ginger tea brings in a sense of mindfulness A most common recipe is a piece of fresh peeled ginger root, 1/2 lemon, 1 cup of water and natural honey or natural sugar. Boil the lot together, let it simmer and enjoy the tea. Whatever field of work one is involved in, its always a
welcome cup of tea. There is caution to be practiced though when it comes to herbal teas. It is always wise to consult your physician when you feel adverse effects after drinkin the tea especially when under medication. It is also recommended not to take
many cups. Also as a side note, the benefits may differ from person to person depending on their health.
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