Fri, 26 May 2017 12:35:14 +0000
By Terence Miselo
Local dancehall artiste Kalale Masengu popularly known as Kaladoshas has urged Zambians to show support to local artistes and avoid pulling them down through gossip, scandalous and unfounded stories.
Responding to a scandalous report about him by a named online media outlet that he has dumped his lover and fellow artiste Cleo Ice Queen to maintain his alleged promiscuous life, the singer urged the Zambian media to desist from defaming and scandalizing musicians whom he said were working hard to promote the industry but are let down by unfounded reports and gossip.
“When an artist releases a song or posts about a show it’s Zero Likes, Zero Shares, Zero Downloads but when fake news is released 5000 likes 600 comments 400shares. I believe as a people we really need to change our attitude and become more supportive of each other. We focus so much on destroying each other rather than uplifting ourselves,” he states.
“You post scandalous news about us but when we work so hard in studio to create good music, go way beyond our capacity to produce high quality videos you never post about them on your platforms, you never support us; your goal is simply destruction. The worst part is that we the people support this negativity and we prefer to share the negativity than anything else.”
Kaladoshas said the entertainment industry in Zambia is in its infancy and not really putting food on the tables of many entertainers but those are not topics people wanted to discuss instead, “people want to talk about rumors and untrue stories; cheating, break ups, marriages, artists stealing girlfriends from other artists etc. how does that help anyone?” he asks.
He wondered what sort of progress such stories bring to the country.
“Salma Sky just featured Ghana’s number one female artist Kaaki but you ignore that, Roberto just featured Nigeria’s number one dancehall artist Patoranking but you ignore that, Chef 187 was on CNN but you ignore that, Cleo Ice Queen won an Afrimma award in the USA beating the best of Southern Africa but that was ignored also and we still wonder why other countries are doing better than us. Zambia just won against Portugal is that not something more relevant to celebrate and talk about? Why not focus our energies on achievements and successes so that we inspire the younger generations to aspire to achieve,” Kaladoshas stated.
And the singer has since hinted that he is quitting the music industry after the release of two songs this year. This move has however made a lot of his followers to urge him not to as they feel he still has a lot of talent in him.
“Two more songs for 2017, one for my mother and one for my daughter and I close my music career journey. I did my part. To everyone that has been supporting me, I say thank you and yes,” wrote Kaladoshas on his Facebook page.
